[Tweeters] Purple Martins, and Purple Martin Conservation Day

[Steve Hampton via Tweeters]

Reporting from Port Townsend, we have 4 boxes at Pt Hudson and 4 at the
Marine Science Pier at Ft Worden, which many of you have no doubt recently
seen. All 8 have been used and young are currently just leaving some of the
boxes.

I was told that all of the many boxes at Three Crabs in Sequim were used
this year.

We recently recovered 4 old boxes from Kah Tai Lagoon which had been on
fresh water, very near or within trees, and taken over by House Sparrows
(ugh). We plan on re-positioning those at the other sites next year.

I'm interested in designs that aren't too heavy and thus enable multiple
boxes on one upright 2x4.

thx,



On Sat, Aug 10, 2024 at 6:11 PM Denis DeSilvis via Tweeters <
tweeters at u.washington.edu> wrote:


> Tweeters,

> At our home in Roy, just south and east of JBLM, we’ve had several family

> (?) flocks of Purple Martins overhead and feeding for the past week. Likely

> breeders from the various nesting areas at JBLM.

>

> May all your birds be identified,

> Denis DeSilvis

> avnacrs 4 birds at outlook dot com

> ------------------------------

> *From:* Tweeters <tweeters-bounces at mailman11.u.washington.edu> on behalf

> of Elaine Chuang via Tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>

> *Sent:* Saturday, August 10, 2024 11:10:04 AM

> *To:* tweeters at u.washington.edu <tweeters at u.washington.edu>

> *Subject:* [Tweeters] Purple Martins, and Purple Martin Conservation Day

>

> Tweet, tweet, and regards to all,  Many of you in the Seattle area will

> have seen in the Seattle Times, July 28, 2024 the excellent article by Kate

> Perez on Purple Martins in our region, and the mounting challenges they

> face.  Here’s the link:

> https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/birds-that-migrate-from-brazil-to-seattle-each-summer-face-new-threat/

>

> Some of us lucky enough to live at this northern portion of the Purple

> Martin's range look forward annually to enjoying their return from Brazil.

> What joy to hear those gorgeous bubbly sounds, observe them in flight and

> appreciate stages of nesting as they raise young in communal settings, now

> almost entirely in human-made structures.

>

> We have Kim Stark, Jean Power, Carl Bevis, Kris Baker and WDFW’s Chris

> Anderson to thank for the vast majority of maintenance of PUMA homes and

> strategic planning on their behalf.  Ten years ago this group created a

> distinctly informative poster on the Purple Martins in King County and

> conservation efforts

> 07POSTER-2014-04-30-Stark-Purple-Martins-King-County-shorelines  Most of it

> is still applicable - much work remains to be done.

>

> Recently, August 10 was officially designated as Purple Martin

> Conservation Day, thanks to efforts put forth by the Purple Martin

> Conservation Association and allies!  Stay tuned for more ways to help our

> Martins!

>

> Elaine Chuang

> elc at uw dot edu

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​Steve Hampton​
Port Townsend, WA  (qatáy)
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