Date: 7/5/26 9:48 pm From: Michael Perrone via groups.io <michaelperrone10...> Subject: [centralvalleybirds] purple martins in the Valley again--NOT LIKELY
Thanks to everyone who responded to my July 1 suggestion about resurrecting martin nesting in the valley by putting nest boxes over water. You experts noted that (1) nest sites are not in short supply--martins have loads of potential nest sites here that starlings don't use, on the undersides of highway bridges, so there is little reason to think they'd use nest boxes instead; (2) martins are colonial and thus very unlikely to use a new box without other martins already at the site; and (3) there are scarcely enough surplus or floater martins anywhere in this valley to found a new colony. Well, darn it.
You offered lots of other helpful information and insight as well. Thanks so much,
Michael perroneDavis CA
