Name:   Mack - Subject:   Purple Martins Date:   5/14/2014 6:14:56 PM

I have, what I think are Martins zipping all around my dock and yard. I have no idea where their house is. There are two Martin houses(?) mounted on tall poles in our slough but I have not seen any bird using them. Maybe these birds are not Martins, but they surely look like the pictures I see in Google and the profile in flight is similar.

A delight to watch. I get a little dizzy trying to track a single bird in flight. They love to get inside my boathouse when the door is open and fly very fast in patterns, even in this small space,,,, and then almost take a layer of hair off your head when you walk in.

Do Martins have very dilated black eyes??