Boxes and gourds for the birds will be fixed and installed on new posts in a tidal estuary about 500 feet south from Dickman Mill Park.
TACOMA, Wash — A purple martin colony that’s called Ruston Way home is being moved to a nearby estuary as the Washington State Department of Natural Resources removes more than 1,000 creosote-treated pilings.
Boxes and gourds for the birds will be fixed and installed on new posts in a tidal estuary about 500 feet south from Dickman Mill Park.
Staff from Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium and Northwest Trek Wildlife Park are working with Communities for a Healthy
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