The typical nest is a grass or feather-lined deep closed mud bowl with a small opening at the top, but many Asian house martins leave the top of the nest open.
(Closed on Super Bowl Sunday and Thanksgiving).
Armonk Bowl closed last year; Mr. Fareri owns the land and hopes to build his own supermarket there -- the kind with a coffee bar and gourmet take out.
Gather the sides together and draw the bowl closed, squeezing as much air out as possible and sealing it tightly and carefully.
Six trails are closed, including Baldy Bowl, Bear Flats, Icehouse Canyon, 3 Ts, Chapman and Devil's Backbone.
The decision to close the bowling alley was not an easy one, Ms. Joseph said.
With local dining options limited to a drive-in, a steak joint (since closed) and a bowling alley grill, we cooked most of our meals and ate on a picnic table at the cottage.
Instead, my guests closed in on the bowl like house cats to cream cheese.
The bowl is closed on the top and bottom by glass, the bottom glass permitting illumination from below, and is mounted in gimbals.
But shortly after 1 a.m. on Saturday, after 42 years of strikes, spares and brotherhood, in Ms. Sowell's words, the Holiday Bowl was closed.
