Tweeters,
Although the outgoing tide at noon (to 12:35pm) today wasn't too productive, the airworthiness attempts by one of the nestling OSPREYS located near the power substation proved entertaining. While its sibling preened, one of the youngsters flapped wings in the 5-10mph breeze, and rose about three feet above the nest before settling (more like crash-landing) back down. It did this several times, including one time with what appeared to be a piece of cardboard hooked onto the talons of its left leg. It subsequently managed to discard the "cardboard," and literally bounced around the west-and-north side of the nest for several minutes before finally stopping to preen. It won't be long before it, and its more reticent sib, both take to the air as "real" Ospreys.

Of additional note: The COMMON MERGANSER family party of 8 now appears to have lost one member and is now 7. The adult female was still with the others.

(I did see the local PEREGRINE FALCON at 7:10am, but not during this scan.)

Birds seen included the following:

Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Mallard (2)
Osprey (4; neither of the adults was in attendance at the nest)
Killdeer (4)
Glaucous-winged Gull (8)
Rock Dove (9, seven of which were on the upper exposed bank to the south)
American Crow (4)
Barn Swallow
European Starling (>20)
House Finch (2)
American Goldfinch (2)
House Sparrow

May all your birds be identified,

Denis DeSilvis
Seattle, WA
denis.j.desilvis at boeing.com