Tweeters,
The OSPREYS are very close to fledging; but neither has left the nest (from what I can tell). While the young were practicing lift-offs, one of the adults arrived with a fish, which immediately changed the focus from wing-testing to eating.

In the meantime, the local PEREGRINE FALCON was on the eastern power tower at 7:15am, and still there, actively checking passing birds when I saw it at 9:40am. It moved twice on the tower while I was there (until 10:00am).

As a note, in the far distance to the northwest, I saw an Osprey being harassed by a falcon, but I couldn't tell species even through the scope. The size comparison led me to guess "Peregrine," but that's still conjecture. After the two birds parted ways, the falcon went down and immediately to the south.

The tide had recently turned, just exposing the mudbanks, thus concentrating what birds there were to an area just away from the shoreline vegetation. The sight of >40 EUROPEAN STARLINGS bathing in the river at one time, all in one spot, reminded me of the frentic intensity of pond-bound koi or trout when you cast feed into their waters.

Birds seen included the following:
Double-crested Cormorant
Canada Goose
Mallard (7)
Osprey (5)
Peregrine Falcon
Killdeer (9)
LEAST SANDPIPER (2 - the first for some time; they were caught up several times in the swirling Starling flock)
Glaucous-winged Gull (2)
Rock Dove (4)
American Crow (2)
Barn Swallow (8)
Bewick's Wren (heard)
American Robin (the first since June)
European Starling (>100)
Red-winged Blackbird
House Sparrow (12; feeding among the Starling flock)

May all your birds be identified,

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