12:12pm start
12:38pm end

Tweeters,
My face was as pink as the water-level indicator late yesterday afternoon: the reason why I didn't see the indicator during my scan yesterday was because the whole thing was under water! The indicator only goes to 11ft, and not a single bit of the marker showed until the tide went down, well after my scope time. Same thing today during this scan. My guess is that the water level today was about 13ft.

34 ROCK PIGEONS were drinking river water while on a semi-submersed plank; some dipping in enough to wet their heads. A DOUBLE-CRESTED CORMORANT surfaced next to the plank and hoisted itself onto the plank to dry its wings. About half the pigeons bailed to higher ground, but the rest remained, head-bobbing, while the cormorant beat its wings and held them out to dry. After a time, the remaining pigeons started wetting down again, while the cormorant played statue.

Three GOLDEN-CROWNED KINGLETS (possibly more, but that's all I could positively ID at the distance) feeding in the shrubs near the goose exclusion area on the southwest were a first.

Birds seen during this scan include the following:

Gadwall (4; m/f x2 appeared to be paired)
Double-crested Cormorant (14)
Glaucous-winged Gull (7)
Rock Pigeon (36)
Belted Kingfisher (m)
American Crow (2)
Golden-crowned Kinglet (3)
Song Sparrow
House Finch (bathing in the river near the goose exclusion area)

May all your birds be identified,

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