Tweeters,
The temperature at 9:20-9:45am is starting to climb, as is the incoming tidal water here at Turning Basin #3. Nothing to note of exception, although the two nestling OSPREYS I can scope are definitely getting bigger. The adults appeared to be housekeeping: moving sticks around on the west side of the nest--with both youngsters behind them clamoring for attention (no anthropomorphizing here!). Birds seen included the following:

Great Blue Heron (2)
Canada Goose (25, all in one swimming group--a fairly consistent sight)
Mallard (19, also a fairly consistent sight)
Common Merganser (2--both juv; haven't seen the 7 juv +ad that had been around the area)
Osprey (2 ad +2 nestlings)
Killdeer (5)
Least Sandpiper (4)
Glaucous-winged Gull (2)
Rock Dove (8)
Belted Kingfisher
American Crow (6)
Bushtit (2)
Bewick's Wren
European Starling (>20 feeding on the drier part of the shoreline)
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
House Finch
House Sparrow


May all your birds be identified,

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