Denis and Tweeters,

On Wednesday the 5th I saw a Pacific Loon fishing in the Duwamish between
the Turning Basin and Hamm Creek Estuary.

Bruce Clifton
Seattle, WA
bhc at eskimo.com


----- Original Message -----
From: "Desilvis, Denis J" <denis.j.desilvis at boeing.com>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>; <Victoria.T.Luiting at nws02.usace.army.mil>;
"Woods, Roxie J" <roxie.j.woods at boeing.com>
Sent: Friday, November 07, 2003 1:51 PM
Subject: On the Duwamish - 11-7-2003


12:40pm start: Water level at 8.1ft
12:57pm end: Water level at 8.5ft

Tweeters,
Some of the better sightings actually occurred around 8am, when a brief walk
turned up the Peregrine Falcon (flyover from the south; spotted later on the
power tower), a Bald Eagle being harassed by a Glaucous-winged Gull, and a
harbor seal eating a salmon. However, there was a big change on the river
between 8:15am and now: the gill nets are gone! The five sets of nets that
were in view in the morning have all been taken up.

Birds seen during this period include the following:

Common Merganser (3)
Double-crested Cormorant (8)
Great Blue Heron
Ring-billed Gull
California Gull (2)
Glaucous-winged Gull (9)
Rock Pigeon (34)
Belted Kingfisher
American Crow (18)
Black-capped Chickadee (3)
Bushtit (1; just one!)
Bewick's Wren
European Starling (15)

May all your birds be identified,

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