Subject: On the Duwamish - 9/9/2003
Date: Sep 9 12:14:42 2003
From: Desilvis, Denis J - denis.j.desilvis at boeing.com


Tweeters,
11:13am start: Water level at about 0.2ft under the 0.0ft marking (water came to the 0.0 mark at 11:25am)
11:47am end: Water level at 0.5ft

All was cool and quiet on the river today, except for the amplified voice of an auctioneer hawking vehicles somewhere on the other side of the river, and two very vocal, very persistent juv. Glaucous-winged Gulls following around and begging from an adult. I repeatedly scanned the shoreline vegetation, but without turning up anything more than the two common introduced species feeding on blackberries. Seems as if there are even more salmon jumping today than previous days.

Birds seen include the following:

Double-crested Cormorant (2)
Canada Goose (9)
Mallard (6)
Osprey (3; 1 ad, 2 juv)
Killdeer (8)
Mew Gull (2)
Glaucous-winged Gull (7)
Rock Pigeon (>30)
American Crow (10)
European Starling (150)
House Finch
House Sparrow (3)

May all your birds be identified,

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