12:24pm start - water level very low; mudbanks exposed
12:52pm end

Tweeters,
Strong west wind today--and cold even in the sun at Turning Basin #3. Two families of Canada geese, one with 8 goslings, the other with 7, cruised by on the west shore, with 8 other adult geese in the vicinity. At one point, all but two goslings were in one fleet, which had both sets of parents in what I took to be an aggressive posture (necks stretched low on the water, beaks open). Eventually, the goslings separated during swim-time, and walked up with their respective parents toward the goose-exclusion area. By the way, the exclusion devices appear to be still working.

Birds seen during this scan include the following:
Canada Goose (12 adults; 15 goslings)
Gadwall (2)
Bufflehead (6; 3 of each sex)
Common Merganser
Double-crested Cormorant (16)
Great Blue Heron
Osprey (2)
Glaucous-winged Gull (12)
Rock Pigeon (14)
American Crow (7)
Bewick's Wren
European Starling (8)
Song Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird (2)
House Finch (2)

May all your birds be identified,

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