Subject: On the Duwamish - 1-12-2004
Date: Jan 13 07:32:01 2004
From: Desilvis, Denis J - denis.j.desilvis at boeing.com
11:18am start; water level at 10.9ft
11:38am end; water level at 10.5ft (water level was dropping very quickly during this time)
Tweeters,
Singing SONG SPARROWS on both sides of the river, along with one singing BEWICK'S WREN entertained me during this brief scan. A RED-TAILED HAWK was again on duty on the power tower next to SR 599 to the south of Turning Basin #3. No ducks seen, which surprised me, especially since Mallards and Gadwalls are usually about. They could have been feeding in the sheltered part of river, behind the area where the goose-exclusion "string" is set up.
Birds seen during this period include the following:
Double-crested Cormorant (3)
Red-tailed Hawk
Glaucous-winged Gull (8)
Rock Pigeon (10)
Belted Kingfisher
American Crow (2)
Bewick's Wren (2)
Song Sparrow (3)
House Sparrow
May all your birds be identified,
Denis DeSilvis
Seattle, WA
denis.j.desilvis at boeing.com