1:31pm start - water level >9ft
1:55pm end

Tweeters,
Back at work here on the Duwamish after a week on vacation at the coast. Looks as if the Corps of Engineers (or someone) is dredging the river just north of Turning Basin #3 (and just opposite the power substation). The PEREGRINE FALCON I saw on the east power tower (perched on the catwalk railing at the south end) at 9:20am was on the west power tower, perched on catwalk railing at the north side. (Coloration, size, etc., leads me to believe it's the same bird.) Red-winged Blackbirds and Song Sparrows, which were in song at 9:20am, were neither seen nor heard during this scan.

One of the feeding Double-crested Cormorants had trouble holding on to a fish it had snagged, but one of the ever-opportunistic Glaucous-winged Gulls relieved the DCCO of its burden, and flew to the pier opposite my vantage point to dispose of the easily obtained lunch. As I was watching this encounter, an adult BALD EAGLE flew low and right in front of me, with two other gulls in hot pursuit. The eagle cut to the southwest bank, where it got a rise out of all the Mallards feeding there. I'd only counted 13 Mallards in view, but 19 took to the air when the eagle buzzed their position, which let me know that an additional 6 were in places I couldn't see.

Birds seen during this period included the following:
Canada Goose (24, of which 22 were feeding on the bank opposite me)
Gadwall (2)
Mallard (19)
Double-crested Cormorant (8)
Bald Eagle
Peregrine Falcon
Glaucous-winged Gull (13)
Rock Pigeon (33)
American Crow (2)
American Robin (the first I've seen Nov 13; they're probably around, but darned hard to spot from my viewing point)
European Starling

May all your birds be identified,

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