12:31pm start - water level mid-high with only the mudflats at the south end of Turning Basin #3 visible
1:02pm end - water level dropping

Tweeters,
Cloudy-bright along the Duwamish, with a pale wind. More LEAST SANDPIPERS and KILLDEER showed today, along with high numbers of CANADA GEESE and HOUSE SPARROWS, the latter of which were feeding on a bit of bank next to the pier to the west. A lone CASPIAN TERN took a tour of TB3 and headed south, squawking once.

Birds seen during this scan include the following:
Canada Goose (48)
Mallard (16)
Double-crested Cormorant (3)
Osprey (2 adults; 3 young at the Hamm Creek nest)
Peregrine Falcon (atop the west power tower)
Killdeer (12)
Least Sandpiper (7)
Glaucous-winged Gull (4)
Caspian Tern
Rock Pigeon (14)
Belted Kingfisher
American Crow (6)
Barn Swallow (2)
Bewick's Wren
Marsh Wren (heard)
European Starling (43)
House Finch
American Goldfinch (2)
House Sparrow (10)

May all your birds be identified,

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