11:32am start - water level high with only a few mudflats visible; incoming tide
12:13pm end

Tweeters,
I thought my week-long hiatus from the river would cause me to miss the fledging of the Hamm Creek OSPREYS. However, from my observations, together with those of other Duwamish observers, it's evident that the three young aren't as yet ready for first flight. Could it be the hot weather and little wind? At any rate, from a distance, it appears as if all three young are healthy.

A SPOTTED SANDPIPER was bobbing on the mudbank to the south of the stormwater drainage, which is on the south side of the Turning Basin #3 (TB3) restoration site. I heard a MARSH WREN and a DOWNY WOODPECKER vocalizing from the restoration site.

Many MALLARDS and CANADA GEESE scattered around TB3. Two of the former still had lots of down amongst their incoming plumage.

Birds seen during this scan include the following:
Canada Goose (29)
Mallard (49; mostly at the high mudflat at the southeast side of TB3)
Great Blue Heron (in the weeping willow above the high mudflat)
Osprey (2 ad - male on the west power tower, female at the nest; three young, all at Hamm Creek)
Spotted Sandpiper
Glaucous-winged Gull (7)
Rock Pigeon (6)
Downy Woodpecker (heard)
American Crow (2)
Barn Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee (3)
Marsh Wren (heard)
European Starling (42)
House Finch (2)
American Goldfinch (3)
House Sparrow (3)

May all your birds be identified,

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