12:02pm start - tide coming in but most mudflats visible
12:37pm end

Tweeters,
Warm day, and few species on the river. One of the many MALLARDS was accompanied by two very small ducklings (<2 wks old). An AMERICAN ROBIN was feeding one fledgling amongst the blackberry tangle right below me. Another observer indicated that up to two of the Hamm Creek OSPREY young had been airborne, but I've personally not seen them fledge as yet. The female Osprey chased an interloping fledgling (poss from T-105?), which headed back downriver.

Note: Yesterday (7-27) at 8:45am, I saw two Peregrine Falcons on the west power tower (Hamm Creek). They were both at the south end of the tower, one on each side of the top. One of the falcons, with a slightly distended crop, was on the east-bank power tower at 6:05am.

Birds seen during this scan include the following:
Canada Goose (38)
Mallard (39, including two very young ducklings)
Osprey (2 adults, three young at Hamm Creek; one juv. interloper)
Killdeer (2)
Glaucous-winged Gull (2)
Rock Pigeon (12)
American Crow (5)
Bewick's Wren
American Robin (1 adult; one juv.)
European Starling (570, including a flying "ball" of about 500 birds - looked for a predator but didn't see one)
House Finch
House Sparrow (2)

May all your birds be identified,

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