11:40am start - water level very low but rising
12:20pm end

Tweeters,
At first I thought all I'd see were the Ospreys at Hamm Creek and the three soccer balls that were beached at Turning Basin #3 (TB3). The north breeze and quick incoming tide might have made the water a bit too choppy for some of the "normal" birds. However, a walk upstream about 200 yards (just beyond the navigable part of the river, and protected somewhat from the wind) produced a few more birds, including one of the COMMON MERGANSER families, now reduced to 10 young from the 12 the other day.

At 11:40, I saw one adult Osprey, wings stretched and back to me, on a crossbar at the nest platform. It then jumped/quick flapped up to the nest, just in time for its mate to arrive with a fish. Given the comparative sizes, it appeared that the larger (probable female) bird brought in the fish. After a brief meeting, the successful hunter flew with the fish to the west power tower, where it took several bites, then flew with the fish back to the nest (11:43am). The other bird departed.

Three Great Blue Herons at TB3 were the most I've seen since the end of April.

Birds seen during this scan include the following:
Canada Goose (5)
Gadwall
Mallard (3 males; plus a female with 6 partially grown young)
Common Merganser (3 plus 10 young)
Great Blue Heron (3)
Osprey (2)
Glaucous-winged Gull (6)
Rock Pigeon (3)
American Crow (6)
Cliff Swallow (2; it appears that they are nesting under the bridge that goes to the Boeing facility)
European Starling
Song Sparrow (2)
White-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
House Finch (2)
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

May all your birds be identified,

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