12:10pm start - water level quite high with no mudflats visible (11:19
high tide - 11.1ft; 17:38 low tide - 7.3ft)
12:29pm end

Tweeters,
High water; high, thin overcast; disappearing fog to the west of Turning
Basin #3. A passerby asked me if I'd seen anything new on the river
today. It appeared that she meant "Have you seen any new birds or
mammals?" To that question, my answer is "no."

However, the river changes daily, and there's always a newness in the
point of view. But this, too, is coupled with a sense of stability in
that I often see the same individuals (like the Common Merganser
"family" of six, or the male Peregrine Falcon), just not every day, and
not necessarily in the same part of the river. Will I see the falcon
today? ("No.") Is that big domestic goose that looks like a Graylag
derivative still begging for food? ("Yes.") Any otters? Seals? ("No.")
Rabbits? ("Yes." I guess I never mentioned that rabbits live along this
side of TB3, staying mostly in the overgrown blackberries/butterfly bush
jungle that's just across the chain-link fenceline. We see them
occasionally as they feed on stuff growing up through the cracks in the
parking-lot asphalt. Today, one was sunning itself next to one of the
spots I use to check out the area to the south/east end of TB3.)

And there's always the tidal ebb and flow. Ever changing, but with a
constancy that lends itself more to the synchronous side of life. I like
it.

Birds seen during this scan include the following:
Domestic goose
Common Merganser (6)
Double-crested Cormorant (6)
Glaucous-winged Gull (3)
Rock Pigeon (61)
Belted Kingfisher
American Crow (17)
American Robin
European Starling (3)
Song Sparrow (watching me watch the rabbit)
House Finch (2)
House Sparrow

May all your birds be identified,

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