12:57start- water level low on incoming tide with most mudflats visible
(10:58 low tide - 2.8ft; 17:02 high tide - 9.5ft)
13:32 end

Tweeters,
Partly sunny, brisk north breeze, and a little chop on the waters of
Turning Basin #3 (TB3). Five Ospreys (2 Hamm Creek; 2 Boeing Parking
lot; one from further south) were visible at one time. The parking lot
birds appear to be a pair (coloration, size) without a nest. The Western
Grebe was fishing near the southwest side of TB3.

Bird of the Day: Mallard duck with 13 very small ducklings cruised the
southern side of TB3. Lots of gulls in the area, but didn't see any make
a pass at flotilla.

Birds seen during this scan:

Canada Goose (8)
Gadwall (4) (2 pair)
Mallard (18, including 13 <1wk ducklings)
Bufflehead (7)
Common Goldeneye
Common Merganser (2; appeared to be a pair)
Western Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant (3)
Osprey (5)
Killdeer
Mew Gull (88)
Glaucous-winged Gull (15)
Rock Pigeon (15)
American Crow (5)
Violet-green Swallow
Bushtit
Song Sparrow (3)
Red-winged Blackbird
American Goldfinch (new for the year)
House Sparrow (6)

20 spp for the day; 29 YTD

May all your birds be identified,

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