11:45 start - water level low with all mudflats visible (11:23 low tide
- 1.8ft; 17:45 high tide - 9.9ft)
12:23 end

Tweeters,
Low water; cool, brisk-enough-to-make-your-nose-run breeze; and mostly
sunny skies at Turning Basin #3 (TB3). When I stepped outside, three
Ospreys were interacting overhead, and as they drifted northward on the
wind, a fourth, much more aggressive bird, joined them. The latter was
one of the Hamm Creek pair (it flew to the west-bank power tower when
the other Ospreys moved off to the east). More Violet-green Swallows
were flying over the Hamm Creek restoration area, as well as at TB3.
Note: Since the pier across from one of my viewing stations was taken
out and restoration begun by NOAA, the number of Rock Pigeons usually
seen has dropped considerably. Many apparently nested on ledges under
the pier, and hung out around there almost all year.

Bird of the day: Mew Gull - 222, of which most were sleeping on the
mudflat at the south end of TB3

Birds seen during this scan:
Canada Goose (11)
Gadwall (5)
Mallard (7)
Bufflehead (8)
Comon Goldeneye
Double-crested Cormorant (4)
Great Blue Heron
Osprey (5)
Red-tailed Hawk
Mew Gull (222)
Glaucous-winged Gull (15)
Rock Pigeon (24)
Belted Kingfisher
American Crow (2)
Violet-green Swallow (11)
Bushtit (2)
Bewick's Wren (2)
American Robin
European Starling (5)
Song Sparrow (2)
House Finch
House Sparrow (4)

22 spp for the day; 29 YTD

May all your birds be identified,

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