High tide - 0459 - 11.2ft
Low tide - 1104 - 3.6ft

Tweeters,
Started at 0720 at T-105 Park just south of the West Seattle Bridge, and
thence southward up the river to T-107 Park, Hamm Creek, and Turning
Basin #3 (TB3) ending at about 1135. Twelve of us on a chilly, damp day
-- N breeze, which is different for this time of year.

Highlights:
Three SANDHILL CRANES were seen from Hamm Creek flying slightly NE over
E Marginal Way S (apx over the Museum of Flight area) at about 1030.

An OSPREY flew by us near TB3 -- not sure if it was one of the Hamm
Creek pair, but nonetheless -- five years in a row for an Osprey
arriving at this area of the Duwamish on 3/31.

A BALD EAGLE landed on a (dead) Double-crested Cormorant at Kellogg
Island (opposite T-107 Park), tore it up on the beach for a bit; carried
it in front of us to a piling and tore some more; then to yet another
piling where it proceeded in earnest.

Two GREEN-WINGED TEAL males competed actively with a female nearby at
Kellogg Island. Lots of splashed water, chases (air and water), etc.

Two WESTERN GREBES performed part of their courtship ritual near us at
T-105 Park.

Lots of VIOLET-GREEN SWALLOWS at Hamm Creek; three ANNA'S HUMMINGBIRDS
at T-105; and two BELTED KINGFISHERS doing aerial dogfighting at T-107;
a PEREGRINE FALCON on the power tower on the east side of the river
opposite Hamm Creek; and singing SAVANNAH SPARROWS at Hamm Creek.

Note: The currants are in spectacular bloom along Hamm Creek. We didn't
see any hummingbirds there, but when the rufous hbirds get here, there's
lots of food.

Saw a harbor seal at TB3.

Birds seen during this outing include the following:

Canada Goose
Gadwall
Mallard
Green-winged Teal
Bufflehead
Barrow's Goldeneye
Western Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant
Great Blue Heron
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Peregrine Falcon
Sandhill Crane
Killdeer
Mew Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Rock Pigeon
Anna's Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Northern Flicker
American Crow
Violet-green Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Bushtit
Bewick's Wren
American Robin
European Starling
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Red-winged Blackbird
House Finch
House Sparrow

35 spp for the day.

May all your birds be identified,

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