SPRING ACTION AT ALKI BEACH

It has been a busy Spring so far in Puget Sound.  Many visits by Transient Orca Whales, CA Sea Lions passing through on migration south to breeding grounds in CA and Baja. Shorebirds moving north with Loons and Grebes. A first ever recorded Herring spawning in West Seattle and a Harbor Seal pup that staked out a spot on busy Alki Beach Park for more than a month.  Juvenile Bald Eagles trying to figure out just how to get a meal...and not being very good at it.  Gray Whales and Humpback Whales roaming the Sound....and rain, rain, rain, rain....oh..did I mention rain.   Seattle has on day without rain since February 1st.
And yes...it rained today...and still is.

Herring eggs

Herring eggs

Dunlin

Black Turnstones

Surfbirds

Common Loon with flounder

Harbor Seal "Taffy"

Horned Grebe

Western Red-backed Salamanders

Long-toed Salamander

Northern Alligator Lizard 

Sanderling

Buffelhead Duck

Mt. Baker from West Seattle