I walked from the east bay to the west bay at about 2:30 this afternoon. In the east bay I saw a couple of great blue herons, gulls and the like. Just as I was heading over to the west bay, a large shadow caught my eye. It was the osprey that is pictured above! It was way closer than I have had a chance to see one before.
Not two minutes later I saw the green heron pictured above. It is the third green heron I have seen this week! The first was on a log in the middle bowl of Capitol Lake and the second flew past the east bay. Before this I had only seen them once before when two flew past Dana and I on the west side in May or June.
The blue heron pic is taken from the 5th Ave. bridge in Oly. It was watching the seals fight over salmon like everybody else there this afternoon. An osprey circled overhead there too; probably the same one.