West Seattle Wednesday: WSHS graduation; Clark @ Delridge; more

(Tuesday photo of crows and eagle mixing it up, by Christopher Boffoli)
From the WSB West Seattle Events calendar, which includes several events of WS note that are happening downtown – West Seattle High School‘s Class of 2010 graduates at 5 pm tonight, Memorial Stadium @ Seattle Center (followed by Grad Night) … The city Landmarks Preservation Board considers whether to designate West Seattle’s “Bloss House“ as a city landmark, 3:30 pm at the Municipal Tower downtown (public comment is welcome at the meeting) … City Councilmember Sally Clark is the guest at the Delridge Neighborhoods District Council meeting at 7 tonight, Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, following the Strategic Delridge meeting at 6 (tonight’s topic: “create or maximize places and events where diverse groups can come together to build trust and reciprocity”) … If you’re interested in the seawall component of the Alaskan Way Viaduct project, WSDOT has a public hearing as part of its environmental review, 5:30 pm at Bell Harbor Conference Center on the downtown waterfront (after a 4 pm open house) … The Seattle School Board‘s last meeting of the school year is at 6 pm at district HQ in SODO (agenda here), preceded by a 5:30 pm rally led by a group opposed to renewing Superintendent Dr. Maria Goodloe-Johnson‘s contract (which is on tonight’s board agenda) … Even more, on the calendar!

Eilene Hutchinson June 16, 2010 (11:00 am)

Great shot! Hard to get these action photos, you did a great job. It is interesting to see the cooperation of crows in driving an eagle from their territory. I’ve seen gulls join in the pursuit. I have also seen those small starlings chase crows away from their area. A lot can be accomplished if we all pull together, and we don’t need to be the biggest and toughest, etc :).

JH June 16, 2010 (12:16 pm)

Where was the photo taken? On the way to work yesterday and from work I saw three eagles flying over Harbor Island near the viaduct with a couple of birds chasing them. Beautiful! Crows are disgusting. Go eagles go!

Rod Nelson June 16, 2010 (5:41 pm)

This is a great photo!

I doubt that the eagle is much more than slightly annoyed at the presence of the crows. They are flapping their wings madly while the eagle just soars.

cjboffoli June 16, 2010 (6:54 pm)

This was shot near the Junction. There were actually many more crows out of frame.

Rod: You’re right. The crows were frantic but the eagle didn’t seem the least bit agitated.

Amanda June 16, 2010 (9:10 pm)

That happened down in my hood too on Tuesday morning, around 8:00 am! It was sooooo cooooollll!

sun*e June 16, 2010 (11:18 pm)

I heard those excited crows yesterday morning and after briefly watching them I wondered why they were so upset. It was kind of unnerving and reminded me of “The Birds” movie. I didn’t notice the eagle so now I know what it was all about… thanks for sharing the pic.

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