Diary of the Port Biologist

Jun 20 2016

Missing or found?

An adorable harbor seal pup is caught napping at a Port habitat site while its mom hunts.

Jun 13 2016

Outfall X-Files

A pair of investigators search for the truth along the Port’s waterways. Each outfall encountered is suspect.

May 26 2016

The Marshall family finds themselves in a wondrous world where the soils are 65 percent gravelly sand and 35 percent biochar, and the water begins its journey looking vaguely like coffee and ends it…well, looking like water.

May 16 2016

Gypsy moths in trees

Rewriting a Cher classic to commemorate the gypsy moth eradication efforts last month at seven sites in western Washington, including Tacoma.

May 03 2016

Mother (and Father) Goose

Three adorable goslings and their protective parents waddle to a more suitable home across the street.

Apr 19 2016

Timber poacher at large

A busy beaver is illegally harvesting willow and red alder trees at our Upper Clear Creek Mitigation Site.

Apr 11 2016

Seahawk love

A pair of osprey, also known as seahawks, make their nest and raise their young atop a light pole in a Port rail yard.

Apr 05 2016

Port stratification

A recent storm revealed a new geologic strata—old roofing material—in the bank of our Dick Gilmur Shoreline Restoration and Kayak Launch along Marine View Drive.

Mar 25 2016

Case of the abducted eggs

Port Biologist Blotter: Investigation of missing Canada goose eggs at the Port Administration Building.

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