I saw my first migrating shorebirds of the season today, a pair of Least Sandpipers picking tidbits out of the scum along the edge of one of the Yamhill city sewer ponds.
These Leasts are adult birds. The juveniles are still back on the breeding territory which only extends as far south as southern Alaska and the Yukon Territory. 
I tried to pish out a Song Sparrow and got this officious female Anna’s Hyummingbird instead. I had just been watching her buzzing around with her two new fledglings in the willows at Wennerberg Park.
Bronw Creeper, Yamhill Sewer Ponds: 
Bewick’s Wren, Yamhill S.P. 
The end: 
Canada Goose family, kids in the middle. 
Hooded Mergansers in foreground: 
Red-tail in field along Baker Creek Road: 
Yamhill Sewage Ponds (restricted access), Yamhill, Oregon, US
Jul 12, 2016 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM. 19 species
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 5
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 50
Hooded Merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus) 4
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius) 1
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla) 2 my first migrant shorebirds of the season
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 2
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 1
American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos) X
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) 6
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) 1
Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota) 1
Brown Creeper (Certhia americana) 1
Bewick’s Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) 2
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 4
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) X
Common Yellowthroat (Geothlypis trichas) 1
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 1
Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) 1
Brewer’s Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) 4
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