The creeks are over their banks once again. Fields are once again shallow lakes. Nora and I tried to go to Wennerberg Park in Carlton we found it was closed by flooding. So we wen to Yamhill Sewer Ponds and there were some large geese loafing on the shore of a lake newly formed. Among them, at least ten Greater White-fronted Geese:
Today marks only the second time White-fronted Geese have been reported at this site though the eBird record there is still fairly flimsy, mostly checklists I have submitted since July. 
On the sewer ponds: Bufflehead:
Bushtits are my at my feeder for the first time this year: 
Cackling Geese in field along Hill Road in surburban McMinnville: 
Daisy, its feet in water, its blossom above the water level. 
Wet seats along creek at sewer ponds. 
Lesser Scaup at sewer ponds. 
Nora in her rain gear. 
Shovelers, water, water everywhere, oh goody. 
Yamhill Sewage Ponds (restricted access), Yamhill, Oregon, US
Jan 13, 2016 10:15 AM – 10:45 AM
Comments: rain and flooding. 13 species
Greater White-fronted Goose (Anser albifrons) 10
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 20
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) X
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) 75
Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) 5
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) 12
Common Goldeneye (Bucephala clangula) 3
American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) 1
Western Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica) 1
Western Bluebird (Sialia mexicana) 5
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) X
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) X
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 1
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UK weather still mirroring your own.
By: hethersettbirding on January 13, 2016
at 2:40 pm