I met a couple folks from the Yamhill Watershed Council this morning and we birded the Yamhill Sewer Ponds property, owned mostly by the town of Yamhill. They are interested in doing some restoration thetre if the town is agreeable. Good timing as last winter’s wind storms took down several large old oaks, leaving fewer of their aged brethren standing. The property also has a couple small areas of true seasonal marsh.
Singers today included Song Sparrow, Bewick’s Wren and Red-winged Blackbirds. Tree swallows don’t truly sing but they twitter back and forth, tweeting long before before digital tech.
Male Anna’s on alert, ever on alert.
Cackling geese in neighboring field, note one with manmade necklace in center, rear. 
Song Sparrow male on high. 
Tree Swallows, iridescent in the sunlight. 
Yamhill Sewage Ponds (restricted access), Yamhill, Oregon, US
Mar 28, 2016 10:45 AM – 12:15 PM. 24 species
Cackling Goose (Branta hutchinsii) 100
Canada Goose (Branta canadensis) 30
Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) 4
Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) 20
Northern Shoveler (Anas clypeata) 120
Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis) 40
Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) 25
Common Merganser (Mergus merganser) 2 in the creek
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) 1
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) 1
Eurasian Collared-Dove (Streptopelia decaocto) X
Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) 1
Anna’s Hummingbird (Calypte anna) 1
Downy Woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) 1
Western Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica) 4
Tree Swallow (Tachycineta bicolor) 100
White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis) 1
Bewick’s Wren (Thryomanes bewickii) 2
Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Regulus calendula) 1
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) 12
European Starling (Sturnus vulgaris) X
Song Sparrow (Melospiza melodia) 4
Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) 30
Brewer’s Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) 2
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