Sandpiper, Mallards at Chena River lagoon – 6-12-15

Walked down to the lagoon behind my house at the end of  Hamilton Avenue. Had a lovely time watching the sandpipers chase each other around, the ducks sunning themselves and paddling around the lagoon, and the swallows flitting around chasing bugs. Here are a couple of photos I took of a Spotted Sandpiper, and a Mallard mama with here duckings. (The swallows were just to fast to photograph.)

Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)

Female Mallard Duck Anas platyrhynchos)