Open Water at Bennington Lake

With overnight temperatures near 60 degrees, we anticipated some open water at Bennington Lake for our walk - and we weren't disappointed.  There is still some ice, but much of the lake is open.  The birds were happy too!  There were 24 common mergansers, a lone mallard and 20 some canada geese on the water.  More canada geese flew overhead making a total of 51 geese on or flying over the water.  A lone ring-billed gull also took a look.  The remained of the birds seen or heard were pretty much what has been mentioned in previous weeks.  There was one horned lark at the edge of the fields on the east side, and two American pipits flew over.   Hopefully the water will remain open and we will enjoy more waterfowl in the days to come.    Ginger