A Lake Once More

There is water again at Bennington Lake and more is being diverted from Mill Creek. "Cayuse Falls" was running as we walked up the trail and around the canal.  It was cold and windy so the birds were scarce.  The only new bird we saw was a yellow-rumped warbler.  There were a pair of northern harriers hunting the north end of the trail and a pair of kestrels near the the falls.  Black-capped chickadees were plentiful and a northern shrike posed for us in a nearby shrub as we walked by.  A Cooper's hawk hunted the east side of the trail. The leaves are beginning to bud on the trees - it won't be long before spring will be here.          Ginger