Northern Saw-whet Owl at Bennington Lake

We found a northern saw-whet owl on our morning walk today.  It was in the pines on the east side of the lake.  There was also a very vocal northern shrike on the trail by the canal.  The great horned owl was in her nest hole in the parking lot.  Only one bird on the water this morning - a female common merganser.  There were six killdeer and a great blue heron along the shoreline.  It was pretty quiet today, probably because of the wind, but the little owl certainly made it an eventful morning walk.     Ginger