Our Tuesday walk got delayed until Thursday, but we were rewarded with lots of migrants. We counted 12 Wilson's warblers, 7 Townsend's warblers, 3 orange-crowned warblers, 1 Nashville warbler, 1 olive-sided flycatcher, 1 western flycatcher, 1 dusky flycatcher, 1 Cassin's vireo, 1 warbling vireo, 4 least sandpipers, 2 western sandpipers and 1 greater yellowlegs. Vaux's swifts, barn swallows, violet green swallows, bank swallows and rough-winged swallows were catching bugs over the lake. Summer nesters still around were 1 yellow-breasted chat, 1 gray catbird, 5 house wrens, 3 yellow warblers, 12 cedar waxwings, 4 spotted sandpipers and 10 western wood peewees.
We were surprised to see 2 white-crowned sparrows, a dark-eyed junco and a ruby-crowned kinglet. These are all fall birds. If you haven't noticed, the goldfinches are all molting into their winter plumage. It won't be long before the leave turn red and yellow - fall is on the way and winter won't be far behind. Where did summer go? The temperatures are perfect for a nice stroll around Bennington Lake. I hope you will get out and enjoy the birds. Ginger
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