Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Winter Wonderland at Bennington Lake

Our walk around the lake this morning was beautiful. Bright sunshine on the snow covered ground made everything glisten, and frost on all of the tiny branches of the shrubs and trees created intricate silvery patterns. Even the grasses were tipped with silver. The fog rolled back in as we were headed back to the parking lot so we were really fortunate to be able to enjoy the winter wonderland.
 
Besides enjoying the snow and the sunshine, we also saw some great birds including a BALD EAGLE, two LONG-EARED OWLS, four GREAT HORNED OWLS, a HAIRY WOODPECKER, 12 DOWNY WOODPECKERS, a NORTHERN SHRIKE and many of the other birds we usually see.  MerryLynn heard a COMMON REDPOLL fly overhead.  It was a good morning to be outdoors.  Ginger
 

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