Fog and Boulders at Bennington Lake today

The fog was like pea soup.  We could hear canada geese on the water, but we couldn't see them.  Finally, we found 75 of them along the south shore.  The little birds were very quiet in the fog, so we struggled to find them.  Then, we arrived at "Cayuse Falls" to find huge trucks dumping big boulders into the canal.  A nice man from the Corp of Engineers told us they are shoring up the canal there to make sure it doesn't erode.  The good news is that the work should be done before our Field Trip on Saturday.  Instead of retracing our tracks we took the high trail back to the parking lot and saw lots of sparrows and finches in the sunflower patch.  We also saw an immature sharp-shinned hawk that appeared to be posing for us in the top of a dead tree.  Doubtless, it was looking for its next meal, but we enjoyed the good view.  When we got back to the lake we could see the geese again and four western grebes.  There didn't appear to be any other waterfowl on the water.  Just another morning walk at Bennington Lake....you never know what you'll find. Ginger