The western kingbirds have returned to Bennington Lake. We saw two on our walk this morning. In addition, the house wrens are back in good numbers (they returned last week) and are singing all around the lake. There were two ospreys successfully fishing this morning along with many fishermen. Two great horned owl chicks watched us from the parking lot. We didn't see mom, but I'm sure she was close by. Waterfowl was scarce – 13 northern shovelers, one coot and one canada goose. The water is VERY high so there weren't any shorebirds other than a pair of killdeer. There were lots of cliff swallows and tree swallows and one northern rough-winged swallow. A big black cloud came over as we started our walk, but it only rained briefly. Nothing like the unbelievable lightning storm we had last night. It's spring, so you never know what the weather will bring, but the birds are coming back, so all is well with the world! Ginger
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