Bennington Lake Today

There were lots of birds today as we walked around the lake.  The water was teeming with swallows – mostly cliff swallows although there were a few tree swallows. The only ducks were a few mallards and three northern shovelers.  A lone double crested cormorant made its way around the lake and there were three ospreys today – and they were successfully fishing!  Ruby crowned kinglets were everywhere and they were displaying their pretty "ruby crowns".  We saw three baby great horned owls and one adult.  Migrants included 3 Nashville warblers, several orange-crowned warblers and yellow-rumped warblers, chipping sparrows, a Lincoln's sparrow and a western kingbird.  We didn't hear or see any house wrens today (there was one last week), but the Bewick's wrens were loud and plentiful.  Things should pick up each week now as the summer birds start to return.