It was cold and windy this morning, but 8 of us walked Bennington Lake anyhow, and weren't disappointed with the birds we saw. There were swallows everywhere—all five species, but mostly tree, bank and cliff. Yellow-rumped warblers dazzled us with their breeding plumage and western kingbirds adorned the tops of the trees and shrubs. The long-eared owls have all fledged, but the two great horned owl chicks were still in their hole in the parking lot cliff. We saw a Hammond's flycatcher, heard several orange-crowned warblers, a yellow-warbler and one person saw a gray catbird. The weather might not show it, but the birds are saying that spring is here. We had 42 species of birds today on our walk. Ginger
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