It was lousy weather for our Bennington Lake walk this morning. We were all bundled up in our winter clothes again – not a good sign for spring migrants. The only new returnee we saw today was a spotted sandpiper. There was a surprise visit from a black-necked stilt. The lake is very high with no good place for it to wade, so it flew off. Today was a day of yellow birds – large flocks of American goldfinches and 12 western kingbirds. Both were very noisy. We saw and heard a few house wrens, but not as many as last week. There were two ospreys and over 200 swallows, mostly cliff with a few tree and violet-green mixed in. The only ducks were three mallards, six northern shovelers and four bufflehead. Still no warblers. Next week..... Ginger
footnote* On Saturday there were yellow warblers and fox sparrows singing all along S. Fork Coppei Creek Road.
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