At 6am when the herd began pounding the bedroom door wanting their breakfast I
immediately checked the sky. Sure enough a glow on the horizon so it looked
promising for the field birds down the lane. Wasn't long before I grabbed
the bins and camera and was heading up there.When I pulled up there were about
50 or so Horned Larks and about 10 or so Snow Buntings feeding on the seed I put
out yesterday. When I pulled up on the opposite side of the road they flew off
about 50 yards away as they do when ever a car goes past. I spread some
sunflower kernels as they would not be too noticeable on the snow. They came
back as soon as I hopped back in the car. The Snow Buntings are always among the
first to filter back giving me a chance to get some isolated shots. I was up
there about 1/2 hour and several cars and a tractor came past scattering them
but after a Merlin scattered them a long way off I came home. I took 859 shots in
that 1/2 hour. After several rounds of culling I narrowed it down to these few.
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| Horned Larks and Snow Buntings |
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| Horned Lark |
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| Snow Bunting |
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| Snow Bunting |
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| Snow Bunting |
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| Snow Bunting |
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