South of Auburn on Silver Street Rd. near the Fleming/Scipio Townline Rd.: two apparently separate flocks of Horned Larks (roughly 10 in each) were scavenging whatever is available at the roadside scraped up by recent plows; also an unidentified sparrow among them (small, like a Savannah Sparrow??) -- the light was fading fast. Incidentally, this stretch of road, with open farmland on both sides, is a good place to see larks and buntings in winter, as well as N. Harriers most of the year.
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