The roadsides along Mt Pleasant Rd have been plowed far back exposing some bare
ground and these opened up areas have attracted a lot of Snow Buntings and
Horned Larks (more of the latter than I've seen together all winter up here) to
feed today. Given these close views, it is worth checking
After stubbornly refusing to show up for the Christmas Bird Count, Snow
Buntings are again on Mt Pleasant. A mixed flock of Horned Larks (about 12) and
Snow Buntings (at least twice as many) were on the road at the easternmost end
of Mt Pleasant Rd when I was just walking up there earlier this
Up on the hill for my exercise walk this morning between 10:45 and 11:45, I saw
a flock of 20-ish Snow Buntings at the eastern end of Mt Pleasant Rd. And at
three different spots between there and the observatory I found individual
Horned Larks, most likely the vanguard of those that typically
