I just wanted to share a few pages from my winter field notes...
If you have ever noticed small flocks of 10-30 birds that scatter from midwestern country roads as you drive by on a winter day it is very likely you are seeing Horned Larks.
Another common winter bird is the Dark-Eyed Junco, we typically get Slate-Colored Juncos, but I recently had a western subspecies, the Oregon Junco show up in Illinois.
I always enjoy watching the Red-Headed Woodpeckers collect acorns in recently burned oak forests.
2 comments:
Do you get Lapland Longspurs or Snow Buntings in with all those Horned Lark during winter? I don't know where you are located but around here SW INdiana we do the the other birds mixed in with Horned Lark. Keep an eye out.
I am in central Il, most of our flocks are dominated by horned larks with small numbers of lapland longspurs and the occasional snow bunting!
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