Outdoor Ontario

Photography => Ontario Birds => Topic started by: thouc on December 25, 2020, 05:33:28 PM

Title: With snow comes...
Post by: thouc on December 25, 2020, 05:33:28 PM

...Snow Buntings...
(https://cdn.download.ams.birds.cornell.edu/api/v1/asset/290938901/480)


...and Horned Larks.


(https://cdn.download.ams.birds.cornell.edu/api/v1/asset/290938801/480)


Video of Horned Larks feeding


https://youtu.be/wRWZgPIhPzM (https://youtu.be/wRWZgPIhPzM)


Merrry Christmas



(https://cdn.download.ams.birds.cornell.edu/api/v1/asset/290939031/480)

Title: Re: With snow comes...
Post by: Ally on December 25, 2020, 05:56:27 PM

Wow, so nice. Where are they? I really would like to see a lark
And video is such a treat. Those guys are so happy, the little hops are the cutest!

Title: Re: With snow comes...
Post by: thouc on December 25, 2020, 06:12:32 PM

These ones were in Elgin County, but you can see Horned Larks anywhere in the countryside. They like the fields and often come to roads to feed after snowfalls, so they are easier to find then. North of Toronto they become more common in February when they start migrating north.


/Thomas

Title: Re: With snow comes...
Post by: Dinusaur on December 27, 2020, 10:04:42 AM

Video of the feeding Larks is really nice - I see them most often in this kind of habitat. The other day (Dec 25) I saw a group of 15 Snow Buntings in Downsview Park, in the open field just south of Motor Vehicle Office.

Title: Re: With snow comes...
Post by: thouc on December 27, 2020, 05:28:06 PM

Yeah, I liked how they hopped up to get the seeds.