Thanks RKD .. I had never seen either bird before either and consulted the Cornell labs of Ornithology site .. which is where I found the Horned Lark .. since it was listed as a related bird to the snow buntings.
There were flcoks of them. They are very fast. They would land for a while and when a car drove by they would all take off at once.
I agree that I did not see any examples of Snow Buntings with the distictvie orange neck band. I find that there are never enough pictures showing differences in colours between males, females , juveniles and summer / winter plumage, which makes ID quite challenging. Hopefully others will comment.
Glad you liked the shot. I have another of them all arriving too. I'm not very good at bird photography and with the snow and clouds it was difficult to get a really clear shot.
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Nikon D90 Sigma -150-500
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