Horned Lark
“On February 8, tipped off by an eBird report earlier that day I made my way to the Spurwink River Marsh section of Sawyer Road where, after some effort, I was able to locate six Horned Larks hunkered down along a section of the tidal dogleg where marsh grasses were still protruding above the snow.”
Through the year
Columns that mention it, by the month they were published.
Year by year
Columns that mention it each year.
In his words
All 6 passages, oldest first.
It is at this time each year when my mind often drifts to thoughts of Snow Buntings, Horned Larks and elusive Lapland Longspurs.
On the coldest day of February I went searching for Snow Buntings, Horned Larks and elusive Lapland Longspurs.
According to eBird, over the last two weeks of January across Cape only small handful of Snow Bunting and Horned Lark sightings were reported.
On February 8, tipped off by an eBird report earlier that day I made my way to the Spurwink River Marsh section of Sawyer Road where, after some effort, I was able to locate six Horned Larks hunkered down along a section of the tidal dogleg where marsh grasses were still protruding above the snow.
This apparent commotion flushed a flock of more than thirty Horned Larks that sprung out from the tundra-like landscape and took to the air in a swift, twisting and turning flight that headed right over Sawyer Road.
On the coldest weekend of January, I set out in search of Horned Larks, Snow Buntings and Lapland Longspurs.