The winter fields are dotted with small, colorful birds. The Horned Larks fly in swarms and they are often joined by the buntings. The buntings, however, are quite a bit more shy and so harder to photograph. Maybe next year I’ll have more luck/skill. In the flight pictures below, the black wingtips are the buntings. The others are all larks.
Here are a couple of shots of the bunting, first alone and then next to a lark.
Here are the Horned Larks looking more curious than the buntings, or maybe just on high alert always for the inevitable hawk attack.
