Fri 15 Jan 2010
I finally found some Snow Buntings and Lapland Longspurs in Winnebago County. There was a flock of approximately 250 birds on Kendall Road between Cunningham and Kelley Roads. Near the Cunningham (north) end of Kendall, a farmer has spread manure in a field along the east side of Kendall, and that is where i found the flock.
Approximately 200 Snow Buntings and 50 Lapland Longspurs.
January 16th, 2010 at 1:33 pm
More Snow Buntings on Saturday morning-this time in Stephenson Co. Barbara and I found a small flock in another field covered in fresh manure. It is located on the north side of Greenfield Road between Klinger Road and Farwell Bridge Road. We didn’t get out and scope the field, so I suspect that there are a lot of birds out there. It is quite a distance away from the roadside.