Today Michelle and I went hunting for Snow Buntings and Lapland Longspurs in SW Winnebago county. We went driving for about 1.5 hours and saw no Snow Buntings and 1 Lapland. Traffic seemed to be right where all the groups of birds were. Highlights of the trip besides the Lapland were Tree Sparrows, “Oregon” Junco, N. Harrier, Song Sparrows, Horned Larks and a Kestrel that was hunting for Juncoes, and Tree Sparrows.
Kestrel