My Saturday Bird this week continues my look back at species photographed in Saskatchewan in winter.
This is the Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris). It is known as the Shore Lark in Europe due to the species being found on coastlines in winter.
This individual was photographed feeding on wheat stubble near Punnichy, Saskatchewan in winter. Photographed through an open vehicle window on a -30°C morning.
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what lovely markings
They are although it makes quite good camouflage on wheat stubble and European shorelines.
Well we need something to keep us birders on our toes!
I had never noticed how similar the colouration is to the Ringed Plover found on U.K. shorelines.