Snow Buntings and Larkspurs - 01 Dec 2025
After leaving Lake Erie Metropark yesterday afternoon I swung by Campau Road to look for a Rough-legged Hawk reported yesterday by Justin Labadie. I would not see it. Consolation prizes included a distant Red-tailed Hawk and a Mink running across the frozen channel next to the gates of the Pt. Mouillee Headquarters. I then drove south to Haggerman Road to see if anyone was camping out (yet) for Short-eared Owls. None have been reported so far, but I was on my way home and would give it a shot albeit still early in the afternoon (3 pm). As I approached the fence line surrounding the Antennae Farm I spotted a large flock of passerines in the field south of Haggerman Road. I suspected Snow Buntings only because of how much white I was seeing 100 yds away. A few photo attempts from inside the car proved useless; convection currents from the warm car disabled the autofocus of the camera and prevented any sharp images from being captures. So I left the car and walked up the road sev...
