Three images of The Snow Buntings.

As I indicated in the previous two postings, the Snow Buntings would repeatedly land on top of the silage. They would then in a group run down the sloped end which was open and which had a green gate across it to stop the cattle from getting to the silage. The pile of exposed feed was right beyond the gate. Some of the Buntings would fly directly from the top of the silage to the feed; others would line up on the rails of the gate to presumably check out if the coast was clear and/or if there was space for them on the pile of feed. More often than not, only a few would make it to the feed as any minor disturbance got the whole flock airborne, only to return and repeat the exercise a few minutes later.

Top Image: Only a few of the flock are shown after just having landed. Some are starting to run towards the pile of feed.


Buntings lining up on the top rail of the gate looking down at the feed and waiting their turn or their chance to eat.


Close-up of one of the Buntings on the gate. (This image taken with my 500 mm lens + 1.7 T.C.)