A stop today at Lakeshore State Park in Milwaukee along the lakefront gave nice views of 4 Snow Buntings. They have been reported there. The Snow Buntings continually found seeds to eat. Typical places they always find seeds here at the park are in the short grass areas, along sidewalk edges, on the rocks and cracks in the walks. Seeds blow around this time of year and end up at those locations. I’ve seen them jump up to low grasses and plants to get seeds but did not see that today in the mowed areas. It was very windy at the lakefront with northwest winds, the sun made it doable today to enjoy the show that these beautiful birds put on. Images were taken on October 29, 2025.
The Snow Bunting on the rocks with the wind blowing…
Finding seeds along the walk…
Here there were seeds too in the grass area…
Here the Snow Bunting with a seed in the bill…
Here the Snow Bunting was getting seeds to eat in the cracks on the sidewalk…
Such a beautiful bird!
Up high at Lake Park or down by the water? Anyway beautiful photos as usual.
Hey Jim, I love these little guys. Harbingers of winter. Nice shoots!
Very pretty Jim, would love to see one of these in our yard.