Horned Larks can be identified, flying away, by their black tails. Snow Buntings are mostly white. Lapland Longspurs are a bit smaller than Horned Larks and, as mentioned, look darker overall than Horned Larks. These are just things you might notice at a glance as they are flying up from the road.
It's possible (I did it in Hancock County the other day) to stop on a quiet rural road and wait for the group of birds to settle again, then to slowly creep up on them in your car. Take a look in binoculars as you get closer. This is how I picked a couple longspurs out of a group of larks...
Hope this helps,Carlton Schooley
On Wednesday, January 7, 2015 9:36 PM, Dillon Nott <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
With me being a young birder, and not as experienced as some of you, I've
seen some small gray brown birds on the side of the roads with the snow and
salt. I know these aren't Juncos, but I'm not sure if there Snow Buntings.
I've never seen one, possibly. But there a tiny bit bigger than a House
Sparrow, on the side of roads in small flocks of 7 or so, and are
white-gray-brown. I can't get good observations on them because I'm always
in the car when I see them. Are these Snow Buntings?
Champaign County-Woodstock
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