Ode to Ontario's Ocean Coast

This weekend I was able to find some Horned Larks and Snow Buntings near Orono. These are always some of my favorite birds to find in the spring as they are usually one of the first ones back (if they leave at all). But they also remind me of being on the coast of Hudson's Bay as these 2 species are some of the more common birds there in the spring. See more photos here

Horned Lark

Snow Bunting

And for comparison here a couple of photos from the Hudson Bay coast:

Snow Bunting

Horned Lark