A drab brownish female Horned Lark sits on the ground in a field with a male showing more yellow on the chin. They were quite distant in a farmer's field in Tiverton. There were several dozen larks in the flock but they foraged apart from one another so I didn't see more than three at a time on the ground. Like sandpipers, they are skittish and the entire flock often takes to the wing.

I know where Horned Larks live but I rarely see them, and when I do, they remain ridiculously far away. Here are a distant female (on the left) and male (on the right). I have yet to see the damned horns.

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Reflections on an Autumn Morning

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Two cormorants stand on a small rock in the Sakonnet River. The bird on the right is nonchalant, looking left over the other. The bird on the left has its tail raised and has shot a dart of poop into the water behind it.

On an island all their own in the formerly pristine waters of the Sakonnet River. #doublecrestedcormorant #bird #birdphotography #birdpooping #birdsoftivertonri #birdsofrhodeisland

Eider rules of etiquette: If it fits in your mouth, it is okay to swallow it. #commoneider #bird #birdphotography #birdsoftivertonri #birdsofrhodeisland

Sandpiper rules of etiquette: It is okay to walk on the breakfast salad bar in your bare feet. #leastsandpiper #bird #birdphotography #birdsoftivertonri #birdsofrhodeisland

Eider rules of etiquette: It is okay to rip the legs off brekkie and toss it like a salad. #commoneider #bird #birdphotography #birdsoftivertonri #birdsofrhodeisland

Something I've seen exactly once: an Osprey helping to keep Seapowet Beach safe for the kiddies. #osprey #bird #birdphotography #birdsoftivertonri #birdsofrhodeisland

Blue-winged Warbler. One of five warbler species heard and/or seen in the woods today.

#bluewingedwarbler #springmigration2025 #birdsoftivertonri #birdsofrhodeisland #littlerhodybirding #bird #birdphotography

Two oystercatchers going at it. He atop she. Action took about 2 seconds, then back to dining together.

Wonder what time of year American Oystercatchers do it? It is now! This is the time of year. #americanoystercatcher #bird #birdphotography #birdsoftivertonri #seapowetbeach

Four out of seven Snow Geese, resting and grazing in a field. The front goose is immature, hence duskier than the mature geese behind.

All winter - zero Snow Geese
April fool's day - seven Snow Geese

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