Snow bunting video

This video is about two snow buntings near the sea in Katwijk, The Netherlands. Luuk Punt made it on 7 November 2012.

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Kitty (or do you prefer Kestrel41), Really nice video. I find the birds pretty and interesting; the way they feed. But also I find the medium they feed on also interesing. I see that there were several stones which seemed to be puposefully placed. Yet in the background was a field. The birds seemed to preferred the layed up stone to feed on. Is there a reason? Does the stone serve as a place for insects or do the buntings prefer seeds? HELP! Wally

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petrel41 on November 8, 2012 at 12:29 am said:

Hi Waldo, the stones are part of a dike near where the river Rhine flows into the North Sea.

More photos of the birds are at

http://katwijk.waarneming.nl/gebied/photos/5821

In summer (when they nest in the Arctic) they feed on insects. In winter in the Netherlands they feed on seeds.

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- Waldo "Wally" Tomosky on November 8, 2012 at 12:33 am said:
  
  Thank you. Interesting.
  
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