This video is about two snow buntings near the sea in Katwijk, The Netherlands. Luuk Punt made it on 7 November 2012.
Another snow bunting photo is here.
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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
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.
Thank you. Interesting.
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