I managed to get up to Frederick County again this morning for a quick second try for Snow Buntings. I was in luck. I and several other birders got excellent looks at large groups of both Snow Buntings and Horned Larks. There were probably somewhere between 150 -200 Snow buntings and a slightly larger number of Horned Larks. Additionally, several Lapland Longspurs were spotted usually in association with the Larks. A few American Pipits were seen affording opportunity to compare and contrast all four of these species....The Longspurs were difficult to spot. I think I spent at least an hour searching through the flocks before I found one. A rather bright individual with splotchy black bib and prominent buffy orange nape area. The facial pattern consisted of a grayish ear patch outlined in black, a buffy supercillium along with a whitish /buffy coronal stripe. I later saw two Longspur together in the same glass both of which were much more muted in color/plumage; however, the facial pattern was the same... Thats all folks...... oh there was one Meadowlark present as well. Location: Frederick County MD. on Oland road approximately .1-.2 tenths of a mile West of route 85/Lily Pons road. Look for the freshly fertilized areas. P.S. I noticed two things as regards behavior of these birds that I thought interesting: 1. When the Starlings arrived in mass around 11:00 the Snow Buntings became very scarce. 2. The Lapland Longspurs seemed to always hang with the Horned Larks. If anybody has corroborating or contradictory info... I would be obliged. Good Birding! William Leigh tern@visuallink.com