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Snow Bunting

Plectrophenax nivalis

Photo by Tom15
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Field Notes

Description:

Appropriately named, the Snow Bunting is a bird of the high Arctic and snowy winter fields. Even on a warm day, the mostly white plumage of a bunting flock evokes the image of a snowstorm. [Cornell]

Reference Links:

Snow Bunting, Identification, All About Birds - Cornell Lab of Ornithology

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Comments (3)
DonnaBollenbach
Beautiful series. I love the name of this bird and the description.

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Birds - Northeast US
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PublishedMarch 27, 2013

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