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Monday, November 11, 2024

NONBREEDING FEMALE SNOW BUNTING, COLONEL SAMUEL SMITH PARK, ETOBICOKE, TORONTO, ONTARIO, 11/10/2024 - NEW SPECIES TO LIFE LIST

   We can ID this bird as a nonbreeding female Snow Bunting as follows:
  • Short-legged and broad-necked. 
  • Very short conical bill, orange with black tip.
  • Underparts are white with rufous flanks and rufous breast band.
  • What we can see of the wings are a combination of black, white and rufous.
  • The head is a combination of whitish, rufous and black with a large dark spot.
  • The foreneck is grayish.
   The Snow Bunting is a new species to our ebird Photographic Life List.


 



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