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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