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.