Snow Bunting.

Posted by Karl Egressy on Thu Jan 27, 2022 11:59 am

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I found a small flock of Snow Buntings at their regular spot. I don't know if someone puts out food or they just find a nice weedy patch for themselves. I put out some food closer to the road and they came immediately. (sideroad in a tiny hamlet, if you blink you miss it)

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by Axel Hildebrandt on Thu Jan 27, 2022 12:45 pm

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Great pose and light, I have not seen Snow Buntings this winter yet.

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by david fletcher on Thu Jan 27, 2022 1:37 pm

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Cracking image of this Snow Bunting Karl. The large view shows off the subtleties in the feather details and the snow shadows.

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by Cindy Marple on Thu Jan 27, 2022 3:20 pm

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The light and color is so beautiful. I like the long shadows that accent the chunks of ice/snow. They are more colorful birds than I realized.

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by Karl Egressy on Thu Jan 27, 2022 4:39 pm

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Cindy Marple wrote:The light and color is so beautiful. I like the long shadows that accent the chunks of ice/snow. They are more colorful birds than I realized.

Thanks Cindy. It could be a juvenile. Most of the Snow Buntings came from Iceland to our area. Once I met a Prof. there from Guelph University who was banding them and doing a multi-year research on them and he said that most of them were from Iceland.

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by peter makuch on Thu Jan 27, 2022 5:06 pm

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I like the texture on the bunting with the soft looking colours.

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by paul fletcher on Thu Jan 27, 2022 7:45 pm

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Very nice image, Karl, with some interesting info from you, in your reply to Cindy Marple.

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by Cynthia Crawford on Fri Jan 28, 2022 8:11 am

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Great snowy setting. Really shows off the subtle but pretty coloring. Never heard of feeding them-we find them occasionally in an open weedy patch in the snow.

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by Carol Clarke on Sat Jan 29, 2022 8:48 am

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A must click to see the beautiful detail and lovely colour palette in this sweet image, Karl!

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by Govind on Sat Jan 29, 2022 11:12 pm

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Nice capture of a species which I don't see photographed often, Karl. Colors and sharpness look great. The bird really pops against the snow.

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