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Request for Information => Bird ID => Topic started by: Dinusaur on January 02, 2017, 04:03:25 PM

Title: Male Snow Bunting?
Post by: Dinusaur on January 02, 2017, 04:03:25 PM

When I went to see Smith's Longspur in Long Point, I photographed a flock of snow buntings in flight. One or two in every flock seem different because of the large white patches on the black wings. The picture below shows one that is different from the other three. Is it a male Snow Bunting? Or is it difficult to tell - the variation may be because of different stages of molting? Thanks in advance.

(https://c5.staticflickr.com/1/466/31685121340_a6164d6b34_z.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/QgUwFw)

Title: Re: Male Snow Bunting?
Post by: thouc on January 02, 2017, 06:07:53 PM

Yes, the ones with brighter black and white wings are adult males.