Brightening up our winter fields, the white-feathered ... Another study found more large male snow buntings than female or smaller birds were captured in colder and snowier weather, suggesting ...

I think this is the same Snow Bunting that takes up residence ... to the exact same spot this winter. The winter plumage makes both male and female look like the breeding female with inky black ...

The snow buntings, however, seem to be with us each winter, so much so that they are ... They reach the Far North as early as April. Female buntings hang out farther south until mid-May.

Male and female look similar to one another in ... Bills turn orange-yellow for the winter. Snow buntings gather in flocks to feed-often in large open areas like beaches, fields, and tundra.

During winter this bunting is mostly white with a tannish head and back. Its wings are black and white. The female tends to exhibit ... contrasted by a snow-white head, breast and rump.

The female is similar ... watching a sizable flock swirling over a field in winter can be a spectacular sight. Snow buntings and the chance to see them are one of the reasons that the Flathead ...

It was windy and the ground still had a dusting of snow — snow buntings are the harbinger of winter in these parts. When a flock moves through it looks like a flurry of snow, as if they are ...

But only in the winter. To snow buntings, North Dakota is a southern clime. The buntings nest farther north than any other land bird. The buntings generally show up in the Red River Valley ...

This gorgeous avian prize is a male painted bunting. Adorned in bright blue, red and green, it is absolutely unmistakable. There are more than 35 records of this bird in the Garden State since ...

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. - One of Wisconsin's unique visitors come winter is starting to arrive in some locations across the state. The snow bunting, the northernmost songbird, spends its winters in the ...

Snow buntings migrate south during winter, escaping the Arctic cold of their breeding grounds in Greenland, Canada and Scandinavia. They typically gather in open habitats such as beaches ...