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Taken winter 2008 on Amherst Island, Ontario, Canada, using a Nikon D50 w/80-400vr hand held. Had to get down pretty low for this shot. Paul O'Toole, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

Last winter in my area.

This is a Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) on an algae mat at Montrose Beach, Chicago. The digiscoped image was taken with fuji finepix E900 +ATS 80 HD Swarovski scope, DCA adapter on 20-60 eyepiece.

A group of five Snow Buntings arrived at a local birding hot spot and provided some very close approaches. Normally a very skittish bird, they allowed for some great photo opportunities.

I found this Snow Bunting feeding in grass exposed by snowplows, in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. I used a Nikon D300. The photo was taken on March 2, 2011.

An early arrival for northern New Jersey (November 8, 2011), this Snow Bunting was seen at Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge in Meyersville, New Jersey. The photo was taken with a Canon EOS 7D and Canon 100-400 IS zoom. Settings were 1/1000 sec., f/6.3, and ISO 800.

I found this Snow Bunting sitting on the rocks of the dam at Blackstrap Lake.

I shot this image at Long Branch State Park in Macon County, Missouri, on December 10, 2011. Two of the birds were seen on a rock jetty on the lake. These beautiful little birds let me approach very close. What a morning! I used a Pentax K10D mounted on a 600mm 5.6 lens, f/11 at 500 sec., ISO 200.

I photographed two of these Snow Buntings at Long Branch State Park in Macon County, Missouri, on December 10, 2011. They were on a rock jetty on the lake. These beautiful little birds let me approach very close. What a morning! I used a Pentax K10D mounted on a 600mm 5.6 lens, f/11 at 500 sec., ISO...

I found a small flock of Snow Buntings on January 1, 2012, during a hike along the sand dunes to Factory Point in Hampton, Virginia. It is always a good spot to find shorebirds and migrating waterfowl. This was quite a treat… I used a Canon T2i and a 100-400L IS USM lens.

A Snow Bunting surveys the surrounding farmland.

Welcome home for the winter!

Ordinarily we see snow buntings on or near road sides. This flock perched in a resident's tree was unusual. North of St. Ignace, MI, in the Upper Peninsula, close to I-75. Canon 7D, 100-400 Canon lens, f6.3, ISO 200.

Snow Buntings breed in the high arctic and will winter well south of their breeding range. In eastern Ontario, they can often be seen in flocks in open country, farm fields, and on nearby rural roads, foraging. This image shows two Snow Buntings battling it out to establish the pecking order. Though...

At first glance it would appear that these Snow Buntings are sharing a tender moment. In reality, they are battling it out for a spot in the pecking order while foraging. I took the photograph in Navan, Ontario, Canada, with a Canon 7D, 400mm f5.6L, 1/3200, f7.1, ISO 400, handheld.

This pair of Snow Buntings was squabbling over a small area of feeding territory.