Monday, October 29, 2012

(Photo) Snow bunting

During my run yesterday I discovered a snow bunting in Morton Grove's Linne Woods restored prairie.

This bird is circumpolar. As for the western hemisphere, it migrates south from the arctic each winter--although its migratory range doesn't extend much further south than the Chicago area.

This is the bunting's winter plumage--its spring and summer look is whiter.

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