10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SNOW BUNTING»
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snow bunting in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
snow bunting and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Atlas of Bird Migration: Tracing the Great Journeys of ...
The most successful small birds breeding in the Arctic are three buntings - the
Snow Bunting and Lapland and Smith's longspurs - and a number of finches,
including the Redpoll and the Chaffinch. All but the Chaffinch, which is restricted
to ...
The snow bunting is one of the larger members of the Emberizidae family, which
includes American sparrows, buntings, longspurs, towhees, and related species.
Its closest relative is the highly localized McKay's bunting (Plectrophenax ...
McKay's Bunting is like a whiter version of Snow Bunting, differing in all
plumages by having more white in the tail. The four outermost pairs are
predominantly white, with significant amounts of dark restricted to the two central
pairs. In Snow ...
Clive Byers, Urban Olsson, Jon Curson, 2013
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Pete Dunne's Essential Field Guide Companion: A ...
beaches, and areas showing exposed bare ground or vegetation,
COHABITANTS: In summer, Rock Sandpiper, Long-tailed Jaeger; in winter, Snow
Bunting, MOVEMENT/MIGRATION: Vacates breeding grounds and winters on the
coastal ...
Several species of songbird, or perching bird (Order: Passeriformes), occur in the
polar tundra, typical examples being the snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
and the Lapland longspur (Calcarius lapponicus). Both are migratory, and the ...
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The Birds of British Columbia: Wood-warblers through old ...
Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis (Linnaeus) SNBU RANGE: I-Iolarctic. In
North America, breeds from northern Alaska, northern Yukon, northwestern
Mackenzie, and Banks and northern Ellesmere islands south to southern Alaska
...
Wayne Campbell, Neil K. Dawe, Ian McTaggart-Cowan, 2001
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Painting Your Favorite Birds Step by Step
^/now Bunting This white-winged Snow Bunting really resembles his name. I
wanted to depict him surrounded in greenery, and pine branches provide just the
right mood for the forecast of a snowy winter. In fact, I automatically think of snow
...
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Journal of a Third Voyage for the Discovery of a Northwest ...
I am unable, in this instance, to accede to the opinion of M. Temminck in
arranging it with the snow-bunting, because in its habits it differs essentially from
it, while its external characters separate it most decidedly from emberiza. Both in
its ...
William Edward Parry, 1826
1 , Snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis); 2, Lapland bunting (Calcarius
lapponicus); 3, shore lark (Eremophila alpestris). lapponicus), the shore lark (
Eremophila alpestris) and the snow bunting 1 60 Interrelationships between
organisms.
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Birds of Field and Shore: Grassland and Shoreline Birds of ...
... songbird of all, the snow bunting measures about 7 inches long. In winter,
when it appears in the United States, it looks almost entirely white in flight; on the
ground, it shows a yellowish bill, tawny crown, and touches of rusty brown and
black ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SNOW BUNTING»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
snow bunting is used in the context of the following news items.
Spring birds slow to return
This Snow Bunting was photographed near Casselman. The Snow Bunting is one of our early north bound migrants as they head back to the arctic. Watch for ... «Ottawa Citizen, Mar 15»
Birdwatch: Snow buntings
So far this winter there's been few snow buntings seen along the coast with up to seven seen at Spurn last weekend. Inland there's been a long-staying ... «Yorkshire Post, Jan 15»
Rare bird alert: Dozens of owls spotted across the Granite State
More than 10 snow buntings were seen there as well on Dec. ... 1 and another snowy owl, a snow bunting and 200 common redpolls were reported from Cates ... «WMUR Manchester, Jan 15»
WINGING IT: Northern Shovelers ready for winter
New Hampshire Seacoast: Snowy Owl, Long-tailed Duck, Common Eider, Horned Lark, Snow Bunting, White-winged Scoter, Horned Grebe, Common Loon. «Wicked Local Ipswich, Dec 14»
Christmas Bird Counts provide valuable data for research, joy for NE …
... evening grosbeak, Northern pintail and greater scaup, Eastern meadowlark, field and grasshopper sparrows, snow bunting, American bittern and little blue ... «cleveland.com, Dec 14»
Snowy owl, snow bunting seen this week in NH
A snow goose and a snowy owl -- and even a snow bunting -- were spotted ... A snow goose was seen with a flock of Canada geese at Eel Pond in Rye on Nov. «WMUR Manchester, Nov 14»
Snow bunting comes south to Virginia
Steve Coari sent this photo of a snow bunting that he took last weekend at Tom's Cove at Chincoteague. Be on the lookout for these pretty little birds. Though ... «The Virginian-Pilot, Nov 14»
Travel writers' trips of a lifetime
A Zodiac ferried me to land and, as my boot crunched on to the tundra, I heard a snow bunting sing. I had spent many years writing about the Antarctic, and ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Nov 14»
Jim Gilbert's Nature Notes: Snow buntings, Arctic visitors
The snow bunting, a circumpolar bird often called the “snowflake,” breeds farther north than any other songbird. They even nest in northern Greenland. «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Nov 14»
Rare bird alert: Pacific loon seen in New Castle
Three snow buntings, four rusty blackbirds, four buffleheads, and three pied-billed grebes were tallied at Great Pond in Kingston on Oct. 28, and a red-necked ... «WMUR Manchester, Oct 14»
