Look For Adult has gray head, black forehead and throat, and varying amounts of rose in the body and wing feathers. Breeding male has a blacker face, a black bill, and bright rosy patches on wings and flanks. Range from six to eight inches long. Listen For For such a beautiful finch, the gray-crowned rosy-finch’s […]
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Look For The lark bunting is 7 inches in length. Breeding-plumaged adult males are nearly all black with a large white wing patch and tail tips. Adult females and nonbreeding males are brown and streaky overall with a hint of the white wing patch and bold dark mustache lines on the sides of the throat.
Look For Most of us don’t get to see the male snow bunting in its snowiest attire—its pure white-and-black breeding plumage worn when the birds are on the Arctic tundra. In winter, when they are present across much of northern North America, both males and females are rusty and white with black wingtips. The snow
Look For Few of us get to see the male Lapland longspur in his full breeding glory, with his black face outlined in white and the chestnut nape and collar. In winter males retain a partial collar of rust, a tan cheek outlined in dark, and heavy dark streaks on the sides. All plumages show
