Monika's picture is great !!! ... what a perfect pose the bird gave
her ... and a pose to match his name too ... I've left her email
attached so folks who haven't yet can go visit her pix too ...

here's my pix --- late afternoon when he was in the road ...
http://ridgefieldbirds.com/Images10Nov/RNWR_snow_bunting_11-23-10.jpg

as Monika stated and comments in her blog --- it was a BEAUTIFUL day
at the Refuge ...

enjoy,
Lyn
Vancouver, Washington


At 09:21 PM 11/23/2010, Monika Wieland wrote:
>It was beautiful at Ridgefield this afternoon, with the sun shining
>and a light dusting of snow on the ground. In addition to the
>cooperative snow bunting, there was an abundance of waterfowl
>including trumpeter swans, greater white-fronted geese, and tagged
>dusky Canada geese. Some other highlights included a great blue
>heron eating a rat, several sandhill cranes, and a couple of coyotes.
>
>In case anyone wanted to enjoy the bunting vicariously, I thought I
>would share a link to one of the photos I took this afternoon.
>You'll see the snow bunting and some other photos from today's trip
>to Ridgefield on my blog at www.orcawatcher.com.
>
>Happy birding,
>Monika Wieland
>Friday Harbor, WA (visiting Portland, OR)
>mailto:monika.wieland at gmail.com
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