Bold black-and-white wing patches are distinctive in flight. Nonbreeding birds are overall white below with warm brown and orange tones on head and back. During the breeding season they are white with black or gray on the back. Breeds on tundra at northern latitudes; forms flocks in the winter and moves south, often joining up with other species of field birds. Listen for distinctive tittering rattle and “tew” calls as they fly overhead. Foraging flocks also gives harsher buzzy calls. (eBird)
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From last November. We had several flocks of Snow Buntings fly by while we were duck watching on the Ottawa River. These landed and were foraging in the dry grass for some seeds.

Shirley's Bay, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. November 2022.

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