2211_1205 Snow Bunting
Snow Buntings are notoriously difficult to photograph. They arrive in huge flocks in early winter, working the road margins where the snow isn't too deep for them to forage successfully. All it takes is one flock member freaking out and the entire group lifts into the air and is gone.
On this day, they moved from the road itself to a nearby barbwire fence. Predictably, just as I got my car within range, they exploded from the fence and across a nearby field - except for this single bird. I would have preferred a different, more natural perch, but it is what it is. Barbwire fences and adjoining fence posts are the perches most commonly used by birds of all kinds throughout our area.
I upscaled this image slightly, using ON1 Resize.
Photographed at Rosefield, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2022 James R. Page - all rights reserved.
2211_1205 Snow Bunting
Snow Buntings are notoriously difficult to photograph. They arrive in huge flocks in early winter, working the road margins where the snow isn't too deep for them to forage successfully. All it takes is one flock member freaking out and the entire group lifts into the air and is gone.
On this day, they moved from the road itself to a nearby barbwire fence. Predictably, just as I got my car within range, they exploded from the fence and across a nearby field - except for this single bird. I would have preferred a different, more natural perch, but it is what it is. Barbwire fences and adjoining fence posts are the perches most commonly used by birds of all kinds throughout our area.
I upscaled this image slightly, using ON1 Resize.
Photographed at Rosefield, Saskatchewan (Canada). Don't use this image on websites, blogs, or other media without explicit permission ©2022 James R. Page - all rights reserved.