# Snow Bunting
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The snow bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis) is a passerine bird in the family Calcariidae. It is an Arctic specialist, with a circumpolar Arctic breeding range throughout the northern hemisphere. There are small isolated populations on a few high mountain tops south of the Arctic region, including the Cairngorms in central Scotland and the Saint Elias Mountains on the southern Alaska-Yukon border, as well as the Cape Breton Highlands.
CBC Special Part One
Are you participating in your local Christmas Bird Count? Today I have a special episode dedicated to the annual CBC. I review three common birds you will likely hear on your own CBC. And then go over three birds most of us will only find in the winter. I discuss Snow Buntings, Common Redpoll, and …
The Cool, Rugged Life of a Snow Bunting
The Arctic is still wintry when male Snow Buntings return to nesting areas in April. There's a big benefit to arriving early enough to claim a prime nest cavity in a rock face or under boulders, where it will be safer from predators. Nesting in chilly rock cavities means extra care must be taken to…
The Birds’ Christmas
"The Birds' Christmas" is a charming short story in which Mrs. Chickadee rallies her woodland friends — Robin Rusty-breast, Downy Woodpecker, and Snow Bunting — to rescue Thistle Goldfinch, a young bird who stubbornly stayed behind when his family flew south for the winter. Now stranded in the snow…
Breaking Records and Building Buzz at the Marsh
In this episode, Boreal Bruce is joined by Jacob Lachapelle, Jac Giesberger, Mike Vastrinas, Natasha Harbaugh, and Alex Dumouchelle for a lively roundtable at the Hilliardton Marsh's Launch pad. The team dives into the exciting changes coming to the Marsh’s social media presence, previews upcoming …
Feeding the Greenlandic sled dogs
This recording was made in June 2024 in Sisimiut’s “dogtown,” a designated area on the outskirts of town where most sled dogs are kept. It captures the chaotic energy of 18 dogs at feeding time—their excited barks and yelps, the thud of a plastic food bucket, and the musher’s occasional voice as he…
A Flurry of Snow Buntings
From late October through March, Snow Buntings follow the snowfall south. In this recording, a flock of a few hundred in Haldimand County, Ontario is featured.
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Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter.
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Christmas Bird Count Special, Part 1
Black-capped Chickadees and Snow Buntings abound in the Hanover-Walkerton Christmas Bird Count (part 1 of 2).
Credits
Recorded, engineered, narrated and created by Rob Porter.
Creative Commons music by Scott Buckley – https://www.scottbuckley.com.au/
Creative Commons music provided by Kat Clair…
Okay, but why does that bird look so rough?
E39. Every August the questions start: there is a cardinal at the feeder with no head feathers, and it looks terrible. Nothing is wrong with it. It is molting, which every bird does at least every year. Dr. Ryan Terrill of the San Diego Natural History Museum studies what a feather endures over a y…
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