[Length 6.25 in. Wingspan xx in.]

This Siberian Meadow Bunting was photographed on the Ebino Plateau highlands on the island of Kyushu, Japan. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: January 1996)

[Length 6.25 in. Wingspan xx in.]

This Siberian Meadow Bunting was photographed on the Ebino Plateau highlands on the island of Kyushu, Japan. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: January 1996)

[Length 6.75 in. Wingspan 14 in.]

The male Snow Bunting is distinctive in his sharp black-and-white plumage. The female is duller with dusky streaks on her head. In winter both birds are a drab brownish black above and white below. Snow Buntings breed in the high Arctic regions of Europe, Asia, Alaska, and Canada. In winter they are found throughout southern Canada and the northern US and along the east and west coasts of North America as far north as Newfoundland, Canada in the east, and southern Alaska and the Aleutian Islands in the west. They are often seen in large flocks during winter. This male Snow Bunting in breeding plumage was photographed at the village of Gambell on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. Click HERE to learn how the Snow Bunting earned its name! (Date: May 1989)

[Length 6.75 in. Wingspan 14 in.]

This Snow Bunting in winter plumage was photographed foraging on the beach along the central New Jersey shore. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: December 1980)

[Length 6.75 in. Wingspan 14 in.]

This female Snow Bunting in breeding plumage was photographed on Attu Island, Alaska. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: May 1984)

[Length 6.75 in. Wingspan 14 in.]

This flock of Snow Buntings in flight was photographed at Sandy Hook, New Jersey. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: January 1980)

[Length 6.25 in. Wingspan 9.75 in.]

This Dickcissel was photographed at Anahuac NWR, TX. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: April 18, 2006)

[Length 6.25 in. Wingspan 9.75 in.]

The Dickcissel gets its name from its monotonous "DICK-SISS-EL" song. A Common breeding bird of grasslands and meadows throughout the central US, the bird is sometimes mistaken for a Meadowlark, which it superficially resembles. This one was photographed at the Flint Hills NWR in Kansas. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: June 1992)