[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 8.75 in.]

This stunning male Painted Bunting was photographed near the pond and sprinkler at the Falfurrias rest stop on Route 281 in southern Texas. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodak Elitechrome 200 film. (Date: April 2001)

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 8.75 in.]

This stunning male Painted Bunting was photographed near the pond and sprinkler at the Falfurrias rest stop on Route 281 in southern Texas. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodak Elitechrome 200 film. (Date: April 2001)

[Length 5.5 in. Wingspan 8.75 in.]

This female Painted Bunting was photographed near the pond and sprinkler at the Falfurrias rest stop on Route 281 in southern Texas. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodak Elitechrome 200 film. (Date: April 2001)

[Length 6 in. Wingspan 9.5 in.]

This male Rustic Bunting was photographed on Attu Island, Alaska. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: May 1988)

[Length 6 in. Wingspan 9.5 in.]

This male Rustic Bunting was photographed on Attu Island, Alaska. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: May 1988)

[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)