Actually, they're not molting. The pale tips are wearing off the feathers
showing the pretty bases below.
Kevin
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[mailto:bounce-113222047-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Marie P. Read
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 2:59 PM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: [cayugabirds-l] Mt Pleasant Snow Buntings - plumage
A flock of 30-ish Snow Buntings in the cornfield where Mt Pleasant Rd meets
Mineah Rd around 1:45pm. Some of them are looking quite handsome, much more
white in the breast/belly and the wings feathers looking much blacker, as they
molt into their breeding plumage.
Marie
Marie Read Wildlife Photography
452 Ringwood Road
Freeville NY 13068 USA
Phone 607-539-6608
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