Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis)
- HABITAT - Snow Buntings head to their high arctic breeding grounds when the ground is still covered in snow. They spend the summer in the arctic tundra, nesting in rocky areas and foraging in the sedges. In the winter they use open fields, croplands, shorelines, and roadsides.
- DIET - Snow Buntings eat grass and flowering-plant seeds as well as insects and spiders
- Facts - Snow Buntings are seen in our area most winters in flocksMost of the time, they are very skittish and the flock will take off when approached and land 100's of yards away.
