A rare sight for Annapolis indeed. This little bird is a Snow Bunting who has migrated to the Chesapeake Bay in search for food this autumn. This little bird lives high on the frozen tundra in the upper arctic region of North America. Fondly nicknamed a Snowflake, this lovely bird has graced us with its presence.
Word of this bird has quickly swept through the birding club and the birding paparazzi have been visiting “Thomas” daily on Thomas Point Park. A very cooperative bird model, Thomas walks and hops along the grass eating new shoots and is more than willing to pose briefly on the rocks.
Such a charming little fellow. May you have snowflakes grace your day today. Bella
Emily Carter ~ Nature as Art 
What a beautiful bird… 🙂
I think he is a personal favorite Drake, and such a sweet and trusting bird too.
Good catch. I am enjoying my rather new bird feeder out back this year (-;
Super find and tremendous photo of this little cutie! The “birding paparazzi”, I love that and know exactly what you mean.!
That’s great Phil ! I’m dying to see the Bald Eagles and recent reports has counts over 100 birds. Now that is serious birding Paparazzi!
Beautiful little Bunting, I love the name. 🙂
He is special isn’t he Sylvia?
Great shot of this little cute bird!! Oh how pretty he is! 🙂
Thank you Calee ! I think it’s my best birding photo yet. Perhaps I might get the hang of it afterall.
A sweet one, Emily. You are lucky to see this sparrow (we call it snow sparrow in norwegian). You can find them around here too some times, but I am not able to see what the small birds are, except on my feeders in winter..
We truly are lucky, thus the daily visits from the bird club members. You should see the huge scopes these birders have to see birds in a distance. This little one was so cooperative, as it was only 2 feet away from me and I used my 100-400mm L lens to capture this shot.
Such a sweet bird! Great picture : )
He really has such a sweet personality. Makes me want to have a dozen in my garden.
What a SWEETHEART!
You would have LOVED to have visited this little bird. So sweet and charming. Perfectly cooperative and not scared of humans at all. Guess they don’t see too many in the frozen tundra. Ha!
We love your photo of the sweet bird. We are still waiting for our Bird Feeder to arrive! Then we will photograph our guests! 🙂 🙂
Can’t wait to see what comes to your feeder Maggie ! Hopefully it’s not a squirrel.
Or arrrgh…field mice. 😉
Very nice bird shot! I love the details in his feathers!
Thanks Michael. I think it’s the best bird shot I’ve gotten so far. I’ll keep practicing.