Snow Bunting on the Eastern Shore

Here is a beautiful picture of a first year male Snow Bunting that Sharna Tolfree (CVWO Monarch tagger) found on Wise Point this afternoon. The area that she found the bird is located on the extreme tip of the Eastern Shore near the Chesapeake Bay-Bridge Tunnel (CBBT) where the road turns into a bridge as you are leaving the Eastern Shore heading towards Fisherman's Island. This area has restricted access and is not open to the public.
The bird was seen in the area for a few hours and remained near night fall.
With the amount of white on the bird especially on the primary covert, this bird appears to be a young male in winter plumage. Although not the rarest bird here on the shore, just a harder one to find. They are reported almost annually somewhere on the shore.

One sweet looking bird!!!

The photo was taken by Joe Medley (CVWO hawk trapper).