Pallas’s AND Yellow-breasted Bunting!
Just a quick note from Gambell to post these photos of two great birds, present together! They were here only yesterday in the far boneyard at Gambell! When I get more time on-line (too much time birding to post much) I’ll post photos of Brambling, Common Rosefinch, and hopefully much more to come.
Yellow-breasted Bunting Emberiza aureola Far Boneyard, Gambell, 2 September 2009.
Pallas’s Bunting Emberiza pallasi Far Boneyard, Gambell, 2 September 2009.
This bird is believed to be a juvenile because of the overall rufous tones especially on flight and tail feathers, and the streaking on the breast, crown and rump. Comments from anyone familiar with Pallas’s Buntings would be most welcome!
May 5th, 2010 at 9:53 am
Dear Aaron, I visited Siberia in september 2009 and saw quite a few pallas’s reed buntings mainly in juvenile plumage, like the one you have photographed (DSC 0323). I am to write an article in the swedish birdwatching magazine Roadrunner about PRB http://club300.se/Roadrunner/Default.aspx (in swedish) and would very much like to use one of your photographs . Please contact me if possible!