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A McKay's Bunting

A McKay's Bunting
A McKay's Bunting
A McKay's Bunting
A McKay's Bunting
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Linder, Christopher L.
A McKay's Bunting
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04/30/2009
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A McKay's bunting is a special sight. The birds summer on a few remote islands in the Bering Sea, and they're a prize for birders. This male has been hopping around the ship's flight deck since lunchtime. "I've seen them before," says bird surveyor Liz Labunski, of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. "But it's always just nice seeing them, knowing that you're in their habitat. We're in its neighborhood now."
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A McKay's Bunting is a special sight. Named in honor of American naturalist Charles McKay, these birds summer and breed on a few remote islands in the Bering Sea, and they're a prize for birders due to their low population numbers. This male visited the icebreaker Healy, the U.S. Coast Guard's largest ship, during the recent WHOI Polar Discovery expedition.
Photo by Chris Linder
© Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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