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🦉 The pine bunting (Emberiza leucocephalos)
> - Emberiza embritz (Old German) bunting
> - leucocephalos Greek: leukos white, kephalē head

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I've only encountered this species of bunting twice. Both times, in the same place. It was a small, mixed forest near the shoreline. And judging by the encyclopedia descriptions, the bird in the photo is a male.

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It’s funny that apparently mating season takes place in these places, because later, when I visited these places again, I did not find these birds.

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Camera Lens Nikon D5200 Sigma 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG OS HSM Contemporary