Date: 2/13/26 7:07 pm From: Tom Momeyer <tom...> Subject: [NHBirds] Snow buntings in Peterborough
Fyi... 21 snow buntings today at/adjacent to Evans Flats trailhead, Evans Road, Peterborough today, in a large grassed area where the town plows the snow (some exposed soil). Reported to eBird right away, on site. Using eBird species maps this evening, they don't show, but other species reported do. I counted carefully by binoculars on the ground and on a nearby utility wire scanning carefully and there were no horned larks or lapland longspurs. Someone told me there is a filter on eBird for anything over 20 that a reviewer has to approve. That sounds 'fishy' to me, as there was no alert of high count using the mobile app. Sibley shows our area as normal winter range. I've counted over 100 in a previous year a Rt Hampton Beach SP and a lot higher than 20 at Pinnacle Equipment near the CT River. Why would the snow buntings report of snow buntings not show on eBird species maps? Tom Momeyer PPeterborough, NH
