I recently got reminded of this outstanding, extremely pale Common Reed Bunting / Rohrammer (Emberiza schoeniclus) that was present on the 24th of December 2014 near Unterpremstätten, Austria. I vividly remember how some twitchers tried in vain to make it a special Christmas present in the form of a Pallas’s Reed Bunting / Pallasammer (Emberiza pallasi).