Followiing up on the McGowans' followup on Bob McGuire's tip about field birds in Lansing I drove up Davis Rd. around noon today. I don't think I've ever been there before so I didn't know what to expect and where to look, but when the fumes of manure started to displace all the oxygen in my vehicle I figured I was in the right place, i.e. just north of Town Line Rd. where Davis Rd. becomes Mahaney. The flock was in the field on the east side of the road across from the big bunker on the "biosecure" farm lot. Maybe the meth chemists use the same olfactory cues to find what they're looking for. I found ~200 Horned Larks, ~10 Snow Buntings, and 2-4 Lapland Longspurs (I did not see the numbers of the latter reported yesterday).
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