I saw three species of longspur in the area north - northeast of Panama Reservoir today between 10:30 am and 2:30 pm. McCowan's Longspurs were in the greatest numbers (several dozen), Chestnut-collared (~6 -- good looks through my spotting scope at 3 males and 1 female on the north side of Oxford Rd. a little east of 115th St.), and 3 Lapland (2 immatures and 1 striking adult). I saw the adult about 10:30 am on the north side of Oxford Rd., west of 115th. One of the immature Laplands was in a small flock of McCowan's Longspurs and Horned Larks on 115th on a small rise about 1/2 mile south of Oxford Rd.; the other was in another small (~18 birds) flock of Horned Larks and McCowan's Longspurs on Oxford east of 115th.
The immature Lapland Longspurs had the beginnings of the striking white "v" lines on their partly dark heads. The longspurs were in smallish flocks with very large numbers of Horned Larks. Lots of robins, meadowlarks, mourning doves, and (locally) Killdeer and Sage Thrashers were on the sides of the roads in late morning until mid afternoon when the road scraper arrived. Paula Hansley Louisville -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to cobirds+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to cobirds@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
