"more so than Pawnee-West" Thanks, Gary Lefko, Nunn http://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/birds-and-more-of-the-pawnee-national-grassland On Friday, October 30, 2020 at 1:28:07 PM UTC-6, The "Nunn Guy" wrote: > > Hi all > > Find a Horned Lark flock in and around Nunn, CPER and Pawnee-West and you > are sure to hear and might get lucky to see them. Last year's first > Pawnee-East CBC had lots of them, more so then Pawnee-East. > > [image: lalo.JPG] > > > Thanks, Gary Lefko, Nunn > http://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org > > https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/birds-and-more-of-the-pawnee-national-grassland > > > On Thursday, October 29, 2020 at 8:38:40 AM UTC-6, ronbco wrote: >> >> I'm a reasonably passionate birder, but not very patient. >> I saw an ebird post for a Lapland Longspur nearby my home and since it >> would be a lifer I went to look; no success, but again, I am not patient. >> >> Looking at ebird stats for the area (Loveland/Longmont) it seems that >> sitings are not common. My general impression is that they are seen in >> onsey/twosey out in the middle of fields, and you need to use a scope and >> be patient. >> >> The siting I was acting on yesterday had one in a flock of horned larks. >> When I arrived at the location, on queue, a flock of something swirled >> around, too far for me to id. I watched the area for about 15 min and saw >> very active flocks of probably horned larks and certainly meadowlarks. They >> would usually settle in the midst of grass that was too high to site them >> in. >> >> So my questions are: >> - is the above experience typical? >> - are they and their friends so skittish that you will never get within >> 100 yds? >> - if I spent say a few hours on a sunny winter day walking a field slowly >> might I get a good look >> - are the id marks distinctive enough that I will likely feel confident? >> - do they hang with meadow larks, or just horned? >> >> Ron Bolton >> Berthoud >> >>
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