A lovely day to catch up on my research. Last Sunday, when I left the Ground-Dove feeding on the west portion of the lot, I found a large group of Horned Larks on the east side. Scanning through, I found a first year LONGSPUR. I originally picked it out by shape. Usually one looks for a darker bird. Studying it, the bird appeared to look bland. It bothered me then, but they all flew off before I could get a picture.
I spent some time studying up on Longspurs this morning. I kept thinking about the prior Chestnut-collared Longspur, and now I'm not absolutely positive it was a Lapland, although it may very well be one. I think that any Longspurs at Jones Beach should be looked over very carefully. Sy Schiff -- NYSbirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/NYSbirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/NYSBirds-L 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/NYSB.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
