[TN-Bird] longspurs & cranes

This morning on Keebler Rd., just south of Limestone in Washington Co., there 
were 2-3 Lapland Longspurs mixed in with 80+ Horned Larks, plus 12 Am. Pipits 
and 2 Harriers.  This is the same site where I found a single longspur earlier 
in the month & where up to 8 wintered last year.
On my way home, I spied 2 Sandhill Cranes flying over Hairetown Rd., near 
Jonesborough.  I tried to follow them, but lost them behind a ridge.  They may 
have settled into a corn field.

Both of these species are rare, but increasing, in northeast Tenn.

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Rick Knight
Johnson City, TN
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