Hi Paul -
I’m no expert on most birds ;-).
But jesting aside, I agree - in looking through the photos again, Taghrid and I
couldn’t turn one into a Chestnut-collared Longspur either, though we gave a
good try. It seems, based on Mike’s later message, that the CCLO report may
have been a clerical error, and was meant to report Lapland instead...
Thanks.
On Dec 9, 2018, 9:55 AM -0800, Paul Sullivan <paultsullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,
wrote:
I’m no expert on the subject of longspurs, but…
This report got me thinking about the longspur I saw and studied in Gilliam
county on Friday. I was out of the car in a breeze at 20 degrees, without
hat or gloves, looking into the wind, eyes tearing. I was looking through my
scope at high power, trying to keep the bird in view. Could I have missed
something?
So now I go back to Sibley and look at your photos, sitting at a warm desk.
One thing I see right away is that all the longspurs in your photos have
WHITE BELLIES. Sibley shows Chestnut-collared Longspurs with dusky bellies
in all plumages and Lapland Longspurs with white bellies.
For what it’s worth…
Paul Sullivan
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Subject: Re: RBA: Chestnut-collared Longspur Sunset Beach
Date: Sun Dec 9 2018 10:56 am
From: nagi.aboulenein AT gmail.com
That would be nice indeed, as Chestnut-collared Longspur would be a lifer for
us! I have updated my Ebird report to include all the Longspur photos I could
dig up from yesterday�s excursion. It now includes in-focus photos of the
smaller bird that was out-of-focus in the already posted photo, as well as a
photo or two of what I think was the third bird - it has slight variations
from the other two. So, while I�m reasonably confident that it is the third
bird, I wouldn�t wager next months salary on that statement :-).
Here�s the link to the Ebird report again: https://ebird.org/view/checkli...
Cheers,
Nagi
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On Dec 9, 2018, 7:36 AM -0800, Mike Patterson <celata@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, wrote:
Andrew Emlen reports a CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPUR with the
flock of buntings at Sunset Beach. Others separately reported
a third longspur yesterday which may have been the same bird,
so check your photos.
Like (maybe) this one:
https://ebird.org/view/checkli...
--
Mike Patterson
Astoria, OR
