[TN-Bird] Impressive number of Lapland Longspurs (Robertson County)
- From: Tony Lance <tonylance@xxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2013 10:36:10 -0600
The flock of larks and longspurs in the field alongside Ogg Rd. (between
Springfield and Cedar Hill on Hwy 41) appears to have grown larger since my
report from this past Saturday. It's really hard to estimate the number of
birds because the field is large and the birds are hard to see, but I was able
to count nearly 80 Lapland Longspurs in a small area in just one corner of the
field. Horned Larks in that same area outnumbered the longspurs by at least 2
to 1. What's more, based on the number of birds I was seeing when they took to
the air (which they did fairly often), it appears that the majority of the
birds were actually away from the road on the backside of the field and out of
view when they were on the ground.
Who knows how many of each species are there?
Tony Lance
Springfield, TN
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