[TN-Bird] Re: Lapland Longspurs & Black-necked Stilt (Robertson County)
- From: Tony Lance <tonylance@xxxxxxx>
- To: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 10:36:40 -0600
The stilt, last seen yesterday, was not present this morning. I'm hoping it
finally decided to head farther south.
Lapland Longspurs continue to be seen in several places. Ogg Road in Cedar
Hill, just off Hwy 41, has been especially good lately. It's a little-traveled
dead end road and there's a plowed field a few hundreds yard on the left. A
large flock of Horned Larks has been there since Sunday, and a few longspurs
are mixed in with them. I saw seven today. It's a challenge to spot the
longspurs but with patience I've gotten some good looks. (I had no idea there
were so many larks, I'm guessing 200+, until they took flight and swooped
around the field a few times. When they're foraging amongst the furrows and
clods they practically disappear.) There's also a small flock of Savannah
Sparrows, usually closer to the roadside and on the fences, and a Loggerhead
Shrike that can occasionally be seen nearby. This morning the shrike was
perched in one of the small trees near the rolls of hay.
Tony Lance
Springfield, TN
On Dec 7, 2013, at 8:42 AM, Tony Lance wrote:
> The Black-necked Stilt I first reported on 11/24 remains on the pond on Homer
> Worsham Rd. To be honest, I was hoping it would be gone by now, for its own
> sake, but it clearly has other ideas.
>
> I drove around the area a bit and found a big flock of Horned Larks (80+) on
> Calvert Rd. near the intersection with Hwy 25. There were at least five
> Lapland Longspurs in with them (it was like finding needles in a moving
> haystack) and a single American Pipit dropped in as well.
>
> Tony Lance
> Springfield, TN
>
>
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