Re: [cobirds] tell it to me straight.... finding a Lapland Longspur

Thanks to all for the advice!

I'll fearlessly take on the challenge this winter.

On Thursday, October 29, 2020 at 12:24:45 PM UTC-6 Bryan Guarente wrote:

Ron,

For any of the longspurs in winter, it is best to learn their calls and rattle calls (not their songs).  When a flock of Horned Larks takes to the air, they love to vocalize.  Same is true of the Longspurs.  The rattle calls of Longspurs are quite distinctive from Horned Larks and that is how I normally get my Longspurs in winter.  

Lapland Longspurs from Colorado:

From Nathan Pieplow:

• https://www.xeno-canto.org/17814 
• https://www.xeno-canto.org/17815
• https://www.xeno-canto.org/17816

From Sue Riffe:

• https://www.xeno-canto.org/461823
• https://www.xeno-canto.org/450539

It is worthwhile then to know what Horned Lark calls sound like too:

From Sue Riffe:

• https://www.xeno-canto.org/313073 (Ignore the Western Meadowlark Call)
  

From Ted Floyd:

• https://www.xeno-canto.org/354538 (a nice flock doing what they love to do)
  

To me that is the way to win at the Longspur game, especially in winter when your teeth are rattling like Longspur calls.  

Best of luck,

Bryan

Bryan Guarente

Meteorologist/Instructional Designer

UCAR/The COMET Program

Boulder, CO

On Thu, Oct 29, 2020 at 11:37 AM Susan Rosine <u5b2...@gmail.com> wrote:

Haha, I'm not always patient either, so I get it.
Honest answer, these little guys can be so difficult! I usually see them with Horned Larks. If you go up to the Pawnee Grasslands you can find them NOT with larks, and in larger numbers.
I usually find them along the sides of dirt roads, either on the ground or on a fence.
They are a tough bird, so I wish you luck....and patience!
Susan Rosine
Brighton, Adams County

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