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	Lapland Longspur
		Lapland Longspurs breed across North America, Greenland, and Eurasia in a circumpolar range mostly north of the Arctic Circle.
		Lapland Longspurs arrive on the Arctic breeding grounds in May, as snow and ice begin to thaw.
		Description: Lapland Longspurs are large sparrows with relatively short tails and large heads.
	www.shawcreekbirdsupply.com /lapland_longspur_info.htm (625 words)

	Longspur, Birds, Longspur, Bird Pictures, Catalog, Encyclopedia
		Longspurs are migratory, ground-nesting birds, about 15 cm (6 in) long, inhabiting open country in North America.
		One species, the Lapland longspur, C. lapponicus, also occurs in Eurasia; it may be the most abundant nesting bird on the Arctic tundra.
		The longspur's upper body plumage is streaked in dead-grass colors, and, in breeding season, the males develop bold markings around the head.
	www.4to40.com /earth/geography/htm/birdsindex.asp?counter=57 (109 words)

	Texas Ornithological Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		THE hallmark phenomenon of the season was unprecedented numbers of Lapland Longspurs in Bell and Williamson Counties, and presumably elsewhere in the state.
		Lapland Longspur: (5-6000) 26 December; (100s) 27 December (Bob Doe); (4 flocks of 50-300) 29 December (Mike Creese), area roughly bounded by FM Road 758, Dauer Ranch Road, Pieper Road and Barbarossa Road, Guadalupe County [rare].
		There were at least two species of longspurs in the area, but I could only identify Lapland Longspur with certainty - both visually through 22x scope of birds on the ground, and also based on their call notes.
	www.texasbirds.org /2001_winter/2001_winter_r6_juncos.html (3206 words)

	USGS Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center: Research
		Lapland longspurs are a common breeding passerine on the tundra of northern Alaska and throughout the holarctic.
		Lapland longspurs at our study site provide a rare opportunity to study these mating strategies in a habitat in which both males and females are nearly always visible.
		Survey principles applicable to Lapland longspurs are likely relevant to tundra-breeding shorebirds, and perhaps grassland-breeding songbirds (e.g., meadowlarks, bobolinks), that are highly visible during aerial displays or at song perches.
	srfs.wr.usgs.gov /research/indivproj.asp?SRFSProj_ID=4 (537 words)

	All About Birds
		A common songbird of the Arctic tundra, the Lapland Longspur winters in open fields across much of the United States and southern Canada.
		The Lapland Longspur breeds in the high arctic with continual daylight during the summer, and a breeding male may sing at any hour of the day.
		Smith's Longspur has two white outer tail feathers, distinct pale wingbars, and is buffy on chest and belly.
	birds.cornell.edu /programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Lapland_Longspur_dtl.html (296 words)

	Lapland Longspur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Image # 9045: Lapland Longspur - 12/21/03 - Nikkor VR 80-400mm lens with a Nikon D100.
		Image # 9044: Lapland Longspur - 12/21/03 - Nikkor VR 80-400mm lens with a Nikon D100.
		Image # 9052: Lapland Longspur - 12/21/03 - Nikkor VR 80-400mm lens with a Nikon D100.
	mywebpages.comcast.net /kontonicolas/_Lapland-Longspur_03Dec.htm (96 words)

	Lapland Longspur Breeding Male
		Lapland Longspur: Breeds from Aleutians, Alaska, and Arctic islands to northern Quebec.
		Lapland Longspur: Four to seven greenish white to pale gray-green eggs with brown and fl markings are laid in a depression on the ground lined with grass, lichens, moss and rootlets.
		Lapland Longspur: Similar to this bird is Smith's Longspur which also has a short fl tail, but is always buff above and below and usually shows a small white wing patch.
	www.percevia.com /explorer/db/birds_of_north_america_western/obj/603/target.aspx (574 words)

	Lapland Longspur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Fairly common, the Lapland Longspur breeds on arctic tundra and in open, wet sedge-meadows and scrub habitats.
		The diet of the Lapland Longspur consists of seeds from grasses, sedges and forbs, insects and spiders.
		Lapland Longspurs winter in grassy fields and shores across most of the United States and the edge of southern Canada.
	www.nps.gov /gaar/Expanded/key_values/natural_resources/birds/bird_descriptions/lapland_longspur.htm (588 words)

	ID and hints to locate Louisiana's longspur species
		In fresh basic plumage, longspurs are cryptically colored -- adorned in shades of brown, buff, and white -- and blend in with their environment of dirt and dried grasses.
		Thus, longspurs "wear into" rather than molt into their breeding colors (there is limited pre-alternate molt), which become visible by late spring/early summer.
		Longspurs are birds of wide-open spaces both on the breeding and wintering grounds.
	www.losbird.org /longspur.htm (2233 words)

	Birds: Smith's Painted Longspur
		MITH'S Painted Longspur is usually considered a rare bird in the middle west, but a recent observer found it very common in the fields.
		The Longspur is a ground feeder, and the mark of his long hind claw, or spur, can often be seen in the new snow.
		The Longspur is a strong flier, and seems to delight in breasting the strongest gales, when all the other birds appear to move with difficulty, and to keep themselves concealed among the grass.
	www.birdnature.com /apr1897/longspur.html (490 words)

	Terrestrial Birds - Lapland Longspur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Lapland longspur is one of the few terrestrial birds that breed in the High Arctic.
		The breeding male Lapland longspur is easily recognized by its fl face and neck which are outlined in white, and its fl cap and rusty collar.
		In the fall, Lapland longspurs migrate to southern Canada, where they live in open, weedy areas and often feed in mixed flocks of horned larks, snow buntings or pipits.
	www.arctic.uoguelph.ca /cpl/organisms/birds/Terrestrial/sparrows/laplandLo.htm (250 words)

	The BirdWeb - Species Description (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Lapland Longspurs breed in the high Arctic in a variety of tundra habitats.
		Lapland Longspurs are known for forming huge flocks, but in Washington, flocks typically number only 10-50 birds, and single birds are often recorded.
		While not very common in Washington, range-wide the Lapland Longspur is one of the most abundant breeding birds of the far north.
	www.birdweb.org /birdweb/species.asp?id=427 (797 words)

	Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
		The Lapland longspur, Calcarius lapponicus, breeds in the high arctic, constructing nests of moss, caribou hair, and grasses on the tundra.
		This longspur migrates south in winter, and large flocks appear in the United States, commonly east of the Rocky Mountains and irregularly west of the Rocky Mountains.
		Lapland longspurs are rare winter visitors to Utah.
	dwrcdc.nr.utah.gov /rsgis2/Search/Display.asp?FlNm=calclapp (168 words)

	Birds - Lapland Longspur
		Possibly it is not so rare a bird as we think, for it is often mistaken for some of the sparrows, the shore larks, and the snow buntings, that it not only resembles, but whose company it frequently keeps, or for one of the other long-spurs.
		At all seasons of the year a ground bird, you may readily identify the Lapland longspur by its tracks through the snow, showing the mark of the long hind claw or spur.
		In summer we know little or nothing about it, for, with the coming of the first flowers, it is off to the far north, where, we are told, it depresses its nest in a bed of moss upon the ground, and lines it with fur shed from the coat of the arctic fox.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles20/birds-81.shtml (224 words)

	Featured Birds
		This longspur was initially thought to be the McCown's on the morning of 11/5/04 at "Mt. Trashmore" at around 10:30a.
		Bird G. This Lapland Longspur has a chestnut nape and may be most likely a 1st winter male.
		Note the comparatively long primary extension on the Lapland Longspur compared to the Chestnut-collared; four primaries can be seen projecting beyond the longest secondaries and tertials.
	www.birdnutz.com /gallery/sparrows_1104.htm (1119 words)

	BISON Species Account 041135 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Lapland longspurs are occasionaly in the southeast, casual in the west, and are considered rare and very local 24.
		1994: Lapland longspurs are rare during the fall (Sept. to Nov.) and winter (Dec. to Feb.) at Grulla National Wildlife Refuge (USFWS, 1994) 35.
		UTAH Lapland Longspur, Calcarius lapponicus alascensis (and C.l.lapponicus), occurs in Utah (UTDNR, 1990) 31.
	www.fw.vt.edu /fishex/nmex_main/species/041135.htm (913 words)

	Lapland longspur - Carol Hilton - Canyon Country Images (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A juvenile Lapland Longspur pauses briefly on a log.
		The male Longspurs are very striking in their breeding plumage and we saw several our first day on the island, but never got a chance to photograph them at close range since we spent little time in the open areas they prefer.
		On our next trip I'd like to spend a couple of hours trying to photograph a male defending his territory, which should be easy enough to arrange earlier in the summer when they are more actively breeding.
	members.aol.com /hiltonfotography/pribilofs/longspur.htm (131 words)

	eNature: FieldGuides: Species Detail
		Discussion The Lapland Longspur, like the Snow Bunting, has a long hind toenail, which may aid it in walking since these birds run or walk rather than hop, as other finches normally do.
		Like other longspurs, it is almost invisible on the ground; often a whole flock will dart into the air at an observer's feet, only to disappear again when they land on bare ground a few hundred yards away.
		The most common small bird in the vast expanses of sedgy, moist tundra, the Lapland Longspur is bold in breeding territories, but wintering flocks are wary.
	www.enature.com /fieldguide/showSpeciesIMG.asp?imageID=17190 (268 words)

	Chestnut-collared Longspur
		Chestnut Collared Longspur: This bird breeds from Alberta and Manitoba south to Minnesota and Wyoming.
		Chestnut Collared Longspur: Three to five pale green eggs, spotted with brown and lavender, are laid in a grass-lined hollow under a clump of grass.
		Chestnut Collared Longspur: This bird feeds primarily on grass seed and some insects, which are gleaned from the ground.
	identify.whatbird.com /obj/254/_/Chestnut-collared_Longspur.aspx (592 words)

	Lapland Lark-Bunting
		At times flocks composed of hundreds would settle on the top-rails of fences, or on the lower large branches of the trees in the fields; but on such occasions they appeared as much discontented as the Snow Buntings are, when they also alight on trees, fences, or houses.
		The Lapland Longspur visits the neighbourhood of Louisville in Kentucky almost every year, but seldom appears when the weather is not intensely cold.
		I found it also in the vicinity of St. Genevieve in Missouri; and it seems surprising that none were observed near the Columbia river by Mr.
	www.audubon.org /bird/BoA/F15_G1a.html (734 words)

	BIRDWEST archives -- October 1996, week 3 (#4)
		(PF) A CHESTNUT-COLLARED LONGSPUR and at least 18 LAPLAND LONGSPURS were at the north end of the field south of the road to North Beach.
		3 LAPLAND LONGSPURS and a flock of pipits including another RED-THROATED PIPIT were along the path into the south end from near the radio towers.
		A LAPLAND LONGSPUR was seen and heard flying above the dunes, and a PALM WARBLER was feeding on the kelp flies on the beach near the elephant seals.
	listserv.arizona.edu /cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9610c&L=birdwest&F=&S=&P=288 (1005 words)

	Lapland longspurs seen during Maine cold spell
		The Lapland longspur is actually part of a family dubbed by ornithologists as "new world sparrows," which includes the more familiar snow-bunting.
		The "Lapland" part of its name is a geographic reference to northern Europe above the Arctic Circle (where this bird is also found, and known there as the "Lapland bunting").
		Markowsky observed the longspurs foraging for weed seeds on the roadside; during winter, seeds are a principal part of their diet.
	www.bangornews.com /news/templates?a=107721&z=299 (475 words)

	Mountain Plover, Thayer's Gull and Lapland Longspur at Crowle... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Mountain Plover, Thayer's Gull and Lapland Longspur at Crowle...
		Mountain Plover, Thayer's Gull and Lapland Longspur at Crowley Lake
		In the flock of Horned Larks near the Owens River Delta was a single female Lapland Longspur.
	esaudubon.org /b4c/000000d7.htm (171 words)

	Lapland Longspur and Snow Bunting Recorded in Utah (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Lapland Longspur and Snow Bunting Recorded in Utah
		I did not recognize the longspur among the Horned Larks hefore it was captured.
		A male Snow Bunting (Plectrophenax nivalis nivalis) was captured, baaded and later re- leased at Roosevelt on January 2, 1952.
	elibrary.unm.edu /sora/Condor/files/issues/v055n03/p0152-p0152.html (259 words)

	Bird Info — Lapland Longspur [ "LLongspur.htm" ]
		Taxonomy is the division of biology that is concerned with the classification and naming of organisms based on shared characteristics and natural relationships.
		In the breeding season, Lapland Longspurs are easily identified by their distinctive head pattern.
		The Lapland Longspur has the least amount of white in the tail of any of the longspurs and is the only one with rusty wing coverts.
	www.nevadaaudubon.org /BirdSites/LLongspur.htm (421 words)

	Lapland Longspur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Lapland Longspurs wheel about in uncountable masses over frozen fields that farmers vacate for the winter.
		In early fall, Lapland Longspurs can be seen in the lower mountains, but as winter sets in, they move to the foothills and plains.
		These winter residents of farmlands feed themselves by scraping away the ice and snow to reach the grains the combines could not catch.
	www.birdguide.com /brdpgs/536.htm (217 words)

	Audubon Science - Christmas Bird Count
		Notable invasions of American Tree Sparrows and Lapland Longspurs highlighted many counts from the western and middle divisions of the Volunteer State.
		Hickory--Priest (89) included Common Merganser and Lapland Longspur with adequate details and American Tree and Le Conte's sparrows with good details on its list, but Chipping Sparrows without details were also reported.
		Lapland Longspurs showed up on the Wheeler N.W.R. count, the only Alabama CBC providing evidence of the major invasion occurring just to the north.
	www.audubon.org /bird/cbc/regional/regional-16.html (1825 words)

	May 1999 Mystery Birds
		In fact, the reasons Don relates for why the bird was not a Smith's Longspur are excellent hints to solving the identity of both of these birds.
		Binford first came to doubt that the Point Reyes bird was a Smith's Longspur after checking the plumage descriptions and keys in "Birds of North and Middle America" by Robert Ridgway (1901).
		the Smith's Longspur at the CBRC photo gallery at Furnace Creek in Death Valley in October 1997 was originally misidentified as a Lapland Longspur.
	fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us /~jmorlan/may99.htm (1050 words)

	Snow Bunting, Lapland Longspur, Merlin (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Yesterday (New Year's Day) we observed a Snow Bunting and a Lapland Longspur feeding together on the south side of the Antelope Island Causeway, at the first bridge.
		The Lapland Longspur was in first winter plumage.
		On Antelope Island, there was a Merlin (richardsonii race) at the beach pavillon area (west of the visitor center, across the road from the dunes).
	www.utahbirds.org /listarchives/birdnet/msg00559.html (120 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The female is more cryptic to offer camouflage as she sits on the nest.
		The Lapland Longspur is the most abundant songbird on the island, breeding throughout upland habitats.
		Whether singing from a wild celery stalk or “sky-larking,” the Lapland Longspur’s musical song will surely make a lasting impression on visitors.
	www.alaskabirding.com /Bird_Species/Species_pages/longspur.html (100 words)

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