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	Longspur, Birds, Longspur, Bird Pictures, Catalog, Encyclopedia
		Date : 11/16/2005 Time : 1:59:04 PM Longspurs are any of four species of small, seed-eating birds of the genus Calcarius, in the finch family, Fringillidae, named for their unusually long hind claw.
		Longspurs are migratory, ground-nesting birds, about 15 cm (6 in) long, inhabiting open country in North America.
		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)

	DEMOGRAPHIC FEATURES OF A LAPLAND LONGSPUR POPULATION NEAR BARROW, ALASKA
		Figures for longspurs and tem- perate species, respectively, are as follows: hatching failure, 5.2 and 5.1%; abandon- ment of eggs, 2.2 and 2.8; starvation of young, 3.7 and 2.2; abandonment of young, 3.7 and 0.7; losses to weather in eggs, 0 and 2.6, and in young, 0.5 and 2.4.
		Taking the longspur figure converted to female fledglings per female, the fledgling-to-year 1 survival would have to approximate 75% of the adult survival rate (or 34%) if the population is to be in a near-equilibrium state.
		The longspur population at carrying capacity near Barrow has evolved a replacement rate in relation to a spectrum of biotic and abiotic influences in which predation may usually be less important than observed in 1968-73.
	elibrary.unm.edu /sora/Auk/v094n03/p0505-p0525.html (17061 words)

	McCown's Longspur - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The McCown's Longspur, Calcarius mccownii, is a small ground-feeding bird from the family Emerizidae which also contains the American sparrows.
		In winter, they migrate in flocks to prairies and open fields in the southern United States.
		They prefer areas with sparser vegetation than those chosen by the Chestnut-collared Longspur.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/McCown's_Longspur (241 words)

	All About Birds
		The Smith’s Longspur is polygynandrous: each female pairs and copulates with two or three males for a single clutch of eggs, at the same time that each male pairs and copulates with two or more females.
		Male Smith's Longspurs are not territorial, but instead compete for fertilizations by copulating with females frequently in order to dilute or displace sperm from other males.
		Over a period of one week in June, a female Smith's Longspur will copulate over 350 times on average; this is one of the highest copulation rates of any bird.
	birds.cornell.edu /programs/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Smiths_Longspur.html (211 words)

	Birds: Smith's Painted Longspur
		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 usual number of eggs found in a nest is four or five, and the nests, for the most part, are built of fine dry grasses, carefully arranged and lined with down, feathers, or finer materials similar to those of the outer portions.
		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)

	Texas Ornithological Society
		McCown's Longspur: (~12-24) 23 December (Randy Pinkston), inside the Althea Loop, Bell County [rare; Randy, "I estimated 300-400+ Laplands inside the Althea Loop in Bell County on 23 December.
		THE hallmark phenomenon of the season was unprecedented numbers of Lapland Longspurs in Bell and Williamson Counties, and presumably elsewhere in the state.
		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)

	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.
		Females are distinguished by their rufous nape and greater wing coverts, and by flish lateral crown stripes separated by a bold supercilium from the flish-bordered ear coverts.
	www.shawcreekbirdsupply.com /lapland_longspur_info.htm (625 words)

	Audubon WatchList - McCown's Longspur
		A bird of the Great Plains, the McCown's Longspur is differentiated from other longspurs by the white tail with an inverted fl "T." Males fly from their wintering grounds in Texas and north-central Mexico to establish territories on the northwestern fringe of the Great Plains with their notable aerial display.
		While most of the decline in McCown's Longspur occurred prior to the initiation of the Breeding Bird Survey (BBS), data collected from 1966-1991 show this species as declining on almost half of the 66 BBS routes and data from the Canadian BBS show a long-term decline.
		The diet of McCown's Longspurs consists of the seeds of grass and forbs, insects, and other arthropods.
	audubon2.org /webapp/watchlist/viewSpecies.jsp?id=133 (891 words)

	Longspur
		The first Longspur (AMc‑10) was built by Martinac Shipbuilding Co., Tacoma, Wash., as New Ambassador in 1935; acquired by the Navy 30 October 1940; converted by South Coast Co., Newport Beach, Calif.; and placed in service 11 April 1941.
		Returning to San Diego 5 July 1944 Longspur was placed out of service 12 August and delivered to WSA 12 July 1945 for return to her owner.
		The name Longspur was assigned to AM‑404, but the contract was canceled 12 August 1945, prior to,tart of construction.
	www.history.navy.mil /danfs/l8/longspur-i.htm (160 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.
	losbird.org /longspur.htm (2233 words)

	McCown's Longspur
		The McCown's Longspur nests in higher and more arid short-grass plains than does the Chestnut-collared Longspur, and so has been less affected by the plowing of the prairies.
		The McCown's Longspur places its nest in a shallow depression on the ground, sometimes in a clump of grass or under a shrub, but usually amid sparse prairie vegetation.
		The McCown's Longspur breeds from Alberta and southwestern Manitoba south to Dakotas, Wyoming and Colorado prefering arid plains.
	www.shawcreekbirdsupply.com /mccowns_longspur_info.htm (270 words)

	Effects of Management Practices on Grassland Birds: McCown's Longspur
		McCown's Longspur nests tend to be oriented to the north (With and Webb 1993), and about one-third to one-half of nests are placed near clumps of grass, shrubs, plains prickly pear (Opuntia polyacantha), or cowpies (DuBois 1935, Mickey 1943, Greer 1988, With 1994b).
		McCown's Longspurs nesting in Alberta and Saskatchewan were found to favor season-long grazed native pasture over areas managed with complementary grazing (early-season grazing on crested wheatgrass with cattle rotated through several native-grassland paddocks for the remainder of the summer) (Dale and McKeating 1996).
		DuBois, A. Nests of Horned Larks and longspurs on a Montana prairie.
	www.npwrc.usgs.gov /resource/literatr/grasbird/mclo/mclo.htm (3495 words)

	purevolume™ \| Longspur
		Since their first show in November of 2000, Longspur has played hundreds of shows all across New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut at hundreds of clubs, schools, parties, festivals, and other events, and have completed one east coast tour in the Spring of 2004.
		Longspur is extremely dedicated to their band and their music, and is currently focusing all their efforts on their forthcoming full length album.
		In the Summer of 2004, Longspur will be hitting the studio with Producer Chris Gibson (Saves the Day, Glassjaw) to record their album to be released on Rockout Records.
	www.purevolume.com /longspur/bio (409 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 (793 words)

	Featured Birds
		I should point out that there has not been any doubt that he saw a McCown's Longspur; he heard its different flight call and saw the correct tail pattern, the inverted fl T with the broad areas of white around it.
		This longspur was initially thought to be the McCown's on the morning of 11/5/04 at "Mt. Trashmore" at around 10:30a.
		The darker plumage and markings may indicate female, and the lack of chestnut on the nape and denser fl on the upper breast may indicate a female.
	www.birdnutz.com /gallery/sparrows_1104.htm (1119 words)

	THE OTTER SIDE - Longspur/Towhee/Old World Bunting/Sparrow/etc. Images
		This male Chestnut-collared Longspur was photographed on the Pawnee National Grasslands in northern Colorado.
		The male Lapland Longspur is distinctive with his fl head and breast, white eyestripe that extends down the side of the head and onto the breast, and chestnut collar.
		This male Lapland Longspur was photographed at the famous "boneyards" at the village of Gambell on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska.
	www.otterside.com /htmfiles/sparrow3.htm (354 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)

	eNature.com Nature Guides
		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.
		This species is the only one of four longspurs that is found in both hemispheres.
	www.enature.com /flashcard/show_flash_card.asp?recordNumber=BD0469 (191 words)

	The Aviary: Smith's Longspur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Smith's Longspur (Calcarius pictus) is about the size of a sparrow (6 inches) and is streaked dark brown above and buff below with a
		Smith's Longspur is generally found in flocks foraging on the ground in search of seeds and some insects.
		Sometimes they will be found in mixed flocks of other Longspurs, and Sparrows and Larks.
	aviary.owls.com /Longspur/smiths_longspur.html (160 words)

	www.myspace.com/longspur
		hey longspur the show last nite was great u guys were crazy it was so great that i am ever speechless my mom asked me when we got home how was it and i said i can not describe in wrds u had to be there to feel the music and see the craziness...
		Hey Longspur I just want to thank u so much for helping me in my Essay For enligsh i got a C that equals a 75% i am so happy i wish i got better but that is all good 75% is good to....
		hello longspur i can not wait any longer to ur show bc lets see i have off on the 11th going to a show that nite and then the next nite i am going to ur show i am going to be so crazy and maybe hyper depends on how much MONSTER i drink.....
	myspace.com /longspur (1180 words)

	Birding Short Story, B.J. Bergstrom
		I knew I wouldn't be much in longspur country for the next day-and-half, but then I was looking forward to being back in the land of ponderosa pine.
		Juv's of the two longspur species can only be distinguished by looking at the tail pattern, which is damned hard to see as they are undulatingly flying away from you.
		A picture-perfect adult McCown's Longspur came fluttering over in my direction, with wings and tail spread wide, variously hovering and flitting until it was directly overhead, showing its fl breast, cap and mustache and singing its warbling song.
	www.valdosta.edu /~bergstrm/lifbrd.html (1749 words)

	Lapland Longspur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		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)

	BISON Species Account 041130 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Chestnut-collared longspurs migrate and winter in the east, westward locally to the vicinity of the Rio Grande Valley, occasionally farther, in the southwest, and are considered uncommon to abundant.
		Chestnut-collared longspur breeds and winters extensively in North America, although some populations winter south of the U.S. Chestnut-collared longspur is a migrant with more of their winter population in the United States and Canada 17.
		1995: Chestnut-collared longspurs of Fort Bliss are rare/irruptive from the beginning of December to the beginning of March, and are uncommon from the middle of October to the end of November (Conservation Division, 1995) 41.
	www.fw.vt.edu /fishex/nmex_main/species/041130.htm (1558 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)

	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 (775 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Longspur
		Longspur, common name for four species of emberizid finches (Finch), characterized by long claws, especially on the hind toes.
		Chestnut-Collared Longspur, common name for a small, ground-dwelling finch that lives in the short-grass plains and prairies of North America.
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	encarta.msn.com /Longspur.html (68 words)

	Smith's Longspur description (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Named for the elongated claw on their hallux (hind toe), Longspurs (genus name Calcarius means "spur") are sparrow-like ground birds of open fields and tundra.
		Vocalizations: The song of the Smith's Longspur is heard only on the breeding grounds or during spring migration.
		Nests: The cup-shaped nests of the Smith's Longspur are built in shallow depressions on the tundra or in grassy tussocks or hummocks.
	www.nps.gov /yuch/Expanded/key_resources/birds/species_descriptions/smlo_description.htm (599 words)

	Re: McCown's Longspur in Fish Lake Valley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Not to damper the thrill, but longspur ID (and sparrows in general) is complex, and longspurs are quite variable.
		I would not take that the breast looked clear (especially given the viewing conditions) as a reason for it not being a Chestnut-collared, which is the expected longspur of this region.
		Not to spoil the fun, but just want you to know that longspur ID is very tricky, especially without much experience or knowing what specifically to look for (and MCLO in July would be spectacular).
	esaudubon.org /b4c/00000052.htm (229 words)

	Bird Info — McCown's Longspur [ "MLongspur.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, the male McCown's Longspur is easily identified.
		McCown's Longspur can be told from Snow Buntings and Horned Larks by its streaked upperparts.
	www.nevadaaudubon.org /BirdSites/MLongspur.htm (390 words)

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