I added another cropped photo of the longspur which I think is better:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/92602377@N06/8592413029/in/photostream
Jim
On Tuesday, March 26, 2013 3:31:08 PM UTC-4, Jim Wilkinson wrote:
> An apparent female Lapland Longspur was with Horned Larks and Savannah Sparrows along a driveway on the north side of Old Frederick Road at the 12800 block:
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/92602377@N06/8592370549/in/photostream
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> I also saw a Pine Siskin at the corner of Font hill and Carrigan Drives later in the day.
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> In Frederick County I saw a female Northern Harrier flying low over fields along Cap Stine Road near Manor Woods Road. An American Pipit and Wilson's Snipe were in a freshly plowed field on the NE corner of Lilypons Road and Route 85. I saw a flock of about 30 Horned Larks fly over but did not hear or see any likely longspur candidates.
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> A Red-breasted Nuthatch is still coming to our suet feeder.
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> Jim Wilkinson
> Columbia, MD
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