Yesterday (Thursday, Jan. 25) I had some free time, so I spent a couple of hours driving around the Mason Branch-
Sparks-Stevenson Roads area north of Ridgely where Danny Poet had reported finding Lapland Longspurs last 
weekend.  Not a whole lot turned up, aside from a nice flock of bluebirds, a half dozen Killdeer, several Kestrels, and 
more Turkey Vultures than you could shake a stick at.  I also had a large Cooper's Hawk fly over the car while I was 
on Rte. 404 heading toward Ridgely. 

I decided to try my luck in nearby Queen Annes County, in the area between US Rte. 301 and Ruthsburg.  I found two 
small flocks of Horned Larks along Hayden and Hope Roads.  In the second one, on Hope Road about 1/4 mile north of 
the intersection with MD Rte. 305, I found a single Lapland Longspur.  Another long-sought-after life bird for me.

Cheers!

Elaine Hendricks
Greenbelt, MD  (PG County)


  

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