I had fun driving some back roads over the past two days, looking for Lapland Longspurs. I found them in eastern Adams and Arapahoe Counties and in the lower parts of Elbert County. I found only low numbers of Horned Larks, in fairly widespread flocks of 10 to 50 or 100. I estimated that I found a Lapland Longspur to Horned Lark ratio of 1 to 400 or so. There were also low numbers of Merlins and Northern Shrikes, perhaps one each per 2 hours of driving around in the proper plains habitat. Joe Roller
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