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After completing the entire "death march" (walking all the way to the end o= f Minnesota Point and back) this morning, I was rewarded with a large mixed flock of Snow Buntings, Lapland Longspurs, and at least one SMITH'S LONGSPU= R near the Sky Harbor airport. It was a non-breeding adult bird, seen well in flight at close range. I think that there could have very well been more than one in the large flock, but I was only able to see one bird at any one time. The flock was frequently moving around at the end of the closest tarmac to the trail, where all the planes sit. I was watching them right near the weather station, just inside the fence and a little ways past the airport buildings. With some patience the flock lands right on the tarmac, just inside the fence, providing nice looks. Tom Auer Duluth, MN -- www.d.umn.edu/~auer0009 <http://www.d.umn.edu/~auer0009> ------=_Part_7474_17140568.1129834082624 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline After completing the entire "death march" (walking all the way to= the end of Minnesota Point and back) this morning, I was rewarded with a large mixed flock of Snow Buntings, Lapland Longspurs, and at least one SMITH'S LONGSPUR near the Sky Harbor airport. It was a non-breeding adult bird, seen well in flight at close range. I think that there could have very well been more than one in the large flock, but I was only able to see one bird at any one time. The flock was frequently moving around at the end of the closest tarmac to the trail, where all the planes sit. I was watching them right near the weather station, just inside the fence and a little ways past the airport buildings. With some patience the flock lands right on the tarmac, just inside the fence, providing nice looks.<br> <br> Tom Auer<br> Duluth, MN<br> <br>-- <br><a href=3D"http://www.d.umn.edu/~auer0009";>www.d.umn.edu/~auer00= 09</a> ------=_Part_7474_17140568.1129834082624--
