While looking for shorebirds yesterday with a few of my students (and finding only 5 species), we bumped into a small flock of longspurs - about ten birds. The birds did not stay put long, but long enough to see several Lapland and a single male Smith's longspur. Being we were taking turns getting scope views, I did not see all the birds before they took off. The distinctly marked male Smith's really stood out, however. Thank you Warren Nelson for sending me your karma:-)
I believe this a first county record for this species. Randy Frederickson Kandiyohi county
