170+ Lapland Longspurs & Horned Larks (primarily longspurs) during lunch hour today around the refuge - on both sides of the field along Sherburne CR 16, .5 mile north of the 16 & 93 intersection.
These are the first longspurs I've had in the county - three + years of Sherburne birding, 3-4 times per week (county list now 238, not threatening Bob J's 255 any time soon!). Least Tern, YB Chat, Great Gray Owl, Eurasian Wigeon, Hooded Warbler, Little Blue Heron were all added before longspurs - certainly a bit of an aberration! Now if I can only find the Long-eared Owls that roost in this county.... Al Schirmacher Princeton, MN Mille Lacs & Sherburne Counties
