Hi, Earlier this morning I walked a large grassland at the Lamberton WMA in south east Redwood county in search of Smith’s Longspurs and I was fortunate to find a number of them (I estimated at least 30). The area that I searched is a grassland that has been mowed by the DNR recently and it’s the ankle high type grass that the Smith’s prefers. There were at least 4 or 5 flocks (some 2 or 3 others up to a dozen). The white lesser coverts were visible on a number of them as well as the buff colored bellies. All of the Longspurs I flushed gave the diagnostic rattle call of the Smith’s. Directions for anyone interested in trying is to go north on Redwood Cty. 17 from Hwy. 14 and go about 1/2 mile. The field is on the west of Cty 17.
Brian Smith Sleepy Eye, MN ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
