About mid-morning I had a single Lapland Longspur in a flock of c 85 Horned Larks on Hard Hill Road in Bethlehem. A flock of this size or a bit larger has been in the area all winter, often on the road and road edges, but they're jumpy and mobile. I've searched for longspurs here on and off since December and this is the first time I found one. With the heavy snow cover, they were mostly near the main farm building at the high spot on the road today. Greg HanisekWaterbury

Thanks for the great longspur tip! My wife and I ran over to Hard Hill Rd this evening and located the bird amongst a large flock of horned lark at around 5:40pm. We also had an Eastern Meadowlark on the corner of Benton Rd and Anderson rd. The bird was foraging in the bare patches of a plowed parking lot near a large red barn. Ben Sonnenberg Litchfield On Mar 15, 2017 2:20 PM, "greg hanisek via CTBirds" < ctbirds@lists.ctbirding.org> wrote: > About mid-morning I had a single Lapland Longspur in a flock of c 85 > Horned Larks on Hard Hill Road in Bethlehem. A flock of this size or a bit > larger has been in the area all winter, often on the road and road edges, > but they're jumpy and mobile. I've searched for longspurs here on and off > since December and this is the first time I found one. With the heavy snow > cover, they were mostly near the main farm building at the high spot on the > road today. > Greg HanisekWaterbury > _______________________________________________ > This list is provided by the Connecticut Ornithological Association (COA) > for the discussion of birds and birding in Connecticut. > For subscription information visit http://lists.ctbirding.org/ > mailman/listinfo/ctbirds_lists.ctbirding.org >