Smith’s Longspur!
Jim mentioned he’d heard a longspur fly over the terrace, so Erica and I headed out to look for it. It turned out to be a Smith’s Longspur: the first one ever recorded from the Farallones, the 8th record for California, and a life bird for everyone on the island! To cap things off, two Ancient Murrelets were sitting right by East Landing in th evening, calling back and forth to each other on the water. Pretty cool stuff.
Great longspur pic ! I have only seen one, except for a distant flyover flock. That one was at the Siltcoos ten years ago. I remember when you and I found Lapland along the south jetty road at Florence and Chestnut-collared at Floras Lake.
Way to go, Noah! That’s awesome. Island birding can be so much fun, wish I were there with you all.
Still following you, Noah! Great pics. Hope you are having a marvelous adventure!
Hi Pat – Thanks! Glad you’re enjoying the photos ;)
Hey Rich – Yeah, pretty exciting! It stuck around for a couple days so we all got to study it as long as we wished.