Chestnut-collared Longspur - James Teitgen
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Location

Fitchburg Airport
Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
Media from this location Illustrated Checklist
Map
Map Coordinates: 42.5548999, -71.7552523
Age
Not specified
Sex
Not specified

Observation details

Lifer! Continuing. Incredible find by Jon Skinner yesterday! I feared the worst when I saw the checklists this morning, but thankfully, Jeremiah Trimble put me on as soon as I arrived. Smaller than HOLA it was associating with, with some black still left on the belly and obvious, almost junco-like, white tail edges. Moved around a lot with the flock while I watched it, mostly stayed behind the planes to the SW of the parking lot. Right around sunset, it moved much closer to the dumpsters. Very memorable/sentimental experience, since this bird was at the same place I got my lifer Lapland Longspur, all those seasons ago.

Technical information

Model
SM-A515U
ISO
320
Focal length
4.6 mm
Flash
Flash did not fire
f-stop
f/2.0
Shutter speed
0.02 sec
Dimensions
1282 pixels x 1102 pixels
Original file size
257.83 KB