[mou] Smith's longspur

[Randy Frederickson]

While looking for shorebirds yesterday with a few of my students (and
finding only 5 species), we  bumped into a small flock of longspurs - about
ten birds.  The birds did not stay put long, but long enough to see several
Lapland and a single male Smith's longspur.  Being we were taking turns
getting scope views, I did not see all the birds before they took off.  The
distinctly marked male Smith's really stood out, however.  Thank you Warren
Nelson for sending me your karma:-)

I believe this a first county record for this species.

Randy Frederickson
Kandiyohi county