[mou] FW: [BIRDWG01] Unkown Passerine in MN

[Alt, Mark]

> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_dmGsVCcZg
["Mark Alt's comments"] 
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> This is a link to a youtube video taken of a bird in Pine County, MN
on
> Friday, June 6, 2008 at 6:30 AM.  We were on the edge of a large
> 300+acres grassy field, populated with Eastern Meadowlarks and
winnowing
> Snipe. Grasshopper and Savannah Sparrows were heard signing. This bird
> was found picking up grit along the road. It appeared to be the right
> size for a longspur or pipit, it hoped and jumped. This video is not a
> clear as my original, but the single most visible field mark was the
> dark markings on its chest. It also had boldly contrasting white outer
> tail rectrices. The facial pattern was clearly marked also, with a
light
> buffy color and dark markings, similar to Rising's Female Lapland
> Longspur in his Sparrow book. When it flew, the wings appeared
> nondescript, but the tail feathers were very evident. Its flight
pattern
> was swift and direct, was not fluttery at all. It gave no calls that I
> heard. It flew deep into the grass field and was not reacquired. I
> really do not know what to guess at, for it seems absurd that it most
> closely resembles a female Lapland longspur (yet not exactly).
>
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