[obol] Lapland Longspurs at Yaquina Bay South Jetty

[Range Bayer]

Hi,

   Joline Shroyer telephoned and said she saw the pair of LAPLAND LONGSPURS
a second time at 11:30-11:40 AM this morning (4/28).  Again, they were on
the big rocks along the Yaquina Bay South Jetty near the biggest parking
area and near the 3rd rock finger into the channel west of the Yaquina Bay
Bridge.

   This time she saw that the male had white edges on the outer tail
feathers, the top of the back of the head was black, and the back of the
neck was chestnut-brown that extended down to the shoulders.

   She did not note the color of the bill, but noted that the bill was
sparrow-like.  My notes from her earlier call that its bill was
light-colored were in error.

   Cheers,

Range Bayer, Newport, Oregon

On Mon, 28 Apr 2008, Range Bayer wrote:
> Hi,
>
>     Joline Shroyer from Portland telephoned that she saw a pair of LAPLAND
> LONGSPURS along the Yaquina Bay South Jetty this morning (4/28) at about
> 11:15 AM.  They were briefly on the rocks between the widest parking area
> and the channel.  They flew east along the South Jetty.
>
>     My notes from Joline's description are that they were sparrow-like and
> sized.  The male had a black face, throat, and breast; a white line curved
> back from the eye and down back towards the front of the neck to the
> throat, and chestnut-brown came from the back across the shoulders.  It had
> a light-colored bill, a white belly, and a streaked back.  Joline did not
> see the back of the head, the flanks of the belly to see if there were
> streaks, or the tail feathers.  It did not have any yellow feathers.
>
>    The female had a streak over the eye and a white throat.
>
>    Joline may have more details.
>
>    Cheers,
>
> Range Bayer
>
>
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