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Chestnut-collared Longspur
Calcarius ornatus
 
 
Copyright David Seibel, 2006 (#1051) | Send Comment

Camera: Canon EOS 20D
Exposure: 1/250 sec, f/7.1, ISO 200
Lens: Canon 500mm f/4L IS + 1.4x II TC
Date: June 30, 2006
Location: Bob & Ann Gammell Longspur Pasture, Burke County, North Dakota, USA

Description: This was an amazingly confiding, cooperative bird. Without a blind, fellow photographer Norm Smith and I approached within 6 feet of the little charmer as he sang, foraged, preened, and chased away intruding males, seemingly oblivious to our presence.