[Length 6 in. Wingspan 10.5 in.]

This male Chestnut-collared Longspur springing into flight was photographed on the Pawnee National Grasslands in northern Colorado. Photo taken with a Nikkor 500mm f8.0 mirror lens on Ektachrome 800 film. (Date: May 1986)

[Length 6 in. Wingspan 10.5 in.]

This Chestnut-collared Longspur was photographed at Laguna Atascosa NWR, Rio Hondo, Texas. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=630mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: October 15, 2010)

[Length 6.25 in. Wingspan 11.5 in.]

The male Lapland Longspur is distinctive with his black head and breast, white eyestripe that extends down the side of the head and onto the breast, and chestnut collar. Females are streaky brown sparrow-like birds. Lapland Longspurs breed in the high Arctic regions across Europe, Asia, and North America. In North America they breed over most of Alaska and the far northern regions of Canada. They winter in far southern Canada and most of the US except the far southeastern states, the desert southwest, and most of the west coast states. This male Lapland Longspur was photographed on Attu Island, Alaska. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1988)

[Length 6.25 in. Wingspan 11.5 in.]

This male Lapland Longspur was photographed at the famous "boneyards" at the village of Gambell on St. Lawrence Island, Alaska. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Ektachrome 800 film. (Date: May 1989)

[Length 6.25 in. Wingspan 11.5 in.]

This male Lapland Longspur was photographed on Attu Island, Alaska. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1988)

[Length 6.25 in. Wingspan 11.5 in.]

This winter plumaged Lapland Longspur was photographed on Staten Island, New York. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: February 1981)

[Length 6 in. Wingspan 11 in.]

This male McCown's Longspur was photographed near Laramie, Wyoming. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1992)

[Length 6 in. Wingspan 11 in.]

This McCown's Longspur flock was photographed at Saragosa, TX. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: December 22, 2008)