[Length 7.25 in. Wingspan 13 in.]

This Eurasian Skylark was photographed at Loch Spiggie, Mainland, Shetland, Scotland, Great Britain. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S f4 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D100 camera. (Date: June 2, 2004)

[Length 7.5 in. Wingspan xx in.]

This Oriental Skylark was photographed at the Nanhui Refuge, Nanhui (Shanghai), Shanghai, China. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: May 06, 2017)

[Length 7.5 in. Wingspan xx in.]

This Oriental Skylark was photographed at the Nanhui Refuge, Nanhui (Shanghai), Shanghai, China. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: May 06, 2017)

[Length 26 in. Wingspan 40 in.]

This Limpkin was photographed along a resaca in San Benito, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: January 7, 2024)

[Length 26 in. Wingspan 40 in.]

Limpkins are primarily found in Florida, but also occur locally in Georgia, Alabama, and Louisiana. Their loud, bugling calls sound a little like those of their larger relatives, the Cranes, and are often dubbed into movie soundtracks to lend an air of the "wild night". This one was photographed in the the swamps of the Ocala National Forest north of Orlando, Florida, USA. Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: June 1982)

[Length 6 in. Wingspan 10.5 in.]

This Chestnut-collared Longspur was photographed at south Van Tassell Road, Van Tassell, Wyoming, . Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 200-500mm f/5.6 IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: July 07, 2018)

[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, USA. 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, USA. 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, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: May 1988)