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McCown's Longspur
[Rhynchophanes mccownii]
[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)
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McCown's Longspur
[Rhynchophanes mccownii]
[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)
(use image name "longspur_mccown's-1001" for inquiries)
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McCown's Longspur
[Rhynchophanes mccownii]
[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)
(use image name "longspur_mccown's-1002" for inquiries)
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Smith's Longspur
[Calcarius pictus]
[Length 6.25 in. Wingspan 11.25 in.]
This male Smith's Longspur was photographed at Churchill, Manitoba, Canada.
Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film.
(Date: June 1991)
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American Tree Sparrow
[Spizella arborea]
[Length 6.25 in. Wingspan 9.5 in.]
American Tree Sparrows breed throughout Alaska and northern Canada.
They winter throughout much of the US.
This one was photographed in mid-winter near a feeder in central New Jersey.
Photo taken with a 750 f5.6 Celestron Mirror lens on Ektachrome 200 film pushed to 400.
(Date: February 1978)
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American Tree Sparrow
[Spizella arborea]
[Length 6.25 in. Wingspan 9.5 in.]
This American Tree Sparrow was photographed at Cheyenne Bottoms WMA, Great Bend, Kansas.
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: March 15, 2010)
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American Tree Sparrow
[Spizella arborea]
[Length 6.25 in. Wingspan 9.5 in.]
This American Tree Sparrow was photographed in mid-winter near a feeder in central New Jersey.
Photo taken with a 750 f5.6 Celestron Mirror lens on Ektachrome 200 film pushed to 400.
(Date: February 1979)
Bachman's Sparrows breed in open pine and mixed forests of the southeastern US.
Their preferred habitat requires periodic burning of the understory to keep the woodlands open.
This male was photographed on a bush used as a singing perch in Carteret County, North Carolina.
Photo taken with a 300mm f4.5 Nikkor ED lens on Kodachrome 200 film..
(Date: May 1990)