These colourful little birds never cease to bring a smile to my face. The males sing their songs while parachuting down from a height, their wings held stiffly out to the side.
The females, while more cryptic, are every bit as beautiful.
Lapland Longspur
These colourful little birds never cease to bring a smile to my face. The males sing their songs while parachuting down from a height, their wings held stiffly out to…
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and you have to be fast to get a photo. 🙂
Good to know that they do flight songs…when I spent last summer with them in the Aleutian Islands they exclusively sang from perches.
They are fairly accommodating here for photos Dave.
They sing a little more from power lines in the area I hang out at here. Power line went in to supply the water pump about 3 years ago. And I see them more and more there. But usually it is their aerial display I see (and hear).