Taxonomy: Order Passeriformes >> Family Calcariidae >> Genus Calcarius
| Chestnut-collared Longspur (Unique ID: 1051)
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Species: Chestnut-collared Longspur (Calcarius ornatus)
Location: Bob & Ann Gammell Longspur Pasture, Burke County, North Dakota, United States
Age: adult Plumage: alternate/breeding Activity: flying
Sex: male Visibility: full body Quantity: single
Photographer: David Seibel Date: June 30, 2006
Equipment: Canon EOS 20D and Canon 500mm f/4L IS Megapixels: 8.2
Notes: 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.
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