Longspur..."Long shadow"

[Catmendo]

For those of you who live south of the 49th, get ready for more southern migration. Depicted here (on it's winter migration route) is a Lapland Longspur. They nest in Canada's Artic region and winter across southern Canada, the northern and central U.S. as far south as Texas. They also winter on both the east and west coasts.

[MN Shutterbug]

Looks like a sparrow to me.

[Steve Foss]

Nice image, Stu. I like how it's looking right back into that rich light.

[MN Shutterbug]

I've just got to start spending more time with my bird books. BTW, nice capture.

[Catmendo]

Don't swet it Mike, certain species can be very tricky to I.D. at times!