Date: 10/31/25 1:55 pm From: Kimball Garrett via groups.io <cyanolyca818...> Subject: [LACoBirds] Longspurs continue at A & G Sod in Palmdale
Birders,
The Chestnut-collared Longspur continued this morning (now present for a week) at the A & G sod fields in Palmdale, along Ave N west of 50th Street East. And the Lapland Longspur found by Chris Dean on 29 October was also present. Both birds were in the green sod circle north of Ave N, best viewed from Ave N about 0.3 to 0.4 mi. west of 50th Street East. There are a few hundred Horned Larks (and a couple of dozen pipits) on those same fields. A scope is essential as the birds are mostly well north of the road. The fields south of Ave N also have lots of larks, but the lighting is poorer. In those southern fields there was also a large blackbird flock which included about 55 Tricoloreds, and large numbers of Killdeer. I am not aware of any reports of Mountain Plovers here this fall, but they could be arriving at any time.
