Date: 1/29/26 7:32 am From: Sandy Berger <sndbrgr...> Subject: Re: Interesting snow day on former Beatie Prairie in western Benton County
I too had Lapland Longspurs and Horned Larks this past week in a local
park. Someone had done wheelies in a snow-covered field exposing grass and
mud. They were joined in the ruts by meadowlarks and Savannah Sparrows.
Sandy B
Fort Smith
On Thu, Jan 29, 2026 at 8:59 AM Joseph Neal <
<0000078cbd583d7c-dmarc-request...> wrote:
> An interesting day of birding with all fields and most roads snow-covered
> in western Benton County. Horned Larks and Lapland Longspurs showed up. *https://ebird.org/checklist/S296858683 > <https://ebird.org/checklist/S296858683>* With Kelly Mulhollan. Bald
> Eagles everywhere. Sparrows of several open country species finding every
> little patch of grass and in one spot, Song Sparrows standing on the snow,
> plucking seeds off exposed weeds.
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