The Lapland Longspur (also known as the Lapland Bunting) is very rare in southern Florida. We saw on ebird's daily rare bird email for Collier County that yesterday a Lapland Longspur was sighted in the parking lot of the visitor's center of the Big Cypress National Preserve. We went there today (12/20/2016) and after about 1/2 hour of looking we sighted the Lapland Longspur.
We can ID this bird as a nonbreeding male Lapland Longspur by its size (estimated 6-7"); time of year (nonbreeding plumage occurs of male occurs Aug.-March); short, thick, pointed bill; streaked sides (see fourth photo); rufous greater coverts; white outer tail feathers; and facial pattern (cheeks edged in black).
The Lapland Longspur is a new species to our Photographic Life List, which now stands at 510.
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