Lapland Longspur & American Avocet

A great bird at close range around the Hellcat tower, Lapland Longspur . Other recent sighting's from the Parker include ; American Avocet, Snow Bunting and dark morph Gyrfalcon. The Gyrfalcon is still up for debate for birders in the area, but the bird I saw was pretty definitively a Gyr. I got one bad picture which was just to fuzzy for any field marks.
                                         
                                           

Avocet

                                                         Lone Longspur on the Hellcat dike

I stole the idea for this photo from my buddy Hans, he takes way better pictures than I do, check him out. www.hanszimmern.com3