Thick-billed Longspur

McCown's Longspur

Thick-billed Longspur, prior to release. January 1977.
Photo by J. Carey

Massachusetts has the distinction of having the sole east coast record for Thick-billed Longspur, a bird seen by many and even trapped and banded (and released!) in Bridgewater in January 1977 (see #1977-03).

1 records

MARC numberDecisionSpecies#LocationCountyArrivalDepartureObserversReport
1977-003AThick-billed Longspur1Spring Brook farm fields, BridgewaterPlymouth1/9/19771/26/1977Petersen et al.13