Lapland Longspur On Ice.1

Mike Warner

It was -3° out when I went looking for Lapland Longspurs on a quiet country road far west of Chicago.  There were five of them scrabbling in the frozen ground an on the piles of snow built up by plows.  This appears to be a female because of the staw-colored neck.

This picture was taken from inside of a car in zero degree temperatures.  If you’d like to read how to take pictures of birds from a car in the winter click HERE.  The pictures required some special camera settings get a proper exposure.  If you would like to learn how to set up your camera to take better pictures of birds in the snow click HERE.

Cedar Tree with a Chickadee

Scarlet Honeyeater [female]