McCown's Longspur

Photographed in Sioux County, Nebraska on July 1, 2006 by Robert Hughes

Taken with a Questar telescope and a FujiFilm A303 digital camera

McCown's Longspur
The streaking on the breast of this McCown's Longspur suggests that it is a juvenile. There were a number of adult McCown's Longspurs in the area. Note also the prominent dark whisker stripe and dark cap - could this bird be a male?