Birds of the Lower Ohio River Valley in West Virginia

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TOWHEES, SPARROWS, JUNCO, LONGSPURS, SNOW BUNTING

Lapland Longspur  Calcarius lapponicus

WINTER:  Casual Visitant since 1999.  At least 70 on 16 and 17 January 1999 at Byrd Locks and Dam (WA, JE, MG, GR); 10 on 01 January 2001 in Mason Co., WV (WA); one on 09 January 2010 at Gallipolis Ferry, Mason Co., WV (MG, DP); 7 on 31 January 2009 at Byrd Locks & Dam ( WA, MG, MO, DP); one on 05 February 2009 at Byrd Locks and Dam (WA, GR).

SUMMER:  NO RECORDS.

MIGRATION:

 Spring:  Accidental.  One in May 1974 (Hall 1983).

 Fall:  NO RECORDS.

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