Chestnut-collared Longspur

Chestnut-collared Longspur

Let's see...the field guides say: creamy throat, check; black belly, check; tail mostly white with black triangle in center, check; black cap, check; bold white line above eye, check; chestnut-colored nape of neck, check. Yep, it's a Chestnut-collared Longspur all right. Lately I have seen many of these birds perched on barbed-wire fences along gravel roads in the Pierre area.