Since reading the description of Smith's Longspur habitat, I have been watching for open fields with foxtail. Yesterday I noticed just such a field and went back today to check it out. There were a few Horned Larks, Killdeer, and Pipits but no Longspurs. I did, however, find a single Upland Sandpiper. Always a good OH bird for me. From what I read they are right on time. The field is located 2 miles east of Urbana about a half mile south of Route 29. It is a 40 acre field (my guess) with Three Mile Road on the east and Sloan Rd. on the South. The field may be too rolling for Longspurs but I will keep looking. Hope we find some Longspurs Tom Beachy ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]