Every bird as it is reared…
Every bird as it is reared and the lark for the bog.
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Horned Lark/Shore Lark: Have you seen this bird?
Horned Lark/ Shore Lark
The Shore Lark (Eremophila alpestris), called the Horned Lark in North America, breeds across much of North America, northernmost Europe and Asia and in the mountains of southeast Europe.
This is a bird of open ground. In Eurasia it breeds above the tree line in mountains and the far north. In most of Europe, it is most often seen on seashore flats in winter, leading to the European name.
In America, where there are no other larks to compete with, it’s also found on farmland, on prairies, in deserts, on golf courses and airports, and the like.
Identification Tips:
• Length: 6.5 inches
• Thin bill
• Black mask, horns and breastband
• White or yellow supercilium
• White or yellow throat
• Gray-brown upperparts
• Pale underparts
• Black tail with white outer tail feathers
• Dark legs
• Juvenile is duller, lacks horns
• Inhabits open areas with short or sparse vegetation
• Often found in large flocks
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The face pattern of the Horned Lark is quite different from other field-loving species.
They nest on the ground, with 2-5 eggs being laid. Food is seeds supplemented with insects in the breeding season.
In the open areas of western North America, Horned Larks are among the bird species most often killed by wind turbines.
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One robin doesn’t make a spring, but one lark is…
One robin doesn’t make a spring, but one lark is often responsible for a fall.
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Skylark: Have you seen this bird?
Skylark
The Skylark (Alauda arvensis) is a small passerine bird species.
This lark breeds across most of Europe and Asia and in the mountains of north Africa.
The Skylark has also been introduced in Hawaii and western North America.
Identification Tips:
• Length: 6.25 inches
• Thin bill
• White supercilium
• Brown upperparts
• Streaked crown and back
• Buffy breast with dark streaks
• White belly and undertail coverts
• White outer tail feathers
• White trailing edge to wing
• Pink legs
• North American range limited to Vancouver Island, British Columbia-stray elsewhere
• Inhabits fields
Similar species:
The Sky Lark can be told from sparrows by its thin bill and from pipits by its streaked crown and back and white trailing edge to the wing.
The Skylark has sturdy legs and spends much time on the ground foraging for seeds, supplemented with insects in the breeding season.
The Skylark makes a grass nest on the ground, hidden amongst vegetation. It is sometimes found nesting in bracken, using it for cover. Generally the nests are very difficult to find.
The Skylark has been featured in many songs, poems and other works of literature and art.
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For night owls shriek where mounting larks should sing
For night owls shriek where mounting larks should sing.
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Northern Spotted Owl: Have you seen this bird?
Northern Spotted owl
The Spotted Owl, Strix occidentalis, is a species of owl.
The Spotted Owl isnt similar in appearance to the Barred Owl. Barred Owls are larger and grayer than Spotted Owls. The Northern and southern spotted owl populations are currently listed as threatened in the United States under the Endangered Species Act.
Identification Tips:
• Length: 16 inches Wingspan: 42 inches
• Large, nocturnal, predatory bird
• Large, rounded head
• Dark eyes
• Brown facial disks with dark border
• Rich brown upperparts with white spots
• White underparts with brown cross-shaped markings
• Sexes similar
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The Spotted Owl is similar to the Barred Owl but has cross-shaped markings on the underparts where the Barred Owl is alternately barred on the breast and streaked on the belly.
The Northern Spotted Owl is in rapid decline with about a 7% annual population loss along the northern edge of its range (northern Washington state and south-western British Columbia).
The California spotted owl is not considered to be threatened nor endangered by the USFWS, however, it considered to be a species of special concern by the state of California and the United States Forest Service (USFS).
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Out on a lark
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Out on a lark
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