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.
One robin doesn’t make a spring, but one lark is often responsible for a fall.
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Spring would not be spring…
Spring would not be spring without bird songs.
A Francis M. Chapman Quotation
American Goldfinch: Have you seen this bird?
American Goldfinch
The American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis), also known as the Eastern Goldfinch and Wild Canary, is a North American bird in the finch family. American Goldfinches give the impression of being high-spirited birds, always happy and full of gaiety.
Identification Tips:
• Length: 4.25 inches
• Small, seed-eating bird
• Short, conical bill
• Short, forked tail
Basic:
• Plumage held in Fall and Winter
• Yellow face
• Brownish-olive upperparts
• Whitish underparts
• Blackish wings with pale wing bars
The goldfinch breeds so late in the season that full-size leaves afford ample concealment for the nest. Nesting sites are often not over 300 yards from feeding areas and the better the food supply, the greater the density of nests. The species is tolerant in respect to territorial boundaries.
The goldfinch lays from four to six eggs with sets of five being the most common.
The gold finch is primarily an eater of seeds, notably those of the composite family. Among its favorite food plants may be mentioned grey birch, alder, thistle, sunflower, evening primrose, ragweed, and above all, perhaps, the dandelion. It is, however, no uncommon sight to see the birds in spring, when caterpillars are small, picking them from their webs.
Spring would not be spring without bird songs.
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