Larks - Alaudidae
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I hesitated to post this poor picture, but it is Life Bird #255, so...
Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocarys) is not a lark, and it is not a bunting. It is a sparrow, and for some reason, it is Colorado's State Bird. This is the first one I have seen in six trips to the Denver area. I asked a park ranger why this small, uncommon bird would be a state bird. Her explanation was that it is fairly common in the eastern agricultural areas of the state, where most of the state legislators were from when the lark bunting was chosen.
This bird was only seen for the few seconds needed to take this picture in the grasslands of Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge. And then, it flew off not to be seen again.
Castro Verde plains , Alentejo, Portugal
Galerida theklae
Theklaleeuwerik of Thekla's leeuwerik
Cochevis de Thékla
Theklalerche
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Horned Larks are social birds, sometimes found in huge flocks outside the breeding season. They creep along bare ground searching for small seeds and insects. They often mix with other open-country species in winter flocks, including longspurs and Snow Buntings.The barer the ground, the more Horned Larks like it. Look for them in open country with very short or no vegetation, including bare agricultural fields. They breed in short grassland, short-stature sage shrubland, desert, and even alpine and arctic tundra.
The horned lark, called the shore lark in Europe, is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae found across the northern hemisphere.
A friend asked me to come out to her place in south east Edmonton to photograph what she was sure was a Lark Sparrow.
It is a Lark Sparrow and probably nesting there. I don't know if there are any records of Lark Sparrows nesting within the city limits. We are quite a bit north of their traditional breeding range which is in southern Alberta. Saskatchewan, Manitoba in Canada, and many US states especially central, west, and south.
The song is very distinctive. Follow the link below if you would like to hear it.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Lark_Sparrow/sounds
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Was able to watch this Horned Lark for some time. With every movement I made it would go to the highest snow, search around and then back to foraging in the Parking Lot. (Bronte Creek Provincial Park)
Horned Larks are social birds, sometimes found in huge flocks outside the breeding season. They creep along bare ground searching for small seeds and insects. They often mix with other open-country species in winter flocks, including longspurs and Snow Buntings.The barer the ground, the more Horned Larks like it. Look for them in open country with very short or no vegetation, including bare agricultural fields. They breed in short grassland, short-stature sage shrubland, desert, and even alpine and arctic tundra.
A Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) eyes its territory from the fence wire on the prairie landscape near Leader, Saskatchewan, Canada.
22 May, 2018.
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The Magpie-lark (Grallina cyanoleuca), also known as the Peewee, Peewit or Mudlark, is a passerine bird native to Australia, Timor and southern New Guinea. The male and female both have black and white plumage, though with different patterns. The bird in this photo is a female, she was collecting food to carry back to two fledglings in a nest close to my home.
The male Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) is more vividly coloured and the horns are a prominent feature as is evident on this bird on the prairie landscape of Grasslands National Park east of Val Marie, Saskatchewan, Canada.
19 May, 2018.
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Nairobi National Park, Kenya
this species was split from the Rufous-naped Lark
Corypha athi
Sentinel Lark
Schildwachtleeuwerik
Alouette de Hartert
Alondra centinela
cotovia-sentinela
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A Lark Bunting (Calamospiza melanocorys) survives the prairie landscape from the elevated perch of a barbed wire fence near Reed Lake east of Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada.
2 may, 2016.
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Gar nicht so einfach,diese flinken Vögel im Flug zu erwischen..
It's not that easy to catch these nimble birds in flight ..
A Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) occupies a high position on a fence post in an attempt to establish control of a nesting territory on a prairie grassland east of Hanna, Alberta, Canada.
5 June, 2011.
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Nur ein kleiner Windstoß, aber für die kleine Ohrenlerche ein echter Sandsturm.
Only a little wind gust, but for the little Horned Lark a real sandstorm.
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Horned Lark - Corn Creek, Desert NWR, Las Vegas, NV
Bird Species (# 415) that I photographed and placed on my Flickr Photostream. Overall goal is 1000.
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I want to first say a special thanks to Dinusaur - for spotting these larks and the advice in Downsview park! It was incredibly muddy this afternoon but I feel incredibly lucky to have finally run into these little birds! I love the composition in this shot - and I took it right at the end of my time there before I ran out of memory card space! Overall it was very difficult to shoot these little birds today - they blended into the ground! Well worth the challenge!
I did not take any shots when I saw this guy, I was too excited to see this rare Bunting in plumage yesterday with my buddy. He took off and did not come back for a long time. I almost gave up waiting almost 2 hrs during the slow hrs. Finally, it came back at the golden hours. We had a great time shooting this guy yesterday for a lifer bird.
Sandy Hook, NJ
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Brewarrina, New South Wales
A series of images, a Magpie-lark getting serious with a Goanna. Obviously a nest close by. The Goanna came in for a drink at a farm dam, he would submerge his head completely to protect his eyes from the constant attack.
Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) singing its territorial song on a prominent rock on the prairie landscape in Grasslands National Park near Val Marie, Saskatchewan, Canada.
21 May, 2018.
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A Male Horned Lark! He was fluffing his feathers and preening to look his best. He looks so serious with his distinctive markings, and black feather tufts on the head that resemble horns. Photo taken in Bickleton, Washington.
C'est l'hiver...
Je dois avouer que ma surprise fut beaucoup plus grande que ma joie, ce matin avec ce tapis blanc.
Cette alouette cherchait sa pitance entre les amoncellements de neige .
It's winter
I must admit that my surprise was much greater than my joy this morning with this white carpet.
This lark was looking for food between the piles of snow.
The Sabota Lark (Calendulauda sabota) is a species of lark in the family Alaudidae and has a wide range in Southern Africa. It prefers habitats of dry savannah, moist savannah, and subtropical or tropical dry shrub-land.
The Sabota Lark feeds on the ground and in foliage mainly on invertebrates, fruits and seeds
Plumage colours of the male Sabota Lark are different to that of the female. Head is white, black, eye is brown, bill is pink, throat is white, black, back is grey, black and this bird has proportioned long legs (colour brown, pink).
Size: Height ±15 cms. Weight is about ±25 gms.
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