Birds Identified: Horned Lark

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Horned Lark has these characteristics:

• Walking, wading, running
  
• Continuous flying
  
• Smaller than robin
  
• Head crested
  
• Mostly brownish, or with many brown streaks or spots
  
• Yellow or orange
  
• Underparts plain
  
• Bold markings present (patches or blotches of black, white, or color)
  
• Head stripes or bands
  
• Crown patch
  
• Tail stripes (along)
  
• North summer (June through August)
  
• North winter (November through February)
  
• South summer (June through August)
  
• South winter (November through February)
  
• Field habitat
  
• Flats or beach habitat
  
• Continuous flying high (near or above treetops when flying)
  
• Continuous flying low (below treetops when flying)
  
• On ground (walking, wading, running, hopping, or resting on ground)
  
• Soaring flight (gliding or circling on set wings)
  
• Bounding flight
  
• Occurs in flocks (from 4 or 5 to thousands)
  
• Staccato and twitter call (short sharp notes or rapid series of notes: tinkling, trilling, sputtering, or percussive)
  
• High or thin song (high pitched and weak; lisping, sizzling, or hissing quality)
  

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