Horned Lark photos by Larry Jordan
Well I guess there’s no wondering now! The Horned Lark’s horns are occipital feather tufts which can be raised or lowered but are usually erect in males1. I’m not sure if this is a male or female but it was very nice to pose for a moment, long enough for me to capture those “horns.”
There were literally hundreds of these Horned Larks along the sides of the road as I passed through the golden, dry pastures on my way to the next site for Burrowing Owl habitat installation in Chico, California.
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References: 1 Birds Of North America Online: http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna
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Hundreds? Awesome. You could not have had a better pose to show off those “horns.”
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Great – would be a lifer for me!
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Great photographs! I have never seem a better example of the “horns” than the first photograph. Good luck with the Burrowing Owl project!
wow!! Excellent photo with the horns!
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@Amber thanks. It was a fairly cooperative bird. I wish the light had been better
@Klaus you have many lifers in Florida waiting for me!
@Chantelle thank you very much on both accounts. We installed 20 artificial burrows on Sunday bringing my total installations to 52. More on that to come!
@Dawn thanks
He’s a cute little devil!
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Nice one Larry. We don’t usually see the horns.
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that´s a cool one. Nice of it to stay put for a while.
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Devilish-looking, isn’t he? The horns are impressive in your photo – well captured!
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perfect photo to show why that bird has its name!
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