Subject: Horned Lark photos
Date: Mar 23 06:45:35 2003
From: John W. Williams, DVM - jwwdvm at comcast.net


Tweets,

Can those of you familiar with the Streaked Horned Lark point out how to
separate the subspecies? I took photos of a pair of Horned Larks in the
fields off N. Lombard Avenue on March 9, 2003, and I've posted two examples
to
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jwwdvm/birdstuff/interesting/interesting.htm .
(Except for resizing, the photos are unedited.)

The only guide I have with subspecies is Sibley's, and his book shows yellow
below the black breast band (which this bird has) and fairly heavy streaking
(which this bird does not have).

John Williams
Battle Ground, WA
jwwdvm at comcast.net
-----Original Message-----
From: Russell Rogers [mailto:rrogers at olypen.com]
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 8:37 AM
To: Tweeters
Subject: Re: Horned Lark photos


Kelly (and Scott) are correct. There are no really good photos of Streaked
Horned Larks, with the exception of one that Dennis Paulson took which can
be found at;

http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/swcbd/species/lark/index.html

This is a pretty good photo, but it is an enlargement from a slide and
pushes the limits of resolution. I have many poor resolution shots. I know
of few other difenitive photographs of any of the other subspecies found in
WA.

Russell

Kelly Mcallister wrote:

Hi Tweets,According to Scott Pearson, a scientist with state DNR who has
recently completeda research project involving Streaked Horned Larks, there
are no really good photosof the Streaked Horned Lark.It would be great to
change that, especially since it is so bright and strkingly marked.At this
time, good photos to aid conservation efforts, would be timely. This
subspecies isgoing to need a lot of help for its continued existence.Kelly
McAllisterWashington Department of Fish and WildlifeOlympia, WashingtonReply
to: mcallkrm at dfw.wa.govOn Fri, 21 Mar 2003, David Beaudette wrote:Date: Fri,
21 Mar 2003 18:42:12 -0800From: David Beaudette <drtbrdr at earthlink.net>To:
Tweeters Messages <tweeters at u.washington.edu>Subject: Horned Lark
photosGreetings,Does anyone know of any good photos on the Internet of any
of these foursubspecies of Horned Lark found in Washington? These are the
StreakedHorned Lark, Alpine Horned Lark, Arctic Horned Lark or Merrill's
HornedLark.In addition, are these the only subspecies found in
Washington?Thanks,Dave BeaudetteWenatchee,WAdrtbrdr at earthlink.net

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