Subject: Horned Lark photos
Date: Mar 23 09:27:24 2003
From: Ruth Sullivan - godwit at worldnet.att.net


Hello David and Tweeters,

According to :The birds of North America "Life History for the 21st Century" there are 5 subspecies listed that occur in Washington and the general Northwest which include the following:

#1 E.a.arcticola("Arctic"or "Pallid"Horned Lark),which brreds in Alaska south to the mountains of British Columbia.This species winters locally in eastern WA such as on the Waterville Plateau of Douglas Co. This is the largest of the western subspecies.

#2 E.a. merrelli("Dusky"Horned Lark),which is labeled the darkest subspecies and breeds locally in intermountain valleys from British Columbia to northern California and is the most abundant and widespread subspecies to be found in eastern WA throughout the year. This subspecies is most often noted in very huge wintering flocks in portions of eastern WA such as on the Waterville and Colville Plateau areas of Douglas and Okanogan Cos. east into Grant and Lincoln Cos and beyond amongst smaller numbers of "Arctic" or "Pallid" Horned Larks.

#3 E.a. lamprochroma,which breeds in lowlands of eastern WA to northern California and east of Nevada with the winter range expanding to southern California and Arizona in winter.

#4 E.a. strigata,which is confined to coastal areas throughout the year from southern British Columbia to Oregon and also occuring on several of the Columbia River "islands" and on the Ft.Lewis prairies in Pierce and Thurston Cos. as a very local breeder.Past breeding activity before 1980 was noted on Mt.St.Helens and remains uncertain presently,as noted in the Breeding Bird Atlas of Washington(1997)by Michael Smith,Phil Mattocks,and Kelly Cassidy.

#5 E.a. alpina,which breeds in portions of high elevations in the Cascades,Mt.St.Helens,Mt.Adams and in the Olympics of Clallam and Jefferson Cos,possibly in northern Mason Co. This subspecies in similiar to the "Arctic" or "Pallid" subspecies, but lacks less brown overall and the overall size is smaller. This subspecies winters in surrounding lowland portions of it's range.


Sincerely,

Ruth and Patrick Sullivan


----- Original Message -----
From: "David Beaudette" <drtbrdr at earthlink.net>
To: "Tweeters Messages" <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 6:42 PM
Subject: Horned Lark photos


> Greetings,
>
> Does anyone know of any good photos on the Internet of any of these four
> subspecies of Horned Lark found in Washington? These are the Streaked
> Horned Lark, Alpine Horned Lark, Arctic Horned Lark or Merrill's Horned
> Lark.
> In addition, are these the only subspecies found in Washington?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave Beaudette
> Wenatchee,WA
> drtbrdr at earthlink.net
>
>
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