Horned Lark
Another of the birds that frequent the Legacy Nature Preserve.
The only true lark native to North America, the Horned Lark is a common, widespread bird of open country.
- Adult Horned Larks eat primarily weed and grass seeds, but they feed insects to their young.
- The use of mowed areas around airstrips has allowed the Horned Lark to colonize regions where no other suitable habitat may exist nearby, such as heavily forested areas
- .On open fields in winter, flocks of Horned Larks walk and run on the ground. If disturbed, the flock circles in swift, twisting flight, making soft lisping call notes. This species, our only native lark, begins nesting very early in spring in those same barren fields, and the tinkling songs of the males come from high overhead as they perform their flight-song display. The "horns" of the Horned Lark are little tufts of feathers, visible only at close range.
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