tags: Horned Lark, Eremophila alpestris, birds, mystery bird, bird ID quiz
[Mystery birds] Horned Lark, Eremophila alpestris, photographed in Paul Rushing Park, Texas. [I will identify this bird for you tomorrow]
Image: Joseph Kennedy, 3 March 2009 [larger view].
Nikon D200, Kowa 883 telescope with tsn-pz camera eyepiece 1/200s f/8.0 at 1000.0mm iso400.
Please name at least one field mark that supports your identification.
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Looks like a "hornless" horned lark to me. The white brow, black stripe across upper breast, sideburns and "horns" are the field marks.
Horned lark, with weeny little 'horns.'
Oh, to hear the tinkling of the horned larks out on the short-grass prairie... Not so common where I live, but I often see them when visiting my mother in Colorado.