I been reading about this Lark Bunting lately in Springfield, Brown County and I am very curious about the ID of this bird.
One a Lark Bunting is a grassland/prairie bird and seeing a Lark Bunting fly on top of a large Cottonwood Tree than after the bird stops singing it flies into a corn field. To me that sounds like a Bobolink. A Bobolink is a black bird with white on its back and wings. A side view without seeing the yellow patch behind the head would make anyone think they are seeing a Lark Bunting. Also all Lark Buntings except one Lark Bunting that found its way into Minnesota were found near feeders or found in a prairie. A lark Bunting was found at Stony Pt along the northshore but this bird was sick and had one eye. It spent most of its time in low shrubs or on the dirt road. Also some Redwing Blackbird adult males can have a slice of white where the red patch is and a side view will make anyone feel they are looking at a Lark Bunting. So far 2 birders posted that they chased the bird and spent quite a long time there and saw no Lark Bunting. The only one that has seen this bird is Nathan Wersal. I would suggest that Nathan write a complete detail description of this bird, which includes drawings and other field marks and send it to MOURC. I also suggest that Nathan take some pictures of this bird or a video of it. I would love to proven wrong and I hope its a Lark Bunting but I have doubts. The reason I have doubts because I have not read what Nathan sees on this bird to make it a Lark Bunting other than a song description. Again I am just curious about this bird and hopefully it is a Lark Bunting. Mike H. Duluth St. Louis Co. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 1:43 PM Subject: [mou] Lark Bunting is now shy! > The Lark Bunting is getting afraid to sit in the open if there are > people around. This morning I walk to the dead tree as he started to > sing and he flew to the trees to the right of that tree. Yet he still > sung for another 15 minutes. Thats when he came within 10 ft of me and > flew away! > > Nathan Wersal > Springfield > Brown County > > > ---------------------------------------------- > Mailblocks - A Better Way to Do Email > http://about.mailblocks.com/info > > _______________________________________________ > mou-net mailing list > [email protected] > http://cbs.umn.edu/mailman/listinfo/mou-net >
