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CERRILLOS HILLS HISTORIC PARK

Larks

Horned Lark - confirmed presence

Eremophila alpestris

Size: 7.5" - Lark

Brown above with black streaks; belly white, crown stripe black; male has two tiny "horns", black chest crescent, stripe below eye; bill slender, pointed; tail black, outer tail feathers white. Song high tinkling.


IN OTHER NEIGHBORHOODS

Sighted at the Leonora Curtin Natural History Area (a lush, well-watered preserve 3 miles north of Cerro Bonanza, near La Ciénega)

Horned Lark - WINTER




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