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ML612868956
Contributor
Scott Taylor Media from this contributor
Date
Location
Fiesta Island--dog run
San Diego, California, United States
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Observation details
Dark streaks on top of head (contrasting with buffy streak above eye), rusty tinges to shoulders on back, finch-like bill, large semi-circle of black below eye, buffy cheek, whitish throat, white belly. Seemed slightly smaller and more compact than the surrounding horned larks and of course the bill was way different. Hanging out with a large flock of just horned larks about here: 32.77051° N, 117.22592° W. Lots of dogs about scaring up the various ground feeders. Tried photos with my phone but no dice. Continuing rarity. If you come out to locate this bird, don’t give up just follow the horned larks from a distance and be very patient! I might have gotten audio.
Technical information
- Recorder
- Microphone
- Accessories
- Original file size
- 2.48 MB