Larry's Gallery:   Eurasian Skylark (1/2)

PASSERIFORMES: Alaudidae

Alauda arvensis  

When disturbed skylarks will rise straight up and hover high up on fluttering wings for a while..

..and if you care to watch this behaviour it gives you a crick in the neck and depending where the sun is - blindness.

Whilst on high they make a continuous rippling melodious song, before drifting back down to again disappear in the long grass..

..so you still won't get a decent picture of them (but maybe a 'descent' photo like this one).