No Hola...

There's typically no work in the construction site on Sundays, but today I had to escort a water truck for a couple of hours. So naturally what am I going to do while out there? That's right, I'm going to check-up on my little Horned Lark family! I looked around and didn't see the parents. I figured that I had probably caught them while they were both out -- not the first time. However, as I got closer to the nest I saw nothing. All four nestlings were gone and they hadn't all grown up that quickly! Somebody had got to them. The list of potential suspects is fairly long; a luck coyote that happens on to the nest, ravens which are frequently around (I saw two in the vicinity of the nest on Wednesday), there's our red-tails, gopher snakes, and heck I wouldn't put it past a kestrel either. The fact is the nest is empty.

juvenile Horned Lark

I am reminded that this is the nature of things, even here on this airport, animals will fall prey to predators. But don't you fret because I saw several juvenile Horned-Larks flying about with their parents.





Another fascinating thing to witness was a male lark jumping to reach grass seeds above him!

Hmmmm

Got it!