With the birds migrating south, you might see a flock that you normally don’t see in the summer as they make a brief pitstop on their journey. The tiny horn like feathers on the adult males that sometimes stick up on their heads is what gives them the name of a Horned Lark.

Young Horned Lark

A group of immature Horned Larks were scattered on a playground lawn earlier this week. I didn’t spot an adult male to see the hornlike feathers that gives the bird its name.

Horned Lark