Horned Larks in Colorado Springs, CO]. 7
always seemed that no sooner did one get into a good pose at just the right spot than another pitched into him and drove him away. or else he saw another off to one side which needed a thrashing immediatelv. and away he would go. Feathers would
often fly in these little conflictsl , ~wr
. n. - and l have seen partly crippled I 3“ birds which had been hurt in - ?.
this way. A one-legged bird
came about for several days and
had rather a hard time. for the
others invariably bullied him and
drove him away.
I watched the various flocks closely for other spe~ cies of birds especially Longspurs. which as- sociatewith t h e m on the plains,
but the onlv other bird seen was a Gray — crowned Leuco~ sticte. which was feeding, on the morning of Feb» ruary 13. with a small flock of Larks‘ just after a new fall of snow. This was the second time I have seen the species in town' the other occasion being earlier in the winter, when I saw a single bird on the street.
Mr. C. E. Aiken tells me that in the winter of 187i, 1 think, there were large flocks about the town, which was founded only the summer before. I do not think they very often get so far away from the mountains.
After the first of March the weather moderated, and the Larks, all of which appeared to be Desert Horned Larks. began to disappear. going out on the plains again.
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