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Re: horned larks, Horry County, SC, still



for SC, Post & Gauthreaux lists them as "Piedmont: resident, uncommon and
local in summer, fairly common in winter," rare local breeder in the Upper
Coastal plain, uncommon winter visitor, and uncommon winter visitor in the
lower coastal plain. Since 1980, they appear to be extending  their breeding
range in the coastal plainUntil Steve found 'em a cpl of winters ago, I'd
not seen any in Horry County (despite cruising through the countryside
looking over every ag field in sight.) This is the first winter I've seen
them at the sod farm at Bucksport.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joshua S. Rose" <jsr6@duke.edu>
To: "Carolinabirds" <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2003 12:15 AM
Subject: Re: horned larks, Horry County, SC, still


> On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, gary wrote:
>
> > good question, Steve. there were a few at Bucksport Sunday, one in full
> > song...'til he was accosted by two of his pals and chased about.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Steve Thomas" <stype@sccoast.net>
> > >
> > > Therre were still 3 Horned Larks in the fields off of Hardwick Road,
Horry
> > > County, SC this afternoon (21 March 2003).
> > >
> > > We're wondering how much longer they'll be here.
>
> They do nest in some parts of the Carolinas, don't they? I've seen them at
> the sod farm in Candor, NC (I forget its name now, haven't visited in a
> while) in August. I assumed those to be breeding residents at the time,
> though I suppose they could have been migrating south already by then, as
> some shorebirds do...
>
> Good birding,
>
> Josh
>
>
> Joshua S. Rose
> Duke University
> Department of Biology (Zoology, R.I.P.)
>
> jsr6@duke.edu
> http://www.duke.edu/~jsr6/
>