NOTES: UNUSUAL BEHAVIOR OF THE HORNED LARK

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Published: 1983-10-01

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TIMOTHY D. REYNOLDS
Biology Department, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho 83209 (present address: Department of Energy, Idaho Operations Office, RESL/CF-690, 550 Second Street, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83401)
DOUGLAS P. SHOREY

Abstract

At 0720 (MST) on 12 May 1976, while conducting bird census work on the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL) 2 km west of Atomic City, Bingham Co., Idaho, we noticed a Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) dead on the road and a conspecific acting strangely nearby. Observing the birds from our vehicle, we recorded the following information from a distance of 5 m.

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Vol. 14 No. 4 (1983)

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