Lark bunting
Chapter 7: When to Sing, and How
Subchapter: Songs and calls in flight
From page 134 in the book.
Photo by Wil Hershberger
♫549. Perched songs are often relatively brief, the flight songs much longer. His normal singing rate requires some human patience, as pauses between songs reach up to 40 seconds in this recording. I could have edited out the silent intervals, of course, but I chose to let this lark bunting have his say at his own pace. May 27, 2006. Murphy's Pasture, Pawnee National Grassland, Colorado. (8:16)