Talk:Skylark

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[edit] Image

Is it possible to obtain a photo of a skylark, rather than a painting? DS 17:06, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)

photo would be good if you know of one in the public domain. jimfbleak 17:40, 14 Nov 2004 (UTC)
There is one on the Dansk language wiki which I have linked to this page. This image has good resolution and might need trimming or resizing to go in the taxobox to show the bird relitively enlarged. Snowman 17:41, 8 June 2006 (UTC)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/Sangl%C3%A6rke.jpg

Any lark expert care to take a look at that photo? Looks more like some sort of pipit... Gnusmas 14:14, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

I do not know. I found it on the Dansk language wiki, which claimed that it was a skylark. If it is a pipit the Dansk language wiki also needs correcting. Snowman 18:27, 12 June 2006 (UTC)
looks like a Meadow Pipit, definitely not a lark of any kind, jimfbleak 06:18, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
Indeed. Thanks for the confirmation. Image link now removed, and I have also sent an email (via the Danish wiki) to the person whose photo it is. Gnusmas 09:01, 13 June 2006 (UTC)
I good photo of a Skylark has recently been added. Snowman 10:51, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] tall crested skylark and eating baby bird poop.

On Arirang tv they have this nature show with simplified English. They showed the Eurasian skylark and the tall crested eurasian skylark. I may have the name wrong but the tall crested had a funny tuft of feathers that stuck up kinda funny. I turned away from the tv for a bit and they showed one of these birds feeding it's baby. It gave the chick a larva. The baby instinctively deficates when fed and the mother bird eats the feces. The narrator said it was to keep the smell from attracting preditors. They also made a big deal about these birds not landing at the nest but instead landing away from the nest and walking to the nest once they are sure there are no preditors. --Gbleem 09:39, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Skylark in culture

In Australia, to 'skylark' is to engage in silly behaviour, though I'm not sure of the origins of this usage.

See Jake Kovco for an example of this usage in common text. 203.2.182.254 04:38, 8 November 2007 (UTC)