Lark Sparrow at Lake Hodges

Lark Sparrows are fairly common in San Diego County inland at least 5 miles from the ocean. They like farms, orchards, pastures. I have found them to be especially abundant around Lake Henshaw.

However, I recently found a few singing birds at Lake Hodges, where I encounter them much less frequently in the coastal sage scrub. Here they are pictured on a laurel sumac tree/bush, one of only a few in the immediate area.

Lark Sparrow. Lake Hodges, California. January 25, 2019.

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