Roger, I too have noticed that the bushlarks raise their crown feathers
quite noticeably and strikingly when they alight on the fence; the
feathers then subside slowly. I suspect it is just the initial stage
fright of appearing for another photo session ;)
Regards
Frank
> This morning I took myself of early-ish to Coppins Crossing Road in search
> yet again of a singing bushlark.
> It was a very social morning with several people stopping off to offer
> assistance
> and in one case to enquire as to why there were always people hanging
> around here with binoculars these days.
>
> On advice from Sue Lashko I moved myself maybe a 100 metres down hill from
> the "Owners not Renters" sign
> and very soon there after, this sat on the fence and posed for me.
> More like a house sparrow than a pipit and undoubtedly a singing bushlark
>
>
> Mission accomplished i headed back to the car.
> About the "owners not renters" sign this posed for me.
>
>
> Also a singing bushlark, but how about that crest (no wind)
> which is visible on the several photos I took of this bird
> and is definitely not what G.Dabb would call a "trompe de camera".
>
> The crest doesn't get a mention in any of my field guides so I read
> further afield.
> It took me almost as long to find the singing bushlark in the National
> photographic Index of Australian Wildlife
> (Cuckoos, Nightbirds and Kingfishers, would you believe) as it had taken
> me in the field, but in the end it was (almost) worth it.
> I quote :
> "The absence of a crest helps to distinguish it from the
> introduced Skylark,
> {had i really
> photographed a
> skylark?}
> but it can raise its crown feathers when excited or alarmed"
> {nope, just an excited or alarmed singing bushlark sitting calmly on a
> fence.}
>
> G.Dabb did tell me sometime in the past that any bird could have a "crest"
> if it wanted one,
> or perhaps he told me they could raise their crown feathers..
>
> roger.
>
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