For me, the Horned lark has been an "elusive", that is, hard-to-find species. When we traveled in northern Norway a number of years ago, we were in a confirmed Horned lark area - but we never got to see any. Imagine my surprise when we stood and watched Mountain plover (Charadrius montanus) in the Sonora Desert and a Horned lark appeared right behind us. Of course I took a series of pictures, more classic bird pictures in profile, but I liked this picture best where you discern the "horns" on the head. (In English it is called 'horned lark' in America and 'coastal lark' in Great Britain because there it is mostly observed as a migratory bird along the coasts). The Horned lark is one of the passerines that has the largest distribution area and the only lark that also occurs in America.