We have only seen this family of birds 27 times since we started birding, so we think of it as rare.

Horned Lark

1998 Jul 23, Cape Cod Family Trip

2001 Jan 13, Wings over Panoche

2001 Jan 14, Wings over Merced

2002 Apr 20, Malheur Spring Weekend 2

2002 Apr 21, Malheur Spring Weekend 3

2002 Dec 15, Chrismas Bird Count

2003 Jan 11, Wings over Panoche Valley

2003 Jan 12, Wings over San Joaquin Valley

2003 Mar 23, Borrego Day Two

2003 Mar 24, Borrego Day Three

2004 Jan 19, Wings over Merced

2004 Apr 16, Paradise Birding Texas Day 4

2004 Apr 17, Paradise Birding Texas Day 5

2005 Apr 21, South Texas Day Two

2005 May 21, WBC to Mines Road

2005 Nov 28, Bosque IPT Day Three

2006 Jan 14, Owl Quest

2006 May 27, Wings over Mojave, Day Two

2007 Jan 27, Audubons in Solano

2007 Jun 12, High Sierra Workshop Day Two

2007 Jul 10, Alberta Day Ten

2007 Jul 11, Alberta Day Eleven

2007 Sep 23, MBB Overdrive Alameda Big Day 2007

2008 Apr 27, Bobolinks 2008

2008 May 14, Photo Safari

2008 May 27, High Sierra Workshop Day Two

2008 Sep 27, Super sMeW California Fall Challenge 2008

Anza Borrego Desert State Park, San Diego County, California

Bosque del Apache NWR, Socorro County, New Mexico [gallery]

Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas [gallery]

Drawbridge, Santa Clara County, California

Flannery Road, Solano County, California

Frank's Dump, Alameda County, California

Galileo Hill, Kern County, California

Hayward Regional Shoreline, Alameda County, California

Jasper National Park, Alberta County, Alberta

Lemon Canyon Road, Sierra County, California

Malheur NWR, Harney County, Oregon

Merced NWR, Merced County, California [gallery]

Old Port Isabel Road, Cameron County, Texas

Panoche Valley, San Benito County, California

Port Aransas, Nueces County, Texas [gallery]

Rural Areas of Merced County, Merced County, California

Salton Sea, Imperial County, California

San Antonio Valley, Alameda County, California

Sierra Road, Santa Clara County, California

Sierra Valley, Sierra County, California

Wellfleet Bay, Barnstable County, Massachusetts