video showing larks flying?

April 8, 2008 2:43 PM

Where can I see video of larks flying? (Preferably online and free, but commercial movies/videos are also fine if you're sure the birds pictured are larks.) So far on YouTube, I've only found them walking or still, not flying.
posted by allterrainbrain to media & arts (6 comments total)

Cornell's Birds of North America has videos of larks, but only with a paid subsciption. Are you looking for Skylarks specifically, or any species of lark? More videos here, for European species, also only available with a subscription.
posted by gingerbeer at 3:42 PM on April 8

Yeah, that's harder than one would think :-)
Ther might be some at the Internet Bird Collection, they have 47 videos of different larks.
posted by Thug at 4:32 PM on April 8

Ther -> There
Grr.
posted by Thug at 4:33 PM on April 8

Here you go, top of the list.
posted by Thug at 4:37 PM on April 8

Thanks all! My ideal would be the sort of lark one would see in western Europe. But all larks are good -- and there are Austrian larks at Thug's link. My rough interest is "what's special or notable about a lark's flying, as opposed to other birds' flying?"
posted by allterrainbrain at 5:09 PM on April 8

Well, for Skylarks, specifically, it would be the singing, more than the flying. They do their display song in flight. This youtube video is a singing Skylark in flight.
This guide (search for lark) is good for W European birds.
posted by gingerbeer at 5:38 PM on April 8