MADISON — The hefty horned lark has been crowned the winner of Fat Bird Week. Just as Katmai National Park and Preserve has " Fat Bear Week," Wisconsin just concluded its first-ever " Fat Bird ...

The horned lark competes in Wisconsin's Fat Bird Week. These songbirds enjoy habitats with bare ground or short vegetation, and can be found year-round throughout most of the United States.

The horned lark is also an excellent singer. In my mind, it rivals the state bird, the western meadowlark, and perhaps should hold pride-of-place in that regard.

I gaze up in awe, mesmerized by the sight. The horned lark flocks ebb and flow, flying in synchronized waves. There are three distinct groups, each flock of several hundred ...

MADISON, Wis. -- The horned lark is a small, long-bodied songbird found across Wisconsin and North America. It now also has a new distinction: the winner of the first-ever Wisconsin 'Fat Bird Week ...

One of the biggest threats facing the streaked horned lark is crop conversion in the Willamette Valley, the notice states. Local farmers have reportedly moved away crops like grass seed, which ...

Though the horned lark is a prodigious breeder and remains a common species, surveys indicate a rapid population decline in recent decades. The avian conservation group Partners in Flight lists horned ...