Larks often live in open areas, meaning that mist nets are fairly visible and easily avoided. However, placing nets along fence lines may help increase the catch slightly, as birds fly to perch on the fence.
Ringing in the open karoo with many nets, we caught two on this particular day.
Ground living birds often have relatively long claws – these two birds had claws of 12.3 and 12.4 mm (suspected female and male, respectively).
Fact sheet:
Number ringed to date (SAFRING): 323 [1948-2024]
Longevity: 5y 6m 14d
Trip report: blog
Reason special: very few previously ringed
