lark

Animal · mentioned in 6 journal entries

Planning Westward Fort Clatsop Return Post-expedition NPS L&C NHT trail data © National Park Service
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Also discussed in Coues 1893 (4-vol edition):
7 mentions via 5 variants: lark (2) · lark-woodpecker (2) · Eastern field-lark (1) · Western field-lark (1) · old-field lark (1)
Jefferson’s Memoir of Lewis Coues’s Supplement Coues’s Memoir of Clark
Matching wildlife/plant records:
Clark's Nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana) Horned lark (Eremophila alpestris) Menzies' larkspur (Delphinium menziesii) Ragged robin; Beautiful clarkia (Clarkia pulchella) Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta)
Clark: September 21, 1804
William Clark · Sep 21, 1804 · Missouri River near Big Bend
"common in plains" — transcribed as Larks
Lewis: June 4, 1805
Meriwether Lewis · Jun 4, 1805 · Marias River decision camp
"small bird singing in aerial display"
Clark: March 4, 1806
William Clark · Mar 4, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"plains only, like old field lark"
Lewis: March 4, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Mar 4, 1806 · Fort Clatsop, winter quarters
"found in plains only"
Lewis: July 19, 1806
Meriwether Lewis · Jul 19, 1806 · Lewis: up Marias River / Clark: down Yellowstone
"seen on the plains" — transcribed as larks
Clark: July 21, 1806
William Clark · Jul 21, 1806 · Lewis: up Marias River / Clark: down Yellowstone
"seen near camp" — transcribed as larks

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