calandra lark

The first drawing of 2018! A Calandra lark singing on the rock. I used various fineliners and pens on Daler Rowney ingres pastel paper. Study based on video footage taken by a good friend

A study of my beloved Calandra lark , based on video taken by my friend Thomas Nikolopoulos. Check out the video https://www.facebook.com/thomas.nikolopoulos1/videos/vb.100000744644534/1157902667577877/?type=3&theater

One more time a Calandra lark , this time singing on a rock..watercolour based on my own video footage taken in Greece last June.

A recent watercolour of the biggest lark species in Europe based on a b & w study I did last April in Extremadura..I know calandra`s pretty well since they breed in high density in the cereal fields close to the village I grew up in Northwestern Greece.

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The air is full of music. Calandra Lark singing near Tarifa.

Calandra Larks on the Steppes. They seemed to have a habit of harassing Lesser Short-toed Larks.

This is the first picture from a Calandra lark I`ve ever done , was my contribution to " Bird illustrator of the year" 1999 of British Birds and has been selected for the cover of the magazine. The bird has been painted from life , studying a captive bird..

A recent illustration I did for a cover of a German ornith. magazine....

Sent again to work in another University but had to visit you all from here anyway... I can't do without my daily dose of BF gallery! :-O Another from the day with Jamiedude at the "Larks Paradise"... we saw and photographed the seven species of Larks present in this spot. I had seen...

Spent some very enjoyable birding days in Castilla Y Leon, many thanks to BF members and friends John-Henry and Marian for their help and useful indications.

Number 3 in a series of 8 European larks

A sample of my Illustration work, presents the ground display of the Calandra Lark,and has Illustrated a scientific article regarding the mentioned behaviour, in "Limicola" field-ornithology magazine.

A singing bird sketched from a video taken last year May at home in Northern Greece. It's a pity that I'm able to reproduce only a still image and not the sound of bird's song. This particular bird was singing there for about 45 minutes!

Calandra Lark - a singing male.

Calandra Lark

Calandra Lark.