HORNED LARKS
Jerry P. Clark
Primary State Biologist
California Department of Food and Agriculture
Sacramento, California 95814
Scott E. Hygnstrom
Extension Wildlife Damage Specialist
Department of Forestry, Fisheries
and Wildlife
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska 68583-0819
Fig. 1. Horned lark, Eremophila alpestris
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
HORNED LARKS
Damage Prevention and Control Methods
Exclusion and Habitat Modification
Not effective.
Frightening
Use propane exploders in conjunction
with shotgun fire, shell crackers,
bird bombs or whistles, and raptormimicking
kites.
Avitrol®
Repellents
Capsicum
Toxicants
None are registered or are currently available for use.
Trapping and Shooting
Not effective.
Editors
Scott E. Hygnstrom;
Robert M. Timm;
Gary E. Larson
PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF WILDLIFE DAMAGE — 1994
Cooperative Extension Division Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources University of Nebraska -Lincoln
United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Animal Damage Control
Great Plains Agricultural Council Wildlife Committee