larks

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A small subset of larks are true 5 a.m. people.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 11, 2026

Land-sparing urban areas are breeding grounds for birds that lay many eggs, use open nests more frequently, and have short life cycles, such as stonechats, chiffchaffs and crested larks.

From Science Daily • Dec. 12, 2023

“Even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream.”

From Scientific American • Jun. 16, 2023

Thursday saw a huge outpouring of love and larks around Buckingham Palace.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2022

Upon a day I saw strange eyes and hands like butterflies; For me at morning larks flew from the thyme And children came to bathe in little streams.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck