Hi, Alexander!  Recently you wrote in a message to All:   
      
    ak>  In Russia, if people   
      
    ak>  prone to get up early in the morning   
         |prefer to, tend to   
         |are prone to, are liable to   
      
    ak>  they are called skylarks. If people get up late   
      
    ak>  they are called owls. Do you have something similar?   
      
      
              Yes.  North American publications often refer to them as larks &   
   (night) owls.  Around here we also speak of them in conversation as morning   
   people & night people.  For further details, read on....  :-))   
      
              If we tend not to specify what kind of lark we're referring to I   
   imagine that may be because skylarks are not native to North America.  From   
   across the pond, apparently, we can't tell which is which.  We also tend to   
   shorten the expression skylarking about (meaning fooling around) to larking   
   about.  OTOH owls of various kinds are familiar enough that many of us have   
   noticed them in the woods or at least seen pictures.  The general consensus   
   among my Canadian & USAian dictionaries is that owls are chiefly... but not   
   exclusively... nocturnal, and that's consistent with my experience.  If you   
   happen to see an owl with its eyes open during the day chances are it's not   
   fully awake.  Some humans feel the same when required to get up early.  ;-)   
      
      
      
      
   --- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+   
    * Origin: Wits' End, Vancouver CANADA (1:153/716)