Eastern Meadowlark
I was just saying a few weeks ago that I had never seen an Eastern Meadowlark...and NOW I have seen three - this one just a few kilometres from home.
This one was very quiet, as was the first one I saw less than a month ago. I mention this because I live in an area where the Western Meadowlark's range overlaps with the Eastern. The two species are difficult to tell apart and their songs are one of the major ways to be sure of which is which.
Napkin, please
Notice the dirty beak. I suspect he had recently extracted worms or grubs from the muddy soil below. It was the evening of a rainy day.
Sitting atop a wild apple tree
I am linking to World Bird Wednesday.
43 comments:
You might have to change your handle from Camera Girl to Nature Girl. I know the feeling when see a rare bird in your area. I get excited and want tell people about it.
Your photos of nature are wonderful. Aren't you lucky to have seen these beautiful birds!
Lovely captures.
Very exciting! It's really a lovely bird and shots are terrific.
I had never noticed meadowlarks until a bitter winter a couple years ago when they showed up at our feeders. I love how they look.
Pretty little bird. :)
Now I know why they say “happy as a lark”. There is something optimistic about its sunshine yellow feathers!
lovely capture
Great shots.Yes,it does look very much like our Western Meadowlark.
Wonderful shots- he is a pretty bird.
I love your blog. I always learn something new and your pictures are wonderful. I saw my first Meadowlark this year and posted it weeks back on WBW. They are all around, I hear them, but they are hard to spot. Thanks for another visit with nature ...
Andrea @ From The Sol
very handsome. congrats on getting to see one (three!) in your area!
It stopped by to say hi to you.
Aren't they beauties? It feels good just to see one of them, and getting a picture is always icing on the cake for me. Well done!
Great photos of him. We see (and hear) the western all the time, but I've never seen an eastern.
I've never seen one either!
He is a very pretty bird with the bright yellow.
You are getting very good at these bird pictures! I think we have meadowlarks by the bushel here in Stone Creek but they don't have that bright yellow chest...sure do make a lot of noise, though!
What a handsome fellow!
Beautiful captures!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.
Great shots and lucky you were able to spot it and I can imagine how excited you must have been:)Have a great day!
Shantana
He's quite a lovely bird dressed in yellow and black! :)
Just beautiful! The Meadowlark is another one of my favorite birds. Great photos.
What a beauty he is!
Your photos of the Meadowlark are marvelous -- even with a dirty beak.
Great shots of the beautiful bird.
That is one of several yellow birds that go by the name of "those yellow birds" in my book.
Oh oh, how exciting you saw three just like that - this one's also a real beauty!
I love their color. It's so cheerful.
I am always amazed that people can capture birds like this! They seem to move too fast for me...
I have never seen a meadowlark either!
I love to hear the trilling of Meadowlarks--such a pretty song, and a pretty bird.
Fantastic shots! I have tried to photograph a lark, but have been unsuccessful so far. I don't see them that often. These are really nice!
how sweet a bird
Great photos of a beautiful bird.
Great colours, amazing photos.
Wonderful close up images~
You are taking so many good photos of birds! :) I can see the rest of the food in the bird's beak :))
and wow - I can see apples! already now!? =)
I enjoy looking at every one of your bird photo's.
Darla
Beautiful shots! Lucky you! I have yet to see one.
It's exciting to capture a bird you have been looking for!
What a beautiful bird! I have heard that their songs are pretty,have yet to see one,thanks for sharing yours,phyllis
Gorgeous bird!
;-)WBW!
Great captures. I want to photograph one so bad and the ones at the strip pits are so wild.
Down home, they did not seem to mind...would sit on the telephone wire with me right below them.
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