Thanks for sharing this meadowlark video! The vocalization the bird is giving is actually the so-called "flight call" (not always given in flight), which is pretty similar in both Eastern and Western Meadowlarks, although Eastern's averages a little higher. The flight call in the video is actually on the low end, which would be good for Western Meadowlark. Meadowlarks give their "flight calls" year-round, but I hear them most often in winter, when other kinds of vocalizations are less frequent.
Also, when the bird flies at the end of the video, a couple of frames give pretty decent views of the spread tail, which appears to show white on only the 3 outer tail feathers -- again, good for Western Meadowlark. Nathan Pieplow Boulder On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 8:58 AM, The "Nunn Guy" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all > > Along Weld CR 48 at Latham Reservoir. I don't have any experience > distinguishing between the two meadowlarks. I will say this meadowlark > behaved quite differently than the "1,000s" I have seen up here in Weld > County. Very cooperative--unlike any meadowlark I've come across and did > not sound like any meadowlark I've seen. In fact when I first heard its > chip call I thought "some bird in cattails" until I started videoing and > saw that it was this bird making that unfamiliar chip call. In listening > to chip call on video (below) it sounds like an Eastern Meadowlark on my > iPod. > > Thoughts? > > Photos: http://coloradobirder.ning.com/photo/albums/eastern-meadowlark > Video: http://coloradobirder.ning.com/video/possible-eastern-meadowlark > > Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn > http://coloradobirder.ning.com/ > Mobile: http://coloradobirder.ning.com/m > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Colorado Birds" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/db4c5653-1434-4402-87ae-297fa9e2e518%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/db4c5653-1434-4402-87ae-297fa9e2e518%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Colorado Birds" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/CAFhaDVJ--GtvC5S8Kok05wdueYeRP_t6bXUGU8x07QqFPt%2B9nQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
