Great-thanks Nathan ... mystery solved. Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn http://coloradobirder.ning.com/ Mobile: http://coloradobirder.ning.com/m
On Wednesday, November 12, 2014 10:32:56 AM UTC-7, Nathan Pieplow wrote: > > 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] > <javascript:>> 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] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> 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/b3fe397e-2971-4582-982b-9c9bbdc34ef0%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
