Hi all With all of the recent talk of Eastern Meadowlark I did a quick search on identifying between the two and found this useful article: https://www.birds.cornell.edu/crows/mlarkdiff.htm
Thanks Gary Lefko, Nunn http://www.friendsofthepawneegrassland.org On Thursday, June 4, 2020 at 3:15:53 PM UTC-6, Marcia Wade - Lafayette, Boulder County wrote: > > I saw a Bullock's oriole on S. Boulder Rd. and Cimarron St. in Louisville > on Tues. (6/2) at about 3 p.m. - it was flying south across an empty > field. At Greenlee in Lafayette the same day at dusk, I saw a female > downey woodpecker, a yellowheaded blackbird, an osprey hunting over the > lake, a black chinned hummingbird, and a Swainson's hawk being pursued by a > really pissed off red-winged blackbird. The blackbird kept diving the hawk > until she flew back to her nest. She hopped around the nest for a few > minutes and then snuggled down into the nest until she completely > disappeared. The blackbird stood nearby shrieking, and still was when I > passed by 20 min. later. Wednesday at dusk I saw two Swainson's hawks (one > is a dark morph - ID'd for me by Mr. Sudjian) two blocks south of 104th and > Dillon Road - one on a light pole, one in a tree. Also saw a snowy egret > and a yellow rumped warbler (eastern) in pond to west of Stearns Lake, and > the meadowlark pictured below. I think it is an eastern meadowlark b/c the > area behind the base of the lower mandible is white instead of yellow. > Anyone agree? I couldn't get a clear recording of his song b/c the red > wings were causing such a rucus. > > [image: DSCN6469.JPG][image: DSCN6472.JPG] > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/cobirds/4f3ed0fc-1775-4ec8-85c3-4ca22c3c2dc0o%40googlegroups.com.
