Eastern Meadowlark

In this Blog, I have written about the difficulty of separating Eastern and Western meadowlarks, even under ideal conditions. Erika and I photographed three meadowlarks at the Great Western Industrial Park on 6 October 2018. Although the park’s days appear to be numbered as an interesting birding spot, a good expanse of prairie still remains. The meadowlarks hid in the brushy undergrowth. I think this bird’s yellow throat not overlapping onto its white malar stripe (the area between the throat ad the side of the face) and the relatively dark back both point to this bird’s being an Eastern Meadowlark. Both species, by the way, have been recorded at the park.