Eastern Meadowlark - Rocky Mountain Arsenal (Adams)

[Kathy and Jeff Dunning]

Hi all -

Yesterday, I got an email by way of a friend of a friend of a friend of a bird that looked good for Eastern Meadowlark at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal.  The photo was taken by Steve Rash who thought is sounded weird for the meadowlarks he was familiar with.  Steve pointed me to the north side of Lake Ladora.

This evening, Jeff and I headed up that way and could hear the bird singing from the parking lot in spite of the wind.

The bird is on the far north side of the lake and seems to enjoy perching up on the tall dark stalks out in the field.

I managed some mediocre pictures as well as audio of both the song and the call notes during my stay.

The only other bird of note was a single Grasshopper Sparrow I could hear buzzing in the tall grass west of the meadowlark.

Hats off to Steve Rash for an awesome find!

Good birding,

Kathy Mihm Dunning

Denver