Thursday, January 27, 2011

MEADOWLARK SONG-THE REAL THING

Not All Meadowlarks
Sing The Same Song
(both varieties are sampled here)

Two distinct species in the United States:
They look almost exactly alike, but their songs are easy to tell apart.

Eastern Meadowlark 
Whistles a melody of about four or five notes,
simpler than most bird songs.

Western Meadowlark 
Sings a different sort of song,
complicated and difficult to reproduce,
with doubled notes, and a gurgling quality.

Birdwatching.com-http://www.birdwatching.com/stories/storymeadowlark.html