The EASTERN MEADOWLARK reported yesterday by Christian Nunes and also seen early
this morning (June 11) continues to be seen later in the day at the Beech Open Space off Neva Road and
just west of US36, but it is moving about over a considerable area.
Between 8:10 and 9:15 AM I and three other birders searched diligently over the Beech Open Space
area leading down to the picnic area and a fair way east of there down nearer the lake. We heard several
Western Meadowlarks but nothing sounding like an Eastern. Suddenly at 9:15, the Eastern Meadowlark
was singing loudly from the top of a wooden power pole (roughly 3 poles west of the picnic area and
directly above the dirt access road). The bird sang continuously for 2-3 minutes and then flew south
and perched on the only small pine bush on the ridge line to the south. It sang there for a couple of minutes
and then flew further south into the next small drainage. During all this time it sang ONLY Eastern
Meadowlark song and when it flew from the pole it gave a small piece of Eastern call.
Alex Brown
Boulder, CO
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