[Length 9.5 in. Wingspan 14 in.]

This "Southeastern" Eastern Meadowlark was photographed near Delray Beach, Florida, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: November 1982)

[Length 9.5 in. Wingspan 14 in.]

As the name implies, Eastern Meadowlarks occur throughout the eastern US. They also occur westward throughout Texas and into the southern portions of New Mexico and Arizona. This Eastern Meadowlark was photographed as it lustily proclaimed the onset of spring. The slurred whistle of the Eastern Meadowlark was once a common sound in almost any grassland from Maine to Arizona. Although it is still easy to find in the numerous grassland areas of the midwestern and central US, it has declined in the eastern portions of its range due to habitat destruction. This one was photographed at the King Ranch in Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm ED f4.5 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: December 1979)

[Length 9.5 in. Wingspan 14 in.]

This Eastern Meadowlark was photographed at Corpus Christi, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300 lens on Kodachrome 64 film. (Date: April 1982)

[Length 9.5 in. Wingspan 14 in.]

This winter plumaged Eastern Meadowlark was photographed at Choke Canyon State Park, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor EDAF 300 f4.0 lens on Kodachrome 200 film. (Date: December 2000)

[Length 9.5 in. Wingspan 14.5 in.]

This Western Meadowlark was photographed at Cimarron National Grasslands, Kansas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens (EFL=450mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: May 8, 2006)

[Length 9.5 in. Wingspan 14.5 in.]

This Western Meadowlark was photographed at Cimarron National Grasslands, Kansas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=630mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: May 8, 2007)

[Length 9.5 in. Wingspan 14.5 in.]

This Western Meadowlark was photographed at Quivira NWR, Great Bend, Kansas, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Nikkor 300mm f/2.8G IF-ED lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D300 camera. (Date: March 16, 2010)

[Length 9.5 in. Wingspan 14.5 in.]

This Western Meadowlark was photographed at the Pawnee National Grassland, Briggsdale, Colorado, USA. Photo taken with a AF-S VR Zoom-Nikkor 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED lens on a Nikon D7100 camera. (Date: June 4, 2016)