[Length 9.5 in. Wingspan 14 in.]

This Eastern Meadowlark was photographed at Quivira NWR, 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 4, 2007)

[Length 9.5 in. Wingspan 14 in.]

This Eastern Meadowlark was photographed at Bolivar Peninsula, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=360mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: April 23, 2006)

[Length 9.5 in. Wingspan 14 in.]

This Eastern Meadowlark was photographed at Quivira NWR, Kansas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: May 4, 2006)

[Length 9.5 in. Wingspan 14 in.]

This Eastern Meadowlark was photographed at Florey Park, Andrews, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 70-200mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC14E II 1.4x Teleconverter (EFL=420mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: November 20, 2007)

[Length 9.5 in. Wingspan 14 in.]

This Eastern Meadowlark was photographed at Florey Park, Andrews County, Texas, USA. Photo taken with a Nikkor 300mm EDAF-S VR f2.8 lens + Nikkor TC20E II 2.0x Teleconverter (EFL=900mm) on a Nikon D200 camera. (Date: November 29, 2007)

[Length 9.5 in. Wingspan 14 in.]

This Eastern 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 TC17E II 1.7x Teleconverter (EFL=750mm) on a Nikon D7000 camera. (Date: May 21, 2012)

[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)