Saturday, January 8, 2011

Oregon's State Bird

The Western Meadowlark is Oregon’s State Bird, so imagine my surprise today to see this striking bird here in Arizona.  As is turns out the Western Meadowlark is a year around resident here as well as most all of the Western States. We watched about six of them this afternoon busy picking up bugs on the lawn of Buckskin Mountain State Park.
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  1. KevinWJanuary 8, 2011 at 6:48 PM

    GREAT photo, Jim. I see and hear these sometimes at Keli's parents home, they live on rural farmland near Sheridan. Love their distinctive call, too. We had one here at our house in the huge snowstorms of '08, scratching for bugs under the eaves of the house. Sadly, I discovered its body when the snows finally melted.

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  2. PattyJanuary 19, 2011 at 6:19 PM

    Jim, as we discussed, I would love to make a print of this guy as well as: The office picture of us w/Jeanette, 12/16/10 Male Wood Duck, 12/13/10 Wood Ducks, The 12/13/10 Great Egret @ Sanatee Lakes, The 2/07/10 Roadrunner, The 02/18/08 Male Gambels Quail & the famous shot of the Ladderbacked Woodpecker. Oops, I almost forgot the shot of the native Oregonians swimming on 12/25/10! I tried to print direct from the site but could not get the size to come out correctly in my printer. Hope to see you early next week! Thanks, Patty

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