Meadowlark.

However, take care in your judgment, take lots of pictures and hearing the bird call wouldn't hurt (the eastern call is a high, buzzy "drzzt"

while the western is a low, throaty, explosive "chuck".)

Editors Note: EXAMI NED CLOSELY

It is very important that any meadowlarks sighted in P.E.I. BE using the field marks noted in Jim's article. birder and bird carver and helped establish the New Brunswick bird hotline.

Jim is a

Dwayne Sabine noted that New Brunswick had its first confirmed Western Meadowlark last winter but a subsequent check of winter meadowlark specimens in the N.B. Museum revealed that several specimens of the Western Meadowlark had

been incorrectly labeled as the Eastern Meadowlark.

This winter both an

Eastern and Western Meadowlark were reported at New Brunswick feeders.

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