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".) 
     
    
   
   
    
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     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 
     
    
   
   
    
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