Osceola County is great for birding, and one reason is that I always come across Eastern Meadowlarks there.
While driving down Joe Overstreet Road or exploring the Three Lakes Wildlife Management Area, I can’t remember a time I didn’t see a least one Eastern Meadowlark.
And hearing their song makes me smile. Here’s how AllAboutBirds.org describes it: “The male Eastern Meadowlark’s primary song consists of 3 to 5 (sometimes up to 8) pure and plaintive flutelike whistles all slurred together and gradually dropping in pitch, up to 2 seconds long.”
Eastern Meadowlarks are by no means rare to see in Osceola or Florida, but I still have fun photographing them.
I saw my first Eastern Towhee at the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge back in March, but I’ve seen many more send then at the UCF Arboretum. The scrub bush landscape there is perfect for these colorful orange and black birds.