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Roger Simmons
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Birds, Words, Pics + TV

Enjoying Eastern Meadowlarks in Osceola County

Roger Simmons, August 3, 2024August 3, 2024

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.

Singing while at attention. Eastern Meadowlark, Three Lakes Wildlife Management Area in Osceola County, July 2024.
Eastern Meadowlark, Three Lakes Wildlife Management Area in Osceola County, July 2024.
Eastern Meadowlark, Joe Overstreet Road in Osceola County, July 2024.
Eastern Meadowlark, Joe Overstreet Road in Osceola County, July 2024.
Eastern Meadowlark, Joe Overstreet Road in Osceola County, July 2024.
Eastern Meadowlark, Joe Overstreet Road in Osceola County, July 2024.
Eastern Meadowlark, Joe Overstreet Road in Osceola County, July 2024.
Eastern Meadowlark, Joe Overstreet Road in Osceola County, July 2024.
Eastern Meadowlark, Three Lakes Wildlife Management Area in Osceola County, July 2024.
Eastern Meadowlark, Joe Overstreet Road in Osceola County, July 2024.
Eastern Meadowlark, Joe Overstreet Road in Osceola County, July 2024.
astern Meadowlark, Three Lakes Wildlife Management Area in Osceola County, July 2024.

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