was ready to have a sit, then i heard this lovely sound. walked a few feet off trail, found the song and bird, set up the recording device, then walked a few feet away to take a few photos and have a sitting break.
was so hard to get any photos, so jittery. i feel really lucky to get this content as he was so fast.
audio was the same file - one had noise removed via audacity, which can clean it up but make it a bit squeaky. included the original, too.
Sorry for the airplane noises. Couldn’t get a great look at it, but was mostly solid brownish grey.
single syllable veer call given 4 times
I was also able to record this guy.
Dark colored bird with light color beak and part of wings.
Meadowlarks like to sing from several perches in their territory, this one was no different.