On June 29, 2014, I was able to relocate this Western Meadowlark with its mate near Lexington in McLean County where Michael Retter and Matt Hale had it last year along the corner of 2250 N and 3000 E Roads. The male was calling, but I had to wait a little over an hour before it would sing. The photo above is actually a photo of the female. She seemed to have a lot of white in the malar for a Western, but the male's malar was completely yellow. Here are a few photos of the male.
And here is a photo of the pair, but you have to look closely to see them both.
I also heard and saw two Upland Sandpipers soaring above the bean fields on these roads. Here is a map to the location where I saw the Western Meadowlarks and Upland Sandpipers as the meadowlarks have returned this year for at least their second summer.
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There was also a Brown Thrasher in the area.
Written and published on February 26, 2014
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