Rolf Nussbaumer / Western meadowlark drinking {Sturnella neglecta} Texas, USA

Mark Carwardine / Western meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA

Charlie Summers / Western meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) singing, perched on prairie fence post, USA

Charlie Summers / Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) taking off from snow covered ground. South Dakota, USA, May.

Charlie Summers / Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) perching on fence post. South Dakota, USA, May.

Charlie Summers / Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) calling from a fence post. South Dakota, USA, May.

Steven Kazlowski / Western meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) singing on barbed wire fence, National Bison Range Wildlife Refuge, Montana, USA.

Donald M. Jones / Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) singing, western Montana

Donald M. Jones / Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta), western Montana

Donald M. Jones / Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) singing, western Montana

Donald M. Jones / Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) singing, western Montana

Donald M. Jones / Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) singing, western Montana

Donald M. Jones / Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta), western Montana

Shattil & Rozinski / Western meadowlark {Sturnella neglecta} singing, Colorado, USA

Jim Brandenburg / Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) singing, South Dakota

Shattil & Rozinski / Western meadowlark {Sturnella neglecta} singing, Colorado, USA

Shattil & Rozinski / Western meadowlark {Sturnella neglecta} singing, Colorado, USA

David Kjaer / Western meadowlark {Sturnella neglecta} Arizona, USA

Jim Brandenburg / Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) singing, South Dakota

Doug Wechsler / Western meadowlark bathing {Sturnella neglecta} Texas, USA

Doug Wechsler / Western meadowlark male singing {Sturnella neglecta} California, USA