Eastern Meadowlark, up close and personal at Sand Bluff Bird Observatory in Winnebago county, Illinois
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If you’ve never been bird banding before, we strongly suggest you go. It isn’t too often you can get these sort of looks at a “common” bird (and rare ones as well).
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I have never seen one of these guys up close! Mesquakie8 is a great photographer!