Western Meadowlark (Sturnella neglecta) at Salt Plains National Wildlife Refuge in Alfalfa County, Oklahoma, United States on November 25, 2025

Some of the camera settings I used to make this photo are at: https://www.rsok.com/~jrm/2025Nov25_Salt_Plains_NWR/2025nov25_meadowlark_IMG_5082c.html

#birds #lark #meadowlark #saltplainsNWR #wildlife #wildlifephotography #Oklahoma #photography

@DukeDuke @cmconseils Similar thought: Is this going to be the WNBA's new logo?

PS: A local bird walk leader has occasionally expressed a wish to see a Meadowlark on a walk, and I have to suppress the urge to ask if it will be dribbling a basketball and whistling Sweet Georgia Brown. (I love my nature walk friends, but they don't get sports references.)

#WNBA #Globetrotters #Meadowlark

Before and after...
#GrasslandRestoration #Grasslands #Maine #CaliforniaFields

Some of the species that benefit from the tree removal and grassland restoration -- #GrasshopperSparrow #UplandSandpiper #NorthernHarrier, #HornedLark, #Kestrel, #Meadowlark, #Bobolink, #Bumblebees, #MonarchButterflies