Eastern or Western Meadowlark? (1 Viewer)

[littlemarshmallow]

Saw a meadowlark in the long grass at our house which is 20 miles north of Cleveland TX. Could not identify by looks but heard a three or 4 note clear, liquid, whistled song. Can anybody positively identify this as an Eastern or Western Meadowlark?

 

[littlemarshmallow]

Did not get a picture or an audio unfortunately. Only heard song once and it was too hidden in the grass for me to get a photo.

 

[njlarsen]

If you go to ebird.org, click explore, and then use the species option, you can open a page for each of the three meadowlark species and have a link to recordings of them. Then you can compare with what you heard.
Check Chihuahuan M as well, it can be found in some parts of Texas, and I don't know if you are close to those areas or not.
Niels

 

[qwerty5]

Appears that Western is somewhat rare in your area, Chihuahuan is only present in western Texas. Attached screenshot of eBird bar charts for Liberty County.