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Florida’s Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) is a songbird found throughout rural areas of Florida. Its breeding range covers most of eastern North America and parts of South America. Experts say it is difficult to distinguish between the Eastern and Western species as it can be determined only by voice and location. Seventeen subspecies of the Eastern Meadowlark are documented.
Actually, the meadowlark is not a lark at all. It is a member of the blackbird family (Icteridae) which also includes cowbirds and orioles. Meadowlarks are easily identified by the bright yellow throat and belly. However, the most distinguishing mark in adults is the black “V” on its chest. It can often be seen on a fence post belting out its clear, melodious songs and whistles.
Adult birds weigh just over five ounces, are seven to ten inches tall with a wingspan of 14 to 16 inches. Both sexes are similar in size, although females are normally smaller with a shorter wingspan.
This bird prefers grassy fields, pastures, cultivated fields, golf courses and other open habitats. It is a good friend to the farmer/rancher and a bug-eating machine. Insects comprise more than 75 percent of its diet, with grains and seeds making up the balance. It is especially fond of grasshoppers and crickets, as well as insect larvae and grubs. It feeds on the ground, picking insects from the surface or probing the soil to reveal its prey. Meadowlarks also eat the seeds of many weeds.
Found this Troubadour along Joe Overstreet Road in Osceola County, Florida.
The sweet, lazy whistles of Eastern Meadowlarks waft over summer grasslands and farms in eastern North America. The birds themselves sing from fenceposts and telephone lines or stalk through the grasses, probing the ground for insects with their long, sharp bills. On the ground, their brown-and-black dappled upperparts camouflage the birds among dirt clods and dry grasses. But up on perches, they reveal bright-yellow underparts and a striking black chevron across the chest.
The Eastern Meadowlark is not in the lark family (Alaudidae)—it’s a member of the blackbird family (Icteridae), which also includes cowbirds and orioles.
Eastern Meadowlarks are most common in native grasslands and prairies, but they also occur in pastures, hayfields, agricultural fields, airports, and other grassy areas.
Eastern Meadowlarks eat mostly insects, including crickets, grasshoppers, caterpillars, and grubs. During winter they also eat weed seeds, spilled corn, and wild fruits, but don’t eat sprouting grain. They get their food by walking on the ground and probing with their bill. First they push their closed bill into the ground and then open their mandibles to disturb the dirt and expose grubs and worms—a common tactic for members of the blackbird family.
Eastern Meadowlarks walk and stalk on the ground of thickly vegetated grasslands searching for insects to eat. Males are very vocal during the breeding season, singing boldly from open areas or elevated perches. A musical meadowlark declaring “Spring is here!” from atop a farm fencepost is a welcome sign that winter is over in northern states
I found this troubadour along Joe Overstreet Road in Osceola County. Florida.
Street Musician - Malaga, Spain
From my original photograph in 2017. A new edit of an old favourite... No AI used.
Nobody stopped to hear him
Though he played so sweet and fine
They knew he had never
Been on their T.V.
So they passed his music by
I meant to go over and ask for a song
Maybe put on a harmony...
I heard his refrain
As the signal changed He was playing real good, for free
Joni Mitchell 1973
Came across this guy busking in Lisbon. I rather liked the look of him; it looks like he has done some living. Certainly an attractive place to busk on a warm bright morning
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Acowboy musician entertains during the 2019 Texas Fort Muster event at the Stockyards in Fort Worth, Texas. The Texas Forts Muster celebration was created in 2001 to celebrate the heritage of Texas’ Frontier fort settlements, like Fort Worth. The Muster brings together authentic wagons, flags, music, colorful uniforms and military gear from several Texas frontier landmarks, as well as, re-enactors, musicians and other folks interested in Texas’ frontier history. The period of time covered by the celebration was the Texas frontier from the days of the early Republic in 1836, through the settlements on the frontier to the closing of the frontier by the late 1890s. I had a great time talking to re-enactors and taking photos at the event.
Wet- folded from a square of tissue paper. Modification of an earlier design (http://www.flickr.com/photos/verduiveld/4105033461/in/set-72157622806661920/).
A candid portrait of Steve Smith, a talented local guitarist who performs at our county's Farmers Markets. Lucky for me he did not mind my intruding into his performance to get this shot. His music definitely added a nice touch to some early morning grocery shopping.
Better viewed LARGE.
Once upon a time, in a small medieval village, there lived a young man named Pierre. Pierre was a talented singer and guitarist, and he loved to perform for the villagers. He was known as the village troubadour.
One day, Pierre received an invitation to perform at the court of a local lord. Excited by the opportunity, Pierre traveled to the lord's castle.
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The Holy Troubadours by Daniel Arrhakis (2020)
With the music : Carmina Burana: Fortune, Empress of the World (O Fortuna)
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Robert Shaw
While waiting for his daughter, the Red cardinal slowly admired the sculptures of one of the chapels with the Holy Troubadours.
They no longer existed in the Kingdom of Krudhyn, or perhaps they would still exist ... if the legend of the Aghor Forest Troubadour was true.
Anyway, he still remembered the last troubadours that played in the palace before the tragedy that forever marked the recent history of the kingdom - How he missed those songs that made our soul happy! - He thought as he breathed in the scent of incense that filled his Cathedral of Asghardhya.
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Work made with stock images and images of mine. Some elements and background based in Notre-Dame de Paris. All elements modified, personage created for this work.
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