[EBB Sightings] meadowlark high in a tree?

A couple of years ago I was surprised to see & hear a meadowlark near the top of a good-sized live oak in the Sunol Regional Wilderness. I wondered then how common this was. 
Alan Howe
North Oakland


--- On Thu, 11/20/08, Phila Rogers  wrote:

> From: Phila Rogers 
> Subject: [EBB Sightings] meadowlark high in a tree?
> To: "audubon mt.diablo" 
> Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 4:26 PM
> Dear Birders:
> 
> A neighbor of mine frequently reports to me about what she
> sees in her canyon (in the Berkeley Hills)  She's not a
> birder but her descriptions are always accurate enough so
> with a little sleuthing in my books -- or an on site visit
> -- I can identify her visitor.  Yesterday she reported a
> bird at the top of a tall cypress.  With her Sibley in hand,
> none of my suggestions  fit.  Later she called in triumph to
> say that it was a perfect match to the drawing of a
> meadowlark!  A meadowlark high in a tall tree -- can this
> be?!
> 
> Phila Rogers
> 
> 
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