CLOSED: What Is "My" Bird Eating?

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Chillybean (Zone 5a) Apr 04, 2012

I tend to call the birds in my yard mine. :) I am wondering what this Eastern Meadowlark is eating. I used to think grubs, but aren't they lighter in color?

Thank you for your help.

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Flapdoodle Minot, ND Apr 04, 2012

Looks like a pupa of a scarab beetle. The larval stages ('grubs') of several species feed on grass roots.

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Chillybean (Zone 5a) Apr 04, 2012

Thank you so much. I guess there'd be more than one kind underground. I do not know much about insects.

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sallyg Anne Arundel,, MD(Zone 7b) Apr 06, 2012

Such a pretty bird!

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Chillybean (Zone 5a) Apr 06, 2012

We do enjoy these birds. We have Western Meadowlarks as well, but they stay clear away from the house. We can hear both birds singing every morning in the warmer months.

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