Arietta: according to Merriam-Webster, is a short aria, where an aria is defined as an elaborate melody sung by a single voice.
Arietta
Last week a friend called and asked if I would like to go on a quick trip for the day to the National Bison Range in Montana … no hesitation here!
While we saw Bison, Pronghorn, Mule Deer and a plethora of bird species, I chose this capture of Montana’s state bird, a singing adult Western Meadowlark [a member of the Blackbird Family] as my best photo effort for the day. Seemingly everywhere one looked across the expansive grassland habitat, there was one of these showy, Robin-sized songsters sitting atop a shrub or fence post, belting out its bubbly, well-recognized arietta.
~ Anecdote and Western Meadowlark capture, Arietta © Jerry L. Ferrara