The meadowlark has been a newsmaker this summer – but not the North Dakota state bird, which is the western meadowlark. The newsmaker is its close relative – almost a twin species – the eastern ...

There are lots of signs of spring. No one of them is definitive, but taken together they are completely convincing. Probably the most familiar of these signs is the arrival of the western meadowlark, ...

A group of photographers stood near a stand of deciduous trees wondering whether the chilly wind was rustling winter’s fallen tree leaves scattered over the ground at the Coastal Prairie Conservancy’s ...

The meadowlark is a common native songbird. It is often seen sitting on a fence post at the edge of a cow pasture. Meadowlarks prefer open fields such as hay fields and brush-hogged fields, where ...

An eastern meadowlark may not be as eye-catching as a brightly colored goldfinch, but it’s flute-like song will take your breath away. In fact, that song is a favorite of bird researcher David Barber, ...

As I wrote last week, the western meadowlark is the most commonly reported bird in Idaho and Nevada. It has achieved the status of the “state bird” in six states — Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, North ...

The meadowlark’s reveling song rolls across prairies and fields with a fluted melody, as if singing "spring-of-the-year." Early European settlers gazing over May’s serene meadows in the New World must ...

In addition to being the state bird of Montana, where Managing Editor R. Hans Miller grew up, the Western Meadowlark can be found throughout the Pacific Northwest, including the Columbia Basin.

During the nesting season, eastern and western meadowlarks in Oklahoma are somewhat segregated by range, with a broad area of overlap in central Oklahoma. During the winter months, some western ...