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 ...

The meadowlark is a familiar sight throughout the farmlands of the Midwest, most often found living its best life in open grassland habitats such as hayfields or prairies. You also might catch one ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

It was on a trip back from town two weeks ago that I saw what I thought was a meadowlark. No more than a bright, brief flash ...