The last state to pick its bird was Arizona in 1973. So, grab your bird-watching binoculars and get to know the 50 official state birds in the U.S., from Alabama to Wyoming (and Washington, D.C., too) ...

Water availability, air pollution, chemicals and the decline of insect populations all can affect birds. The eastern meadowlark, a fairly common sight for grassland birders in the Chicago area ...

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 ...

AMESBURY — New signs have been installed at Woodsom Farm to protect a grassland bird nesting area.

The threatened eastern meadowlark is one of several ground-nesting species that live on the 110-acre parcel, which was recently preserved by the Vermont wildlife department.

The eastern meadowlark’s song rolls across Texas prairies and fields with a fluted melody, ... The bird also uses its beak to pry apart vegetative ground litter to find insects.

She took a photograph and posted it on a birding forum. A commenter noted it looked like a subspecies of the Eastern Meadowlark called the Lilian’s Meadowlark, although it was outside of its ...

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[Western meadowlark] Birds have been on Earth for 100 million years or more, ... [Bird chipping] On the Eastern Plains especially, with climate change, there's been long periods of drought.