As the blades of our kayak paddles silently sliced through the tranquil waters of the lake, a bald eagle soared overhead.

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) ...

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

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 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 ...

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 ...

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