Grassland Bird Species to Know When you think of the historic Great Plains, you probably imagine vast herds of bison grazing across the prairie. While this image is certainly accurate, those bison ...

They have a unique flight patterns ... Audubon members point to Oregon’s cultural history involving the meadowlark. In 1927, the bird-watching organization asked Oregon school kids to vote ...

A striking bird that trills a beautiful song, the western meadowlark seems the ideal feathered friend to spotlight on Mother’s Day. Not only does the bird flash a daffodil-yellow breast ...

Eric DeFonso, an avid bird sound recorder and volunteer naturalist, sees and studies first-hand the declining bird population species in his backyard and worldwide, though finds comfort and ...

Here is the publisher’s description of the project: “This is a project borne of both passion and patience, and though Bates was initially inspired by the Western Meadowlark — state bird of ...

They propose replacing the Western Meadowlark with the Thick-billed Longspur as the state bird of Montana. They propose the Thick-billed Longspur (Rhynchophanes mccownii) because 60% of the global ...

Recently Matt Smith and Marc Devokaitis posted online "A Modest Proposal: Can EBird Help Choose Better State Birds?" They propose replacing the Western Meadowlark with the Thick-billed Longspur as ...