A proposal to dump the western meadowlark in favor of the osprey for the Oregon state bird flew through the Senate this week, drawing lofty rhetoric from lawmakers. “The osprey is like Oregon,” Sen.
The Nebraska state bird is one of the feathered friends featured in a new special collection of first-class postage stamps. Listen to the western meadowlark. The western meadowlark — Nebraska's state ...
MINOT, N.D. (AP) - The western meadowlark populations in North Dakota are still declining and its song is being heard less every year. Western meadowlarks are robin-sized yellow breasted birds that ...
A few years ago on a Sunday drive near the edge of West Fargo, creeping along with no particular route in mind, one of my kids let out the proverbial: "Look." Instinctively I took my foot of the ...
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 the ...
It’s mostly silent outside in the mornings now. Snow is predicted for the high country with a slow, dreary rain on the prairie. Fall is here. And yet the meadowlark sings. Bird breeding season is long ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — It may be getting a little more quiet in back yards as a steep population decline continues among common birds such as the Western meadowlark in the Portland metro area. The ...
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 resilience ...
Hunters often keep their eyes and ears open this time of year for reports on the fall flight forecast of ducks from North Dakota (up 9% from 2019) and late summer pheasant brood counts (better than ...