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 ...

The western meadowlark is Wyoming's state bird.

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 ...

The yellowed winter grasslands yawned like an empty concert hall until the meadowlark began to sing. It was a glorious sound that filled the wilderness silence with lilting notes of energy and joy. It ...

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 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 ...