Meadow lark A common bird in North America belonging to the blackbird family, also called meadow starling. unlike other black birds they do not travel in large flocks. The Eastern meadow lark, known for its clear, whistling song, is about 10 in. long.
THE MEADOW LARK, OR MEADOW STARLING.
[Eastern Meadowlark.]
STURNELLA LUDOVICIANAE, Linn.
[Sturnella magna.] ...
Life Cycle The male meadow lark uses visual display behaviors to attract a mate. When he finds a female that he wants to mate with, he points his bill in the air, puffs out his yellow throat and flaps his wings above his head.
To a lesser extent Swainson's hawks also ate western meadow lark (Sturnella neglecta), chestnut-collared longspur (Calcarius ornatus), sharp-tailed grouse (Tympanuchus phasianellus), short-eared owl (Asio flammeus), ...
common name in North America of a perching bird allied to the bobolink, the meadow lark, the oriole, and the grackle and belonging to the family Icteridae. The European blackbird, Turdus merula, is a thrush.
Their food is almost exclusively plant material, but there is some evidence that they feed also on the eggs of ground-nesting birds such as bobwhite and meadow lark.
The dickcissel is essentailly unsteaked, has prominent chestnut wings, and the chest spot does not form a complete black bib like on a meadow lark. The Dickcissel is a much smaller and different shaped bird.
 See also: Lark, Blackbird, Perch, Starling, Meadowlark
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