This subspecies of the Western Meadowlarkseems to be locally common in the open country of Coahuila.
The meadowlark is a shy bird, and so is more often heard than seen.
A meadowlark on the ground looks not unlike a flicker, but when he flies he shows that the outside feathers of his tail are white.
In the same way I have known a meadowlark to make six changes in his few notes.
I know a young man who has trained himself so as to be able to mimic to perfection the complex songs of the western meadowlark and the cardinal grosbeak.
Range -- North America, from Newfoundland to the Gulf of Mexico, and westward to the plains, where the Western meadowlark takes its place.
Perched on a fence-post, Mr. Meadowlark was drinking in Bobby's merry songs.
Perhaps you'd like to become a member yourself," Mr. Meadowlarksuggested nervously.
And for once Mr. Meadowlark couldn't wait for him to finish.
Your husband is one of the best," Mr. Meadowlark told her hopefully.
After he had seen and talked with every one, Mr. Meadowlark took it upon himself to go back to the meadow, where he found Bobby Bobolink still singing merrily.
Mr. Meadowlark had explained all this in a most eager manner.
Mr. Meadowlark explained that before becoming a member everybody had to sing before the Society.
And Mr. Meadowlark couldn't deny it; for he knew that it was true.
He's by far the finest singer in all these parts," Mr. Meadowlark declared.
The meadowlark occasionally does this in the early part of the season.
The bluebird warbled, the robin called, the snowbird chattered, the meadowlark uttered her strong but tender note.
The Meadowlark is a fifer of the fields, whose high, clear whistle is one of the most welcome bird songs of early spring.
The Western Meadowlark has the yellow on the throat extended on the sides; its song is much more brilliant and varied than the eastern bird.
One need not expect a Meadowlark to leave its nest in the grass for a box on a pole, nor imagine that an Oriole will give up the practice of weaving its swinging cradle on an elm limb to go into a box nailed to the side of the tree.
The song of ecstasy with our meadowlark is delivered in a level flight and is sharp and hurried, both flight and song differing radically from its everyday performance.
The clear, piercing, shaft-like note of our meadowlark contrasts with that of the Pacific variety as our hard, brilliant blue skies contrast with the softer and tenderer skies of this sun-blessed land.
Meadowlark was able to dodge the blow, but the poker clipped off a large part of his tail.
According to one version of the myth, Meadowlark had, in those days, a long tail like most other birds.
The same among the larks, through the so-called meadowlark and the shore lark, up to the crowning triumph of the skylark.
A meadowlark sang dreamingly in the wild grass of the low lands hard by, over which two or three prairie hawks hovered with wings that beat rapidly.
One of the sayings which the Pawnees fit to the notes of the meadowlark in their language is "=Kichikakikuridu!
Next morning the Old Woman gave to the wolf, the turtle and the meadowlark each the gift for which he had asked as a reward for helping the young man, and they set out together on the trail to return to their homes.
The turtle proposed a swimming contest, but the wolf and the meadowlark said they could not swim.
Then the meadowlark in his turn proposed a contest in singing, for he was very proud of his gift, but the wolf and the turtle protested that they could not sing.
So the young man Piya, the wizard, together with his three friends, the wolf, the turtle and the meadowlark came back to the tipi of his grandmother.
So the wizard, Piya, and his companions, the wolf, the turtle and the meadowlark set out upon the quest after the Old Woman had instructed them.
An old man of that nation was asked if his people ever used the meadowlark for food.
The wolf and turtle were running side by side; but the meadowlark fell far behind.
Now when the meadowlark ran by the plum thicket he saw the wolf jumping about one of the bushes trying to reach something which was there, so the meadowlark was encouraged to think he might still have some chance in the race.
Farmers say that early in springtime the meadowlark perches jauntily upon the top of a fence-post and calls mockingly to them "You sowed your wheat too soon!
Among sayings in the English language attributed to the notes of the meadowlark are some expressions of banter and raillery.
The wolf proposed a trial in hunting, but the meadowlark and the turtle said they could not hunt.
The meadowlark has the impolite habit of turning its back upon one as if it thought its yellow breast too beautiful for human eyes to gaze at.
By the time the hay is ready for cutting in June, the active meadowlark babies are usually running about through grassy run-ways, but eggs of the second brood too frequently, alas!
The meadowlark charms us no more with his long-drawn melody, but with one sharp, insistent note he struts in the meadow stubble or skulks among the tussocks of the pasture and challenges the youthful gunner.
Out of the distant fields come, sweet and faint, the call of the meadowlark and the gurgle of the blackbirds that throng the brookside elms.
Nor is the effort of the Western Meadowlark confined to the formal song for he often pours out a flood of warbling, chattering and gurgling notes which at close range are very attractive.
I once saw a Magpie seize a half-grown Meadowlark from its nest, carry it to its own domicile, and parcel it out among its clamoring brood.
We hasten to the window, throw up the sash and lean out into the cool, fresh air while a Meadowlark rehearses, all at a sitting, the melodies of the year's youth.
At any rate we of the West are proud of the Western Meadowlarkand would have you believe that such a blithe spirit could evolve only under such circumstances.
In this way a friend of mine once discovered a brooding Meadowlark imprisoned underneath his boot--fortunately without damage for she occupied the deep depression of a cow-track.
A formal song of the Western Meadowlark comprises from four to a dozen notes, usually six or seven.
Robin size; yellow breast with black collar distinctive; general streaky appearance above; yellow cheeks as distinguished from the Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna).
At nesting time the Western Meadowlark enjoys a wide distribution in Washington.
The Meadowlarkof the East has a poet's soul but he lacks an adequate instrument of expression.
To further concealment the grass-lined depression in which the Meadowlark places her four or five speckled eggs is almost invariably over-arched with dried grasses.
A meadowlark may pipe from a sunny pasture slope in early February, and a Merrill Song Sparrow may rehearse his cheerful message in midwinter, but it takes the chorus of returning Blackbirds to bring boisterous tidings of awakening spring.
Even the noble Peregrine does not disdain this humble, albeit toothsome, quarry, and the Least Falcon (Falco sparverius phalaena) will stoop for a young Meadowlark when all other avian offerings are virtuously passed by.
There is a very handsome, rare, wonderful kind of a Meadowlark walking on the lawn by the front steps.
In early March the Meadowlark comes to the places that he was obliged to leave in the winter, and cries, 'Spring o' the year!
And all the wages they ask is permission to work for a living and protection from those of his fellowmen who covet the Oriole and Cardinal for their gay feathers and the Robin and Meadowlark for pot-pie.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "meadowlark" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
