How to Use meadowlark in a Sentence

meadowlark

noun
  • The white feathers of a meadowlark’s tail flashed through the tall grass.
    — Bob Timmons, Star Tribune, 31 July 2020
  • Who will stop his mower for an hour to splint the broken leg of a meadowlark.
    — New York Times, 31 Mar. 2020
  • Soon the summer meadows will be filled with the symphony of the meadowlarks.
    — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Grassland birds, such as meadowlarks and grasshopper sparrows, took the biggest hit.
    — Rachael Lallensack, Smithsonian, 20 Sep. 2019
  • The eastern meadowlark requires open fields for feeding and nesting.
    — Charlotte Observer, 25 Sep. 2025
  • From here the trail travels along a dusty road through a vast field populated by bobolink and eastern meadowlark.
    — Peter Marteka, courant.com, 20 May 2018
  • Grassland-dwelling birds such as sparrows and meadowlarks have been hit especially hard.
    — Jim Daley, Scientific American, 19 Sep. 2019
  • Thrushes and meadowlarks and black-and-white kingbirds chatter and flit, and on hazy summer evenings, the hills soften to purple and gray.
    — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 16 Apr. 2020
  • Across ecosystems, grassland birds — a group that includes sparrows and meadowlarks — were hit the hardest, the researchers said.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2019
  • Common species like bees, monarch butterflies, eastern meadowlarks and night-hawks are also dwindling.
    — Jenny Staletovich, miamiherald, 29 Mar. 2018
  • The flutelike song of the western meadowlark — the official bird of six US states — is growing more rare.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 20 Sep. 2019
  • It’s also known for its birdlife, with meadowlarks, bobolinks, and migrating cranes using the prairie as seasonal habitat.
    — Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Among other birds, the saltmarsh sparrow and eastern meadowlark are moving from not listed to special concern species.
    — Michael P. Norton, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2019
  • Feral hogs are opportunistic predators, and will plunder nests of quail, turkey, meadowlark and other ground-nesting birds.
    — Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 24 Jan. 2018
  • Three tree swallows, surely migrants, circled over the pond and adjacent mowed fields while seven Eastern meadowlarks flushed from the grass.
    — Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Typically, the male western meadowlark breaks into song as the breeding season approaches in late spring and summer.
    — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Western meadowlark The western meadowlark is Nebraska's state bird.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 25 July 2023
  • Other birds that were spotted last week included four blue-gray gnatcatchers, three wood thrushes, a field sparrow, and five Eastern meadowlarks.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2019
  • Tiny butterflies, identifiable by species, flit among blooming epiphytes; red-breasted meadowlarks take to the air; an emerald-green quetzal perches on a branch.
    — Susan Tallman, The Atlantic, 13 June 2026
  • Birders will wear out their binoculars scanning for the dozens of species found at the park including meadowlark, summer tanager, northern shoveler and wood duck.
    — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Researchers are working with landowners in the state to preserve some of the last vital habitats available for grassland birds, like the bobolink, Savannah sparrow and meadowlark.
    — USA TODAY, 3 July 2019
  • Birds and ducks appeared in the sky after long, isolated winters with no visitors and 40-below nights; those first arrivals of mallards, western meadowlarks, and robins were essential to my sanity.
    — Gretel Ehrlich, The Atlantic, 2 May 2020
  • The total bird population in the two countries has fallen by almost 3 billion, with grassland birds such as western meadowlarks and American sparrows and shorebirds such as green herons taking the biggest hits.
    — NBC News, 19 Sep. 2019

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