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The Sibley Guide to Birds contains marvelous illustrations originally drawn by the author using watercolors. This is a great identification guide, not only for adult birds, but juveniles, also. |
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Meadowlark
Sturnella
magna
Wingspan: 14"
Length: 9.5"
Weight: 3.2 ounces
Male > Female
Song is clear, mellow whistle,
see-you, see-yeeeeeer |
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Meadowlark - Brazoria NWR |
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 Meadowlark
- Brazoria NWR |
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Physical Description: Robin-sized;
stocky brown-streaked with white-edged tail; throat and breast bright yellow, breast crossed by a black "V."
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Meadowlark - Brazoria NWR
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Feeding Habits:
Walks about on the ground like a quail, in grassy or weed-grown fields, and roadsides.
About 74% of food is animals:
beetles, grasshoppers, crickets, cutworms, caterpillars, scale insects, weevils, ants, wasps, spiders; sometimes eats dead traffic-killed birds; also eats grain and weed seeds |
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Nests:
3 - 7 white eggs spotted with brown and dull lavender in a partly domed structure of grass concealed in a depression in a meadow. |
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Usually two broods; may turn eggs five times in an hour. Both parents feed young, which leave nest when 11 - 12 days old. |
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Habitat:
Meadows, pastures, and prairies.
Range:
Breeds from southeastern Ontario, Nova Scotia, Minnesota, southwestern South Dakota, New Mexico and Arizona, through Central America to northern South America. |
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