{"id":9124,"date":"2017-05-16T13:48:53","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T17:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/?p=9124"},"modified":"2017-05-16T13:48:53","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T17:48:53","slug":"help-count-meadowlarks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/help-count-meadowlarks\/","title":{"rendered":"Help Count Meadowlarks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The eastern meadowlark is arguably the grassland bird species that has been hardest hit by the loss of grasslands (think large meadows and farmland) in Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9125\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9125\" class=\"size-full wp-image-9125\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/05\/EAME_DavidLarson_EasternMeadowlark-DLarson31.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/05\/EAME_DavidLarson_EasternMeadowlark-DLarson31.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/05\/EAME_DavidLarson_EasternMeadowlark-DLarson31-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/05\/EAME_DavidLarson_EasternMeadowlark-DLarson31-624x416.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9125\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eastern meadowlark by David Larson<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In fact, eastern meadowlarks have disappeared from more than<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;\"> 75 percent of the locations they were\u00a0found in during the 1979 Breeding Bird Survey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Mass Audubon&#8217;s Bird Conservation team is on a mission to not only protect the remaining meadowlarks, but to also create a plan to increase the population. But they need your help.<\/p>\n<h3>Become a Meadowlark Citizen Scientist<\/h3>\n<p>Between now and June 15, you can provide valuable data via the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.massaudubon.org\/our-conservation-work\/wildlife-research-conservation\/grassland-bird-program\/eastern-meadowlark-survey\">Eastern Meadowlark Survey<\/a>. All you need to do is:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Visit a pre-set location 3 times during the early morning hours.<\/li>\n<li>Look and listen for eastern meadowlarks (as well as other grassland species including bobolinks and grasshopper sparrows).<\/li>\n<li>Record what you did or didn&#8217;t see. (Not seeing anything is just as valuable as seeing something)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.massaudubon.org\/our-conservation-work\/wildlife-research-conservation\/grassland-bird-program\/eastern-meadowlark-survey\">Get more info on how to participate, see pictures of the grassland birds, and hear the meadowlark song &gt;\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The eastern meadowlark is arguably the grassland bird species that has been hardest hit by the loss of grasslands (think large meadows and farmland) in Massachusetts. In fact, eastern meadowlarks have disappeared from more than 75 percent of the locations they were\u00a0found in during the 1979 Breeding Bird Survey. Mass Audubon&#8217;s Bird Conservation team is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-get-involved"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3t87A-2na","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":484,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/a-meadowlark-surprise\/","url_meta":{"origin":9124,"position":0},"title":"A Meadowlark Surprise","author":"Mass Audubon","date":"August 29, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Massachusetts is re-foresting in a major way. Lands cleared for agriculture just 100 years ago are now wooded once again. Many more acres are now successional i.e. that brushy, shrubby phase between meadow or field and forest. That's a good thing, right? Well, widescale changes like this can cause problems\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Nature Notes&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Nature Notes","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/category\/nature-notes\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2012\/07\/meadowlark_johngalluzzo.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":8992,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/coder-artist-and-bird-a-thon-booster\/","url_meta":{"origin":9124,"position":1},"title":"Coder, Artist, and Bird-a-thon Booster","author":"Hillary T.","date":"April 24, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"This is\u00a0Kaiden. He's 9 years old and a booster for Arcadia\u2019s Bird-a-thon team. He\u2019s hoping to raise $500 to help Arcadia manage its grassland and forests to help local wildlife like the bobolink, the kestrel, and the eastern meadowlark. \u201cI feel happy when I feel close to all the different\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Get Involved&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Get Involved","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/category\/get-involved\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/04\/Kaiden.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/04\/Kaiden.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2017\/04\/Kaiden.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":14039,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/birds-to-look-for-during-bird-at-home-a-thon\/","url_meta":{"origin":9124,"position":2},"title":"Birds to Look For During Bird-at-home-a-thon","author":"Mass Audubon","date":"May 14, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"While this year\u2019s\u00a0Bird-a-thon\u00a0has shifted focus to birding closer to home and around your neighborhood, you can still find\u00a0tons of\u00a0exciting birds. Some birds are common in many habitats, like Northern Cardinals and American Robins,\u00a0but\u00a0here\u00a0is\u00a0a list of other feathered friends you are likely to see (or hear!) in habitats\u00a0across\u00a0Massachusetts along with some\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Get Involved&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Get Involved","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/category\/get-involved\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Burds you can see in an urban setting","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/05\/Urban_photos.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/05\/Urban_photos.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/05\/Urban_photos.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2020\/05\/Urban_photos.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":7297,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/protect-the-bobolink\/","url_meta":{"origin":9124,"position":3},"title":"Protect the Bobolink","author":"Mass Audubon","date":"April 5, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"By Lindall Kidd, Bird Conservation Associate With spring officially here, one of the world\u2019s most impressive songbird migrants, the bobolink, will be returning to Massachusetts. \u00a0Bobolinks travel some 6,000 miles to South America for winter, with some returning to breed in Massachusetts hayfields. Over their lifetime, a bobolink can travel\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Get Involved&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Get Involved","link":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/category\/get-involved\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/03\/1793MarthaAkey6612-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/03\/1793MarthaAkey6612-2.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2016\/03\/1793MarthaAkey6612-2.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":335,"url":"https:\/\/blogs.massaudubon.org\/yourgreatoutdoors\/if-you-re-build-it\/","url_meta":{"origin":9124,"position":4},"title":"If You Re-Build It&#8230;","author":"Hillary T.","date":"July 23, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"It\u2019s a story we unfortunately hear all too often. 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