(1) Western meadowlark and mink prefer narrow grass buffers.(2) Based on the song of a meadowlark he had heard in the Dakotas, McKay wrote Song Over the Great Plains to be another nature piece.(3) Here is a meadowlark atop a regal walnut, next to it a young nectarine tree girdled with compost.(4) The meadowlarks and magpies would gather right outside.(5) I did see other signs of spring including listening to eastern meadowlarks and eastern bluebirds.