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meadowlark,

common North American meadow bird of the family Icteridae, also called meadow starling. Unlike other members of the family, which comprises blackbirds, gracklesgrackle,
common name applied to some members of the New World family Icteridae, which also includes blackbirds, orioles, meadowlarks, cowbirds, and others. The plumage of the purple, or common, grackle of the Atlantic coastal region is black with metallic hues, iridescent in the
..... Click the link for more information. , orioles, and others, the meadowlark does not travel in large flocks, and it eats harmful insects rather than grain. The eastern meadowlark, Sturnella magna, known for its clear, whistling song, is about 10 in. (25 cm) long. In color, it is brown streaked with black above and yellow below with a broad black crescent across the chest. The Western species, Sturnella neglecta, is slightly smaller, and its call is lower. Recent experiments have shown that the two species do not interbreed in the wild, although they are nearly indistinguishable. Meadowlarks are classified in the phylum ChordataChordata
, phylum of animals having a notochord, or dorsal stiffening rod, as the chief internal skeletal support at some stage of their development. Most chordates are vertebrates (animals with backbones), but the phylum also includes some small marine invertebrate animals.
..... Click the link for more information. , subphylum Vertebrata, class Aves, order Passeriformes, family Icteridae.

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It would eventually become grassland" for the meadowlark and for other migratory species such as goldfinches, she said.

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I have mixed feelings, really," said Meadowlark Principal Juan Cuadros, who also serves as principal in the same building for Buena Vista Spanish Immersion School, sitting in his office Thursday after school and donning his red Meadowlark Flyers - 1961-2011 T-shirt.

LESSONS IN GOODBYES

48: Teachers and other licensed staff at four closing elementary schools - Coburg, Crest Drive, Meadowlark and Parker - who were told this week about positions possibly available to them at schools where their students are transferring in the fall, as well as other district schools

Coping with closures

Board member Alicia Hays made a motion to approve Russell's recommendation to close Parker, Crest Drive and Coburg elementary schools, and merge Meadowlark with Willagillespie, as well as relocating Charlemagne at Fox Hollow to the Parker building.

Schools' fates decided

That option - which also includes closing Coburg and Meadowlark - was suggested by board member Mary Walston at a meeting earlier this month.

As school vote nears, Torrey calls for saving Crest, Parker

We are writing because our school district plans to shut down Meadowlark Elementary School.

LETTERS IN THE EDITOR'S MAILBAG

They waved for Meadowlark and Twin Oaks, too, all schools targeted for closure this year or next under Russell's proposal.

Waves of school support

The board has been deluged with e-mails on the proposals, particularly the likely closings of Parker, Crest Drive, Meadowlark and Coburg elementary schools.