Any advice on how to attract Meadowlarks?

I live in SW Oregon and though the Meadowlark is the state bird we
have never seen one at our home. I have read some about this bird and
have learned that they nest in tall grass areas and I have since left
about 1/2 acre of pasture uncut which is immediately next to a small
pond. Still no Meadowlarks.

Any thoughts as to how I might improve my chances of attracting them
will be appreciated.

Charlie

On Sat, 07 Jul 2007 16:53:11 -0000, Charlie <cbauwifl6.RemoveThis@yahoo.com>
wrote:

>I live in SW Oregon and though the Meadowlark is the state bird we
>have never seen one at our home. I have read some about this bird and
>have learned that they nest in tall grass areas and I have since left
>about 1/2 acre of pasture uncut which is immediately next to a small
>pond. Still no Meadowlarks.
>
>Any thoughts as to how I might improve my chances of attracting them
>will be appreciated.

Out here on the prairies we have lots of pasture and lots of Western
meadowlarks. I tend to suspect that they would like more space than
half an acre of grassland. One research study found that the average
territory claimed by a mated pair of meadowlarks was just over 3 acres
(12,406 square meters). In our area we have large spaces of open
grassland with clumps of bush. I've only noticed meadowlarks when they
perch on fence posts and telephone posts. They don't seem to like the
bushy areas.

Gerry

Study
http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/Condor/files/issues/v097n04/p1080-p1083.pdf