Western Meadowlark Habitat

In central Wyoming, for example, Western Meadowlarks often place their nests in the midst of a dense patch of prickly-pear cactus where the pads are spread close to the ground. Once you have found the nest, the mental image of that nest helps you find a dozen more in a short time. But that image would be of little help in searching for Western Meadowlark nests in a Nebraska prairie, where there are no cacti, but where the species is just as common. There the nest is a little tent of grass, often with an opening to the south. For many birds the choice of food or nest sites depends on resources most readily available, which vary from one place to another.