Western Meadowlark
They have a brown and black pattern on their upperparts, and yellow underparts with a black v on their chest. When flying, their outer tail feathers flash white.
Western Meadowlarks are ground foragers, and can often be found in small, spread out flocks in the winter, and on the top of fences and bushes in the spring and summer.
They can often be found in native grasslands, in medium height grasses. They are found in grasslands, marshes, and mountain meadows up to 10,000 feet in elevation.
Their diet is very seasonal, meaning that in winter and early spring, they forage for grain, in the fall they forage for weed seeds, and in late spring and summer they forage for various insects.
They use a technique called gaping - this is when they insert their bill into the soil and pry it open to get better access to the hard to reach seeds and insects.