D.R. ZIEGLER 1956 WESTERN MEADOWLARK (SIOUXCOUNTY, NEBRASKA) APR 7 Bay Farm Islando, Anamosa Co., Calif. 10:20 AM - SAW NEST WITH 5 LONGISH WHITE EGGS WITH BROWN SPOTCHES ESP. NEAR LARGE ONE. IDENTIFIED BROWN SPOTCHES BY DR. MINHOL AS MEADOW- LARKS. NEST IN COFFEE- CUP SIZED DEPRESSION EGG IN 8 OR 9 INCH TALL GRASS AT BASE OF SOME SORT OF 6" TANK THISTLE OR DIONOILIA PLANT. LINED, MOSTLY AT BOTTOM, WITH FINE GRASS. DUE TO DEPTH OF DEPRESSION & HEIGHT OF GRASS EGGS COULD NOT BE SEEN UNTIL STANDING PERSON WAS WITHIN 3 FT OF NEST. DISTANCE WOULD HAVE To be A FEW INCHES, PROBABLY, FOR A DOG OR FOX ETC. NEST WAS IN GRASS PATCH ABOUT 150 FT LONG & 40 - 75 FT WIDE BETWEEN TWO ROADS. WOLY- RAIL ABOUT 20' FROM ROAD WITH A DITCH IN BETWEEN ON NW CORNER OF ISLAND, AT 10:35 AM - 2 MEADOW- LARKS SEEN ON WIRE 200 FT FROM NEST - 1 "CHUCKING" & GIVING PATTER OTHER GIVING REBUKE SONG (-/)