The Eastern Meadowlarks have been up for almost a month now.  Unlike 30 years ago, we now see very few of these.  The loss of grasslands and pastures over the last two decades has taken a huge toll on these birds.  Over the last three years 400 square miles of Minnesota grassland, pasture, and woods edge has been turned into corn and soybean land.  Minnesota leads the nation in loss of wildlife habitat to cropland.