I'm so glad that leeneia told me that meadowlarks aren't likely to be perched in a tree in the city. Otherwise I might not have kept looking, even though the meadowlark images didn't seem to be quite right.
I wonder if flickers might be interested in my mini-crab apple tree. I also have a pretty large and productive volunteer bing cherry tree in my yard. The cherries look and taste just like the regular bings, but smaller and mostly pit. DK if that would bother flickers.