Bobolink & A Few Others Saturday

[Brian Bailey]

After the Bird Festival at Sam Smith Park yesterday, I went back to do a bit of birding and look for the Bobolink that had been spotted earlier in the day.  Birding was pretty quiet, but I did find the Bobolink.  He wasn't too skittish, but he sure wasn't much for posing:

He was also singing regularly:

I've always had a soft spot for these guys with their backwards plumage and jumbled song.  Sad they're such a rare sight these days.
This Song Sparrow could definitely give the Bobolink a few pointers on posing:


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[mr.sharp-photo]

nice.
i still have yet to see a Bobolink.

[Brian Bailey]

A few come through every year (fewer each year [DISAPPOINTED FACE]) but I hadn't seen one for several years.  


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[CJ McRae]

I've had really good luck in recent years seeing them from the roads that surround Glen Major Forest and Walker's Woods in Durham Region. There are a lot of hay farmers in that area.

[Dinusaur]

Nice. During a lull in Whimbrel watching Saturday morning, I was looking for the Bobolink in the meadow area just west of the Whimbrel point. Unfortunately couldn't find it.

[Brian Bailey]

He moved around a lot and stayed low in the grass most of the time.  You pretty much had to see him fly or hear him call.  I had passed him originally, and just caught a glimpse of something different out of the corner of my eye.


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