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This is a first for me. I hope to go back to the location for more opportunities.
Beaver County, Alberta.
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I spent 20 minutes watching this Bobolink flit from post to post to the meadow and back to the first post. This flight to these three locations was repeated every couple of minutes.
Bronte Creek Provincial Park, Ontario Canada
Bobolinks are polygynous, meaning each male mates with several females per breeding season. But they are also polyandrous, with each clutch of eggs laid by a single female often representing multiple fathers. Outside of the nesting season Bobolinks live socially in flocks. After arriving on the breeding grounds males compete vigorously for territories by singing, displaying, fighting, and chasing each other. In the male’s primary nest, both parents feed the young, and in his secondary nests he may help with feeding to varying degrees. In some nests, the nestlings are fed by more than two attending adults, which possibly include multiple fathers or offspring from the previous year. (The Cornell Lab)
From a file taken in June and lost on a drive that crashed, but now has been restored.
Beaver County, Alberta.
These dapper birds are fun to watch and listen to. In their breeding grounds they tend to fly with short wing beats so they don't go fast. Yet, they migrate up to 20,000 km per year, to and from southern South America, so they must be efficient in doing so.
The Bobolink is the only American bird that is black underneath and white on the back. This coloring makes the male stand out while he is performing his displays. After breeding he changes into a drab, camouflaged plumage to spend the rest of the year. Shot on a foggy morning. Made for a great background
When we travel to Waterton I’m always hoping for a Bobolink sighting so it was a thrill to have 4 separate encounters with this threatened species. And to be serenaded!
Il m'a signifié que c'était son piquet de clôture ! Je n'ai pas insisté, une rafale et bien l'bonjour ! : ))
The male Bobolink - - I managed to see a few of them this summer - - not a bird that I've been so lucky with, but this is certainly a step in the right direction
Une belle surprise cet après-midi de trouver un champ non fauché et abritant quelques familles de Goglu des près.
Un Grand merci à cet agriculteur d'attendre la fin de la nidification avant de faucher son champ, le Goglu des prés étant en déclin !
A nice surprise this afternoon to find an unmown field with a few families of Bobolinks.
A big thank you to this farmer for waiting for the end of nesting before mowing his field, the Bobolink being in decline!
La femelle Goglu est beaucoup moins flamboyante et sonore que le mâle.
The Bobolink female is much less flamboyant and sound than the male.
Dolichonyx oryzivorus in grass, gathering insects. I put the 300mm f4 on a D7200 for a little extra reach, but it was barely enough. I have to find some sneaky way of buying a longer lens for this kind of thing.