Bobolink Photos
One of my favorite species! Not only for the beautiful, unusual plumage of the male, but even more for their metallic clinky song in the spring. Click on the thumbnail for high-resolution photos.
Bobolinks
The Bobolink, Dolichonyx oryzivorus, is a small New World blackbird, the only member of genus Dolichonyx.
Description ...
Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
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Length: 6 inches
Short, conical bill
Frequents open habitats
Often found in large flocks in migration ...
Bobolink ( Dolichonyx oryzivorus )
Bobolink (Male), Near Diamond, Oregon
Photograph by Alan And Elaine Wilson. Some rights reserved. (view image details) ...
Bobolink
Related Category: Vertebrate Zoology
(bb´lngk´´), common name in the N United States and Canada for an American songbird, Dolichonyx oryzivorus, related to the blackbird and the oriole, belonging to the family Icteridae.
Bobolink
The Bobolink is a fairly small bird about 5 to 7 inches in length. Males have a black chest and belly with yellowish patches on their heads and necks. Their tails are black with many white stripes in the feathers.
Bobolink
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
The Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) is a breeder in meadows, hay fields and prairies across parts of the northern half of the United States and parts of southern Canada.
Bobolinks winter in South America. In the North they are insectivorous, ...
Bobolink Behaviour
No observations regarding Bobolink behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Bobolinks ...
Bobolink
(Dolichonyx oryzivorus)
Status: Summer Resident.
Last recorded on site in 2010
Breeding Status:-
1987 to 1991: Confirmed
1992 to 1996: Confirmed
1997 to 2001: Confirmed
2002 to 2006: Confirmed
2007 to 2011: Confirmed ...
Bobolinks
Bobolinks are small, short-tailed blackbirds with short,
conical bills.
The male's breeding plumage is unique: black underparts and
face, with white on the rump and lower back.
Bobolinks frequent areas such as hayfields, meadows, open fields, farmlands and marshes. The nest is a grass-lined cup built in the grass. The female lays 4-7 white eggs (.9" x.6") speckled with brown.
Bobolink
An ebullient songbird, the Bobolink is a familiar inhabitant of meadows in the northeast.
The Prairie Home Companion ...
Remarks The Bobolink is a very desirable and popular bird. It is well worth a trip to a male bird's domain on a fine day in June to hear the outpouring of his wonderful song as he flies slowly on quivering wings over the daisy-decked meadow where ...
Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus Found: The Americas
Photographed by: 1) John Ennis 2, 3) David Watkins 4) Alan D Wilson near Diamond, Oregon
1) Female
Genus Cacicus ...
Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus. Common in spring, and uncommon to rare in fall in all regions. Found in marshes and fields, especially those cultivated with oats, alfalfa, and clover.
Bobolink
Winter Sighting Information: uncommon
Nest on or near Refuge? no
Northern Bobwhite
Winter Sighting Information: abundant
Nest on or near Refuge? yes ...
Bobolink
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Baltimore Oriole
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Bobolink, Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Tawny-shouldered Blackbird, Agelaius humeralis
Red-winged Blackbird, Agelaius phoeniceus
Red-shouldered Blackbird, Agelaius assimilis (E)
Eastern Meadowlark, Sturnella magna ...
I went back the next day and several days after with no success. Pike's Bridge Road produced the usual Blue-winged Warblers and Blue-gray Gnatcatchers. The number of Bobolinks in the meadow seemed to be reduced from past years.
Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)
Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus)
Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater)
Bullock's Oriole (Icterus bullockii)
Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula)
Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) ...
Montserrat oriole (Icterus oberi)
Saffron-cowled blackbird (Xanthopsar flavus)
Tricoloured blackbird (Agelaius tricolor)
Long-tailed meadowlark (Sturnella loyca)
Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)
Martinique oriole (Icterus bonana) ...
 See also: Blackbird, Oriole, Grackle, Sparrow, Meadowlark
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