bobolink

Just after a storm. Gotta love a Bobolink. :)

Closest shot I got of one, checking his/her surroundings in late evening sun before feeding and resting for the return flight. Most that I saw - thousands per day - were flying overhead. Flying northwards, which may seem counterintuitive, but migrants on Cape May have been blown off course. When...

Another one of my lifers from New Jersey. We saw up to 4000 of these flying overhead in just a few morning hours ... not that I could really see what they were, but once I'd learned their flight call the ID was easy. Then one afternoon I saw some landing - silently - in a field. They would perch...

Getting closer.

One last post before I shove off for Virginia. Went to local battlefield park to try to get a few species that I usually shoot there. Did not find first two (Common Yellowthroat and Eastern Meadow Lark) but did find a field full of Bobolinks which was the third group that I usually go there for...

A record shot of this Rare vagrant from America that was found on Shetland to-day

There are a few spots on the Horicon Marsh grounds where these can be seen. I was happy that this one let me close enough to get a couple of keeper photos.

no report previous in this part of the country

Found this bird up at La Mesa above El Valle in a mixed flock of seedeaters.

A female in a field in New York. She had a nest nearby.

I saw this guy in upstate New York in a weedy field.

This is the second species of the day that upon hearing me play their song on my iphone they came with a caterpillar. Coincidence or bringing an offering to a new visitor in their territory?

I have never seen so many grouped together, but come to think of it, their 40 acre alfalfa field is 1/4 mowed. Amazing song; check it out at http://www.birdforum.tv/members/action/viewvideo/2107/Bobolink_s_Metallic_Song/

Taken from car on parimeter road at Saratoga Battlefield Park in upstate NY. Finding lots of Bobolinks this year there but having trouble finding Eastern Meadowlarks which usually habitate the same fields as the Bobolinks there.

Went up to Saratoga Battlefield Park near me specifically looking for these guys and for Eastern Meadowlarks. Did not find find any Meadowlarks in close but did find a few cooperative Bobolinks. I find these birds very hard to photograph because of the contrasting colors. I can usually get the...

This the same bird pruning no fear of humans

Perched on a wire and looking to find a mate this bird allowed me to get within 15 to 20 ft and not fly off

Watch him singing at http://www.birdforum.tv/members/action/viewvideo/2107/Bobolink_s_Metallic_Song/?vpkey=815200a3ef

Taken in rural lancaster

Singing in flight over the alfalfa field. Check out a shot from last year over the same field--not singing in the previous shot though. http://www.birdforum.net/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=200676