Birds Identified: Bobolink, female
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Bobolink, female has these characteristics:
- Still perching
- About same size as robin
- Smaller than robin
- Mostly brownish, or with many brown streaks or spots
- Yellow or orange
- Streaks (long spots)
- Head stripes or bands
- North summer (June through August)
- South summer (June through August)
- Field habitat
- Perched low (generally below middle of trees when perched or foraging)
- Soaring flight (gliding or circling on set wings)
- Occurs in flocks (from 4 or 5 to thousands)
- Staccato and twitter call (short sharp notes or rapid series of notes: tinkling, trilling, sputtering, or percussive)
- Harsh or buzzy song (pitch intermediate; rasping, buzzing, or grating quality)
- Melodious song (pitch variable; smooth, sweet, or rich quality; pattern generally complex)
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Eric Haines,
erich@acm.org