Peterson Field Guides
Wild Love Birds in Arizona
Cactus Wren
Road Runner
Painted Bunting
Bobolink
As migrant songbirds go, few can outdo the Bobolink when it comes to endurance. Breeding in grassland habitat in the northern US and southern Canada, a single individual may fly 6,200 mi (10,000 km) south to its winter range in Paraguay and Argentina - and then back again come spring. If you believe the poet William Cullen Bryant, the bird's common name is a shortening of his full title, "Robert of Lincoln"; but it's more likely it's simply a phoneticization of its beautiful, metallic song. Do you hear it?
[Photo by JanetAndPhill on Flickr; CC-licensed]
Wild Love Birds in Arizona
Cactus Wren
Road Runner
Painted Bunting
Bobolink
As migrant songbirds go, few can outdo the Bobolink when it comes to endurance. Breeding in grassland habitat in the northern US and southern Canada, a single individual may fly 6,200 mi (10,000 km) south to its winter range in Paraguay and Argentina - and then back again come spring. If you believe the poet William Cullen Bryant, the bird's common name is a shortening of his full title, "Robert of Lincoln"; but it's more likely it's simply a phoneticization of its beautiful, metallic song. Do you hear it?
[Photo by JanetAndPhill on Flickr; CC-licensed]
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