Bobolink. (Nature Watch).Did You Know? Bobolinks aren't aren't Contraction of are not. See Usage Note at ain't. aren't are not aren't be much bigger than sparrows, but they migrate about six thousand miles every spring and fall. In summer, they live in the northern U.S. and southern Canada Canada (kăn`ədə), independent nation (2001 pop. 30,007,094), 3,851,787 sq mi (9,976,128 sq km), N North America. Canada occupies all of North America N of the United States (and E of Alaska) except for Greenland and the French islands of . They spend the winter in South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. . Like many other songbirds, bobolinks often migrate long distances at night. The locations of stars and a magnetic sense that works like a built-in compass help them figure out where they're going. Try This: Bobolinks like grasslands. They need fields, prairies prairies, generally level, originally grass-covered and treeless plains of North America, stretching from W Ohio through Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa to the Great Plains region. , or marshes for feeding, nesting, and roosting. Look and listen for birds in open places near your home. Are there birds you can hear but not see? Are the birds in flocks, pairs, or by themselves? Why do you think some birds might prefer open places to woods? Bobolinks are sometimes called "rice birds" because huge flocks can destroy rice crops. |
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