Skunk birds!

      Boys make up names for things of which the don't know the nomenclature. That's what we did for the little striped birds that sang to us from the fence lines. Their stripes reminded us of skunks, with which we were very familiar, so we called them 'skunk birds.'  Have you guessed their real name?

   Out in the grassland this morning I saw a 'skunk bird'. They're much  less common now than previously because much of the grass has been plowed under. It pleases me that Bobolinks inhabit my grass. Pulling out my phone and switching on the Merlin Bird recording app I hoped to record it. Yes, it's song soon registered on the app, naturally it was not alone.

   This is what was recorded; Bobolink,  Marsh Wren, Willow Flycatcher, Red-winged Blackbird, Sedge Wren, Pheasant, Common Yellowthroat, and Yellow Warbler. The recording was 90 seconds long to capture all these birds.

Takk for alt,

Al

"The Bobolink is one of the world's most impressive songbird migrants, traveling some 12,500 miles (20,000 kilometers) to and from southern South America every year. " Cornell Lab

"The bobolink is a small New World blackbird and the only member of the genus Dolichonyx. An old name for this species is the "rice bird", from its tendency to feed on cultivated grains during winter and migration." Wikipedia