Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) - 20240629-34

            Breeding male is distinctive with black body, white rump, and creamy nape. Females and nonbreeders are drastically different, yellow-brown with fine streaking on breast sides, and stripes on head. Smaller than Red-winged Blackbird with shorter bill. Spiky tail feathers. In the blackbird family, although often mistaken as a sparrow. Breeds in open fields. Listen for male's bubbly song. Often in flocks during fall migration; departs early for wintering grounds in South America.  (eBird)
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Another photographic first for me.  Female bobolinks usually vanish into the grass, but this one had food for her babes.  She was probably watching our progress along the trail in case we got too close to her nest on the ground.

Atocas Bay Conservation Project, Alfred, Ontario, Canada.  June 2024.
Eastern Ontario Birding.
   

Taken in: Canada / Quebec / Fassett (show map)

Taken on: June 29, 2024

Tags:

Canon EOS R6

Canada

Prescott and Russell

Adult

Female

Icteridae

Least Concern

Canon RF 100-400mm F5.6-8 IS USM

Wild

Bird

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Camera: Canon EOS R6, f/9.0, 1/800 sec, 400mm, ISO 2000 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS R6
Lens:	RF100-400mm F5.6-8 IS USM
Aperture:	f/9.0
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/800)
Focal Length:	400mm
ISO:	2000
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 2024 Macintosh
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