Bobolink
Tweet of the Day is a series of fascinating stories about the British birds inspired by their calls and songs.Wildlife Sound Recordist, Chris Watson, presents the Bobolink. You might never have heard of a Bobolink – but these birds do occur very rarely in the UK although their true home is in the grasslands of Canada and the northern states of the USA. They look like large finches but belong to the family of New World blackbirds. Because the breeding males have black and white plumage they are sometimes called 'skunk blackbirds'. The sound archive recording of the bobolink featured in this…
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