Bobolinks and Grasshopper Sparrows

My alarm goes off at 3:30 almost every morning because I almost always have an hour’s walk to get to the survey by 5.

This time, the walk was across a big ag field, so it wasn’t too bad. Only two birds live in this whole place.

Monoculture

The other side was prairie.

Tons of plants and birds.

Bobolinks are new to me. They wear a yellow bonnet and act psycho.

Boboblink

by Douglas Gimler

Grasshopper Sparrows only weigh about 17 grams. They are in decline across their range because of habitat loss.

Grasshopper Sparrow