bobolink

• And who would not like to be a chickadee or a bobolink, a cormorant or a cockatoo? —  F ;SF - vol 102 issue 04 - April 2002
• Grassland birds like the bobolink are also in tough shape. —  The Why Files
• Not many now find "the meadows spattered all over with music" by the bobolink, as Thoreau did John Burroughs says that the bluebird is almost extinct in his section of country. —  Bird Day; How to prepare for it
• This poet affirms that our bobolink is superior to the nightingale Bobolink, that in the meadow Or beneath the orchard's shadow Keepest up a constant rattle Joyous as my children's prattle Welcome to the North again Welcome to mine ear thy strain Welcome to mine eye the sight Of thy buff, thy black and white Brighter plumes may greet the sun By the banks of Amazon Sweeter tones may weave the spell Of enchanting Philomel But the tropic bird would fail And the English nightingale If we should compare their worth With thine endless, gushing mirth THOMAS HILL The mocking bird is a singer that has suffered much from its powers of mimicry. —  Bird Day; How to prepare for it
• All poets have been their lovers, from the psalmist of old, who knew "all the birds of the mountains," to our own Lowell with his "Gladness on wings--the bobolink is here The poets, who voice our deepest thoughts, have studied birds with the utmost care. —  Bird Day; How to prepare for it

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