A new friend in the neighborhood

This year and last I would walk up to the ridge and hear the strangest bird call. Every time, I could only barely catch a glimpse of the culprit. Finally, this year I was able to get a closer look, but still could not identify the bird. After doing some online research, I finally figured out that it is a Bobolink. I've never even heard of that bird! Apparently it does come through Wisconsin during the early summer for breeding and has one of the longest migrations known. It's yearly roundtrip of about 12,000 miles takes it to South America for the winter months.

Here are some links for more information if you're interested:

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/ConservationAndScience/MigratoryBirds/Featured_Birds/default.cfm?bird=Bobolink

http://macaulaylibrary.org/search.do (#10 on the list of audio recordings sounds the most like ours)