The sweet-voiced Bobolink undertakes an amazing migration, breeding in North America and traveling some 12,500 miles to winter in southern South America each year. The species' population has declined by 50% in the last 40 years, in part due to pesticide use. https://abcbirds.org/bird/bobolink/ | American Bird Conservancy

14K views · 539 reactions | Tune in to hear a bobolink sing!  The bobolink has a bright, bubbly metallic song, often compared to R2-D2 from Star Wars. Bobolinks are found in meadows, grasslands and marshes. Listen for their joyous calls next time you’re in nature! Video and photo by Niamh Keane; photo by Deborah Tracy Kral. #MohonkPreserve #Bobolink #Birding #birdwatching #conservation #R2D2 | Mohonk Preserve | Facebook

5.8K views · 281 reactions | Business in the front, party in the back...but make it nature. Bobolinks are one of the few birds to have dark plumage on the bottom and light on the top. This time of year, look for them in fields and grasslands in Massachusetts. Males are easily recognizable with their distinctive pale-yellow feathers on the back of an otherwise black head. Listen to this male Bobolink singing. Some say their song sounds like R2-D2. What do you hear? | Mass Audubon | Facebook