[Bristol-Birds] Bobolinks, Carter Co., TN

I guess the third time's the charm. On my third trip to try to locate Bobolinks reported on the Lee & Lois Herndon Chapter of TOS's spring bird count on Saturday, April 29, I finally found three male Bobolinks in a field near the Evening Breeze Arena near the one-lane iron bridge spanning the Watauga River near Elizabethton in Carter County.

Two previous trips had been unsuccessful. This is only the second time I have seen Bobolinks in Carter County.

These fields, by the way, are a blackbird haven. Other species present included Red-winged Blackbird, Common Grackle, Brown-headed Cowbird and Eastern Meadowlark. Also present were House Sparrow, Field Sparrow, Chipping Sparrow, Song Sparrow, Northern Mockingbird, European Starling and Barn Swallow.

Bryan Stevens,
Hampton, TN
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