Bobolinks, Savannah sparrows and eastern meadowlarks enrich our summers with their songs, but their populations continue to ...

The female bobolink makes a depression in the soil and builds a nest on the ground. Dickcissels also come north in the spring from the tropics and find grassy fields. These sparrow-like birds ...

Among the birds showing the steepest declines are Allen’s hummingbirds, Florida scrub jays, golden-cheeked warblers, tricolored blackbirds and yellow-billed magpies. FILE – A female bobolink ...

Shorebirds had the most tipping point species, with 19. Grassland birds had eight tipping point species, including the plucky bobolink and another Chicago classic, the Henslow’s sparrow.

Shorebirds had the most tipping point species, with 19. Grassland birds had eight tipping point species, including the plucky bobolink and another Chicago classic, the Henslow's sparrow.

Grassland birds including the Bobolink are most at risk. “For each species that we’re in danger of losing, it’s like pulling an individual thread out of the complex tapestry of life,” said ...

The nation’s grassland birds, spread across 320 million acres in 14 states, have declined 43% since 1970, more than any other category, and are “in crisis,” according to a report.