When my niece Laura was two to three years old, she asked Grandpa to read her the Kitchen Table Bird Book every single day. She would ask him to read it again and again as long as Grandpa's patience lasted. He read the entire book from front to back, every time. Like Grandparents sometimes do, Grandpa would skip a bird. Not with Laura! She had the book memorized and would make him read it again!
When he got to Bobolink, Laura would burst into laughter, as only toddlers can do!
Bobolink was her very favorite bird!
For the first time ever, Michael and I saw a Bobolink while we were on our daily walk yesterday evening.
I was jumping up and down in excitement! We have such a great variety of birds here, but I was thrilled to see the Bobolink and remember such wonderful moments between Grandpa and Laura.
The Bobolink is a very interesting bird.
One fun fact is that the Bobolink is an extraordinary migrant,
traveling to south of the
equator each autumn and making a round-trip of approximately 12,500 miles.
That's some frequent flyer miles!
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