BOBOLINK 49 



DISTRIBUTION 



Range. — Canada to Argentina. 



Breeding range. — The bobolink breeds from central-southern and 

 southeastern British Columbia (Vernon, Waldo), southern Alberta, 

 southern Saskatchewan (Eastend, Quill Lake), southern Manitoba 

 (Brandon, Winnipeg), central and southern Ontario (north sporadi- 

 cally to Chapleau and Bigwood), southwestern and central-southern 

 Quebec (Blue Sea Lake, Newport), New Brunswick, Prince Edward 

 Island, and northern Nova Scotia (Cape Breton Island) ; south through 

 eastern Washington (rarely) and eastern Oregon (Blue Moun tarns) to 

 northeastern California (Eagleville), northern Nevada (Ruby Valley), 

 northern Utah (Springville), central and southeastern Colorado 

 (Gunnison, Fort Lyon), central Nebraska (North Platte), north- 

 eastern Kansas (Manhattan), northern Missouri, central Illinois 

 (Peoria, Urbana), south-central Indiana (Worthington, Columbus), 

 southwestern and central-eastern Ohio (Hillsboro, Scio), northern 

 West Virginia (south in the mountains to Greenbrier County), 

 western Maryland (Red House), Pennsylvania, and central New 

 Jersey. There are summer records from southwestern British Co- 

 lumbia (Chilliwack), central Alberta (Glenevis, Edmonton, Camrose), 

 central Saskatchewan (Ladder Lake), western and northern Ontario 

 (Emo, Missanabie, Strickland), the north shore of the St. Lawrence 

 River in Quebec (Godbout), central Nevada (Toyabe Mountains), 

 central-eastern Arizona (Showlow), central-northern New Mexico 

 (between Park View and Chama), and north-central Kansas (Rooks 

 County). 



Winter range. — Winters in eastern Bolivia, central-southern 

 Brazil, Paraguay, and northern Argentina, migrating from North 

 America mainly through the Mississippi Basin, the Atlantic coastal 

 States, Florida, and across the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea; 

 casually through eastern Mexico and Central America, south to 

 Ecuador, the Galapagos Islands, and Peru; east to the Bahamas, 

 Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, the Lesser Antilles, Trinidad, French 

 Guiana, and southeastern Brasil. 



Casual records. — Casual in western Arizona (Wikieup). Acci- 

 dental in Greenland (Godthaab, Arsuck), Labrador (Gready Island), 

 southeastern Quebec (Bradore Bay), and northern Ontario (Moose 

 Factory). 



Migration. — Early dates of spring arrival are: Cuba — Havana, 

 March 29. Bahamas — Cay Sal, March 28. Florida — St. Marks, 

 April 9. Alabama — Dadeville, April 15. Georgia — Milledgeville, 

 April 3; Athens, April 14. South Carolina — Charleston, April 7. 

 North Carolina — Chapel Hill, April 13; Raleigh, April 19 (average 



