Dickcissel
by Elizabeth Winter
Title
Dickcissel
Artist
Elizabeth Winter
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The Dickcissel is a small grassland bird that breeds across parts of the Midwest in the United States. These migratory birds head south to Central and South America during the winter months. Male Dickcissels in breeding plumage are extremely bright and beautiful, as you can see in our Birdorable version of this species. Dickcissels are named for their song, part of which sounds like they are yelling "dick! dick! cissss cissss..."
Migratory flocks of Dickcissels assemble into larger and larger flocks gradually growing into thousands of birds. Winter roosts can number in the millions of birds.
The male does little other than feed himself and try to attract a mate. The female builds the nest, incubates and feeds the young.
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May 18th, 2017
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Comments (23)
Laurie Search
Aww, that is so adorable, Elizabeth!!! Great timing and wonderful composition!!!! :)))vf
I'ina Van Lawick
Beautiful and sweet. What a lovely little bird. Love the contrast of human made perch against the fragility and softness of the Dickcissel. lf
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