| Source | WBEZ |
|---|---|
| Original Load Date | Aug. 11, 2026, 3:01 p.m. |
| Last Updated | Aug. 11, 2026, 3:01 p.m. |
| Original URL | https://www.wbez.org/in-the-loop-with-sasha-ann-simons/2026/08/11/just-how-rare-is-this-half-female-half-male-bird-sighting |
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Every year toward the end of spring and beginning of summer, small bobolink
songbirds travel thousands of miles north from their winter homes in Brazil and
Argentina to breed.
This year when they passed through Chicago, one conservationist spotted an [
_incredibly rare one_ ][1] in their midst: it ...