Bartram states that in Florida he only appears after the savannas have been on fire, when he is seen to pass over the ground amidst the black ashes, hunting for and devouring the snakes and lizards that have been killed by the fire.
"The Boy Hunters"
Captain Mayne Reid
Nebraska, Kansas, and Arizona he knows as well as the savannas of his native blue-grass country.
"Marion's Faith."
Charles King
When the southern savannas were planted with rice, the bobolinks soon found that this food suited them.
"Ways of Nature"
John Burroughs