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------=_Part_39240_6312948.1216077843711 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline I frequently walk our dogs along the dirt road between 2 fields off Middle Dyke Rd. here, and have been keeping tabs on the local Bobolinks there. This year they seem to have made a resurgence. after very low numbers for the last few. A week ago I saw at least 1 male carrying food, and this evening I saw about a dozen birds. These included males carrying food, some adult female plumages, and 1 very yellow Fall-plumaged bird, that seemed to be begging, and was probably a recently fledged young. (Lance or any other banders - what do HY Bobolinks look like in early Fall?).Several birds were flying down into the long grass, where I presume there are nests. This large field is so far un-mowed, but most of the surrounding ones have been, for hay. So at least for now there's a chance that these Bobolinks might do OK. At least the surrounding hay bales make good lookout perches for the local Savannah Sparrows. Richard -- ################# Richard Stern, 317 Middle Dyke Rd. Port Williams, NS, Canada B0P 1T0 rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca rbstern@xcountry.tv sternrichard@gmail.com ################### ------=_Part_39240_6312948.1216077843711 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline I frequently walk our dogs along the dirt road between 2 fields off Middle Dyke Rd. here, and have been keeping tabs on the local Bobolinks there. This year they seem to have made a resurgence. after very low numbers for the last few. A week ago I saw at least 1 male carrying food, and this evening I saw about a dozen birds. These included males carrying food, some adult female plumages, and 1 very yellow Fall-plumaged bird, that seemed to be begging, and was probably a recently fledged young. (Lance or any other banders - what do HY Bobolinks look like in early Fall?).Several birds were flying down into the long grass, where I presume there are nests.<br> <br>This large field is so far un-mowed, but most of the surrounding ones have been, for hay. So at least for now there's a chance that these Bobolinks might do OK. At least the surrounding hay bales make good lookout perches for the local Savannah Sparrows.<br> <br>Richard<br clear="all"><br>-- <br>#################<br>Richard Stern, <br>317 Middle Dyke Rd.<br>Port Williams, NS, Canada<br>B0P 1T0<br><br>rbstern@ns.sympatico.ca
rbstern@xcountry.tv<br> sternrichard@gmail.com<br>################### ------=_Part_39240_6312948.1216077843711--
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