Re: [Maine-birds] Bobolinks

I have our normal number here (about 8 pairs), but the haying schedule is brutal. Bobolinks are declining in Maine about 3% each year, in large part because of ag practices. The ones in the fields around my house didn't make it last year— except for the one newly hatched baby I found in a nest. I don't own the land, the fields are leased out,  and the owner won't intervene for various reasons. He's a good guy, it's just that his sympathies are with the farmers.

I have reached out to Ag Allies who have approached the farmers, so we'll see about this year. It might be a good resource for others. 

https://www.somersetswcd.org/ag-allies

Julia

On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 11:17 AM Bob Crowley <crbob@fairpoint.net> wrote:

Am I the only one noticing a decline of Boblinks this year? I have only had one sighting and that was of two males perched in a tree

 

Bob Crowley

Chatham, NH

 

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