To the best of my knowledge, Seth, the mowers cannot be adjusted that high - they are designed to cut right at ground level. I think that birds would still be likely to fly up into the mower. I like the idea of persuading folks with large grassy areas kept for reasons other than hay to consider incorporating areas of meadow into their landscaping.
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From: Seth Davis <kd7gxf@gmail.com>
To: Maine birds <maine-birds@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Monday, June 6, 2016 4:23 PM
Subject: [Maine-birds] Re: Bobolinks
So I am in no way an expert or for that matter even knowledgeable on the practices of hay farming, so I ask this question humbly. I presume Bobolinks nest physically on the ground, is it at all possible to raise the mowers a foot or two higher so to potentially pass over the nest and do less harm? I think even then there would be a risk of running over the nests and additionally one would not get as much of the hay as needed but it's a thought I had.
On Friday, June 3, 2016 at 6:58:07 PM UTC-4, Geoffrey Ives wrote:
-- On Friday, June 3, 2016 at 6:58:07 PM UTC-4, Geoffrey Ives wrote:
As usual we have multiple nesting pairs of bobolinks however, I'm pretty sure the counts are low. Last year they were higher - I counted up to 12 males at one time. This year the most I've seen at once are 4. Worried.
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