My neighborhood kestrels fledged sometime this week. There are two to three babies. It's been such a treat to watch the parents hunt up near our house and all down the road. And now it's fun to watch the babies learn to fly. They're a little wobbly and don't always land with grace. The barn swallows are giving them hell.
Julia
in Sidney
On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 5:10 PM, AMF <znse37@gmail.com> wrote:
My fields in Benton (Sebasticook River) have been mowed this week. Mowing was delayed to protect the bobolinks. There have been no bobolinks in the field for the last few weeks. We had four kestrel young fledge two weeks ago. Mom and dad brought food and just dropped it off on a ledge on the barn and the young fought over it. There was a pecking order. The biggest one got first helpings. I do not know if the kestrel parents raided the bobolink parents and nests in the field. The food (critters) were being dropped off every few minutes by the parents at random windows of time.
Allan
On 7/21/2016 1:49 PM, Cindy Elias wrote:
The Lewiston Junction bobolinks have been mowed. At least I know they had a successful nesting because we counted quite a few fledglings before the mowing happened. :(--Cindy
On Saturday, July 9, 2016 at 7:41:54 PM UTC-4, Cindy Elias wrote:Glad to know that. The Lewiston Junction bobolinks may be in danger of getting mowed. :( Cindy
On Saturday, July 9, 2016 at 8:31:35 AM UTC-4, Dean Tyler wrote:I have been watching a field near my house house in Hancock with at least 8 nesting pairs. I don't know if this has been posted before, but The Bobolink Project will pay mowers to mow later when funds are available. So far, it is mainly happening in southern New England (CT, RI, MA), but with increased support they hope to expand. Check out boblinkproject.com. There is good information.Best regards,
Dean Tyler
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