Bobolinks

Bob Crowley

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Jun 7, 2021, 11:17:12 AM6/7/21

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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

Julia Hanauer-Milne

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Jun 7, 2021, 12:39:48 PM6/7/21

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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

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Jill

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Jun 7, 2021, 1:15:40 PM6/7/21

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We have the same number here in Pittsfield, Maine as usual, I’d say - I should have 2-3 pairs nesting in my fields (we don’t hay until August).

On Jun 7, 2021, at 11:17 AM, Bob Crowley <cr...@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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Robert Ridgely

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Jun 7, 2021, 3:01:22 PM6/7/21

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Numbers seem modest around Sandwich too. Everything now depends on how the weather behaves over the next few weeks. Right now it’s pretty dry, so haying likely will be early

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KAZ

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Jun 7, 2021, 5:01:22 PM6/7/21

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I live around a site that used to have large numbers of bobolinks (across the road from my house) now it is farmed and they cut and hay- so not anymore- i see a few where there are other fields . BUT better a farm than a housing development!n

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