VoyForums
[ Show ]
Support VoyForums
[ Shrink ]
VoyForums Announcement: Programming and providing support for this service has been a labor of love since 1997. We are one of the few services online who values our users' privacy, and have never sold your information. We have even fought hard to defend your privacy in legal cases; however, we've done it with almost no financial support -- paying out of pocket to continue providing the service. Due to the issues imposed on us by advertisers, we also stopped hosting most ads on the forums many years ago. We hope you appreciate our efforts.

Show your support by donating any amount. (Note: We are still technically a for-profit company, so your contribution is not tax-deductible.) PayPal Acct: Feedback:

Donate to VoyForums (PayPal):

[ Login ] [ Main index ] [ Post a new message ] [ Search | Check update time | Archives: 1, 2, [3], 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 ]

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

Date Posted: 16:06:09 07/21/03 Mon
Author: Mike Sweeney
Author Host/IP: NoHost / 65.168.224.77
Subject: Re: Stoney Ridge Dickcissels, bobolinks
In reply to: Greg L. 's message, "Stoney Ridge Dickcissels, bobolinks" on 05:05:31 07/21/03 Mon

I believe that most of the bobolinks Greg referred to have been chased out of the wheat fields that have been recently harvested. With the lack of suitable habitat locally, many bobolinks nest in wheat and hay fields. mike sweeneyWood County, July 20
>
>I happened to be at a friend's home yesterday
>afternoon, whose property includes the weedy field
>that Mike Sweeney referred to in a 6/28 post.
>
>In that field, there were at least 3 pairs of
>Dickcissels, and 20+ Bobolinks. The dickcissels
>seemed paired up, but the bobolinks were flocked up,
>and the males retained their breeding plumage.
>
>Access is apparently from the Stoney Ridge Community
>park, per Sweeney's post.
>
>Greg Links

[ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]
Forum timezone: GMT-8
VF Version: 3.00b, ConfDB:
Before posting please read our privacy policy.
VoyForums(tm) is a Free Service from Voyager Info-Systems.
Copyright © 1998-2019 Voyager Info-Systems. All Rights Reserved.