The highlight of my walk earlier this morning on Mt Pleasant Rd were the numerous Bobolinks perched and flying around in several loose flocks. They were mostly near/in the unharvested grain field (wheat?), and once many were perched on the edge of the road. I counted 63 at one point but there were many more hidden that I couldn't see until they flew and then I lost count! I saw no breeding plumaged or molting males. While they were on the road it was very obvious that many of them had extremely yellow plumage, suggesting they were young of the year. Given that these are not the same birds that attempted nesting in the hayfields up here (and were mowed), I can only breathe a sigh of relief that somewhere in our region there are places where Bobolinks can breed successfully.
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