Last day of the field season
“On Sunday, July 23rd, I walked through the waist-high grass of an un-grazed 44-acre cattle pasture to check on the status of our only remaining active Bobolink nest of the season. When I checked the nest, it was empty. I backed away and knelt in the grass to conceal myself as I watched for clues about the fate of the nest. As it had done so many times this spring and early summer in the Ottawa Valley, it started to rain. Fortunately, the birds stayed active, despite the weather. I saw a female Bobolink carry food three times over the next 45 minutes, once to within a few metres of the nest and twice to about 40 metres away. Our 89th Bobolink nest of the season had fledged young birds.”
- Andrew Campomizzi, Research Scientist
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