This morning after working in one of my atlas blocks, I checked out a large
pasture that lies just tantalizingly outside my block.  The field is about
50 ha in extent and has harbored Dickcissels and Bobolinks for the past two
years.  I did not find any Dickcissels on this visit, but the Bobolinks were
there in force.  I saw four males engaging in display flights and at least
two females responded.

About two dozen Red-winged Blackbirds were conducting operations over the
same territory.  There was no indication of any kind of interspecific
interaction.

The field is on Engle Mill Road about one mile south of Spring
Valley-Paintersville Road

Cheers

Bob

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Robert D Powell
Wilmington, OH, USA
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