Date: 4/11/25 6:37 am From: Allan Strong <Allan.Strong...> Subject: [VTBIRD] Bobolink Project - seeking donations for more bird-friendly fields
Hi VT Birders,
Over the past year, The Bobolink Project has been very active in working with farmers who are interested in enrolling their property in bird-friendly management haying operations.
You may remember from past emails, the way the project works is we solicit bids from farmers and other landowners with Bobolink habitat and ask them how much they would need to delay mowing on their fields so that Bobolinks and other grassland birds can successfully fledge young.
Once we have these bids, we reach out to the general public to secure donations that are paid directly to the farmers. This year, we have nearly doubled the potential acreage that can be enrolled, but we don't currently have enough funds to cover all of the bids.
If you are interested and able to help out, this has been a great project for our grassland birds. Last year, we fledged nearly 750 Bobolinks from Vermont fields, which also supported several Eastern Meadowlarks, one Grasshopper Sparrow, and lots of Savannah Sparrows.
