Rice Ain’t Necessarily Nice for Wintering Bobolinks
10,000 Birds
JUNE 28, 2017
A new study published in The Condor analyzed the feathers of Bobolinks to determine what they eat after they leave their North American breeding grounds and fly south for the winter. The research suggests that rice emerges as an important food source late in the winter, just as harvesting time—and northern migration time—are at hand.
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