Rice Ain’t Necessarily Nice for Wintering Bobolinks
10,000 Birds
JUNE 28, 2017
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. Rice farmers may use pesticides, or other methods to prevent the birds from eating their crops, further hastening the decline of the species. Bobolink photo courtesy of R.M.
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