Are there any flocks of Bobolinks? I remember as a kid being told how
the birds migrated south in the winter and did serious damage to rice
fields. BTW, haven't seen one in years.
Gregg
"W. J. Liles" wrote:
>
><snip> There are several thousand acres planted in my part of Louisiana
>alone. <snip>
> Rice fields attract large numbers of wading birds and are good places to
> find (and photograph) herons, egrets, rails, stilts, Ibis, woodstorks,
> etc. Some of my favorite birding spots in the summer are the rice
> fields. In the winter they can be "wrapped up" with ducks and geese and
> occassional sandhill cranes.
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