http://www.loudounwildlife.org/blog/2008/07/bobolinks-in-western-loudoun/ People and Wildlife Living in Harmony Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:44:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.loudounwildlife.org/blog/2008/07/bobolinks-in-western-loudoun/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Joe Coleman Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:47:29 +0000 http://www.loudounwildlife.org/blog/?p=63#comment-25 This evening, Sat., July 19, about 8 pm, I observed my first juvenile BOBOLINK of the year. It was in the high grass on Legacy Farm (on Ebenezer Church Rd near Bluemont) and was begging for food & trying to fly. An adult male BOBOLINK kept chipping at it & the juvenile kept trying to fly towards the male in the stumble-bumble flight of a bird learning to fly, landing on a large stalk of grass, not always the one it tried to land on, and finally getting its balance. While there was one other male perched on the overhead wires, I didn't observe any other juveniles or females. Joe Coleman near Bluemont This evening, Sat., July 19, about 8 pm, I observed my first juvenile BOBOLINK of the year. It was in the high grass on Legacy Farm (on Ebenezer Church Rd near Bluemont) and was begging for food & trying to fly. An adult male BOBOLINK kept chipping at it & the juvenile kept trying to fly towards the male in the stumble-bumble flight of a bird learning to fly, landing on a large stalk of grass, not always the one it tried to land on, and finally getting its balance. While there was one other male perched on the overhead wires, I didn’t observe any other juveniles or females.
Joe Coleman near Bluemont

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