I got word about ten days ago that there were Bobolinks at a horse farm on Starbuck Road north of Wilmington. Finally got a chance to check them out yesterday. My trusty informant had counted 14 earlier. By the time I got there, we could only find six, four males and two females. The birds were in a recently cut pasture in which two horses were grazing. The pasture is one of several pastures totaling perhaps 70 acres. All are slated to be cut during the summer on a staggered schedule. The last one is due to be cut in late July, so there is some uncertainty in whether the birds can bring off a brood. The pasture containing the birds is about 300 yards from the road (a long par 3) and a huge barn is between the road and the pasture. This is a working horse farm and the owner does not want visitors. The pasture just to the north and the one to the south of the farmstead are visible from Starbuck Road if the birds are in the eastern end. All in all, these are not very chaseable birds. There are other reliable locations that are more accessible. I was also pleasantly surprised to hear a Grasshopper Sparrow singing. Some years ago, I gave up hope of ever hearing another Grasshopper Sparrow when I saw one on a wire obviously singing and couldn't hear a note. Cheers, Bob -- Robert D Powell Congress Farm Research Institute Wilmington, OH, USA [log in to unmask] http://rdp1710.wordpress.com Nulla dies sine aves ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]