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Vermont Projects

The Bobolink Project

Providing landowners with financial incentives to support bird-friendly grassland management.

Bringing Back Bobolinks

New England’s fields come alive each spring with the bubbly, robotic calls of the Bobolink. This charismatic bird species has been in decline since the 1900s, primarily due to loss of habitat. Bobolinks and other grassland birds are vulnerable when fields are hayed or grazed because they nest on the ground.

The Bobolink Project works across northern New England and New York to support farmers and landowners in adopting bird-friendly haying practices. Landowners receive economic assistance to alter their mowing schedules, giving Bobolinks and other grassland nesting birds the time they need to raise their young. ԹϺ biologists visit enrolled fields to monitor grassland bird populations and provide science-backed habitat management recommendations. The Bobolink Project and our other regional partnerships work to stabilize and ultimately reverse the decline of grassland birds.

A male Bobolink on the ground in a green, grassy field.
You can help Bobolinks!
Become a conservation donor and “buy time” for nesting grassland birds.
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Do you own a hay field?
See if your land qualifies for enrollment in the Bobolink Project!
Our Partners

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University of Vermont

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Birds Impacted
! Priority Bird
Bobolink
Blackbirds and Orioles
Eastern Meadowlark
Blackbirds and Orioles
Savannah Sparrow
New World Sparrows
Northern Harrier
Hawks and Eagles
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Bird and Bee Friendly Farms
Stabilize and reverse declining bird and pollinator populations in partnership with farmers and land managers.
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