Hi Danny,
If the corn is 7 inches tall, it might not yet have been side-dressed with N fertilizer. And, if that is planned, it could kill the nest unless that spot could be avoided for the sake of the nest...
Michel
Michel A. Cavigelli
Research Soil Scientist
Sustainable Agriculture Systems Lab
USDA-ARS, BARC
Bldg 001, Rm 140
10300 Baltimore Ave
Beltsville, MD 20705
(301) 504-8327 phone
(301) 504-8370 fax
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Hi all I two requests for more information on the Grasshopper Sparrow
Nest .I will not say any more about the location as this is a research farm
and it is in someones resaerch plot. Not much else to tell except that it
is in a No Till corn field has some clumps of dead vegtation one of
which has the grasshopper sparrow nest and is next to a row of corn .
Corn plants are about 7 inches tall. Nest most likely made when
grass was growing and after corn got planted . will try to keep a check on
this at a distance and report back. hope it is a successfull nest .This
is only the Second Grasshopper Sparrow nest I have ever seen . The First
about 5 years ago on the same farm differant field with warm season
grasses planted in rows to collect seed from.This nest found while
mowing alleys between rows , but nest in row of taller grass not mowed
off . I belevie it was late June or July it also had eggs But latter
check had newly hatched young and a check about 10 days after held a
empty nest. hope this helps Happy birding And atlasing
Danny Poet
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