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Well today was my day to follow up with the dr's office 2 weeks after the miscarriage. My hubby and I were not looking forward to going in the office. I have come to peace with the lost and I am dealing with the loss fairly well. My hubby has his own way of dealing with the loss and he has been so protective of me he hardly is dealing with his feelings. I encourage him and he agrees but feels I am the priority. Well today we went into our appointment and the office has not been very good at dealing with my loss since the beginning. In the beginning, at the time of the bad news my hubby was out of town when I found out there was no heartbeat, I wanted a D&C immediately (the fact of the baby not being alive for several weeks terrified me and was too disturbing). The nurse was having a hardtime finding the heartbeat and became upset,( not kidding). The dr walked in and she said "I can't find the heartbeat!" The dr handled it very calmly and took me to the room for an ultrasound and told me the news. With my husband being out of town the dr wanted me to wait for the D&C, So that night when my husband arrived home, we called the office to schedule, we could not schedule, so we waited til morning and they took 4 hrs to call us back. The scheduler was too say the least irritated that we called some many times. We had already completed the process naturally so no d&c was performed. Today at the follow up appt. We waited in the waiting room for almost an hour, which is not like my drs office. I finally get called back, and we sit down in the room, and the nurse says " So how far along are you?" Wait, WHAT? I was so focused on getting through the visit, I said what? She said "how far along are you" I said I am not I had a miscarrige 2 weeks ago. Immediately my husband was on the war path, He told her she was insensitive and to read the chart before talking to patients. The poor nurse was so upset, and said sorry mutiple times. I just began to cry, it all seemed too much for us. How can you not know what is going on with a patient, especially after this time of event? My dr comes in and I am clearly upset and my husband just gave him an earful. This should not have happened and my husband just felt like they kicked us in the stomach. I felt awlful for the nurse who left the room upset. but we should be the patients not them. I have been going to that office for 8 years, they delivered my first child and that was a great experience, but when it came to tragedy, I feel they fell short. I did not realize how my husband was grieving, he said to the dr. Its hard on us to see pregnant women in the waiting room and no feel jilted, how could your office not have compassion or sympathy through this? Honestly the trigger for me is not pregnant women. I feel like "good for you, you did it!" Also we don't know their journey to get there...My triggers are small, at least I thought. Who would have known the drs visit was my biggest trigger. I really thought maybe it would help with the closure, but I realized there may never be closure. We have decided to get better emotionally before thinking of another pregnancy, but hugs to those with the courage to try again! I support you. Hope there are better days for all of us.
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I'm so very sorry for your experience at the office/with the nurse, etc. I, too, had something similar, but more with the scheduler that almost made me feel like inventing a phone that you could literally put your fist through!!
We were actually planning on going away the weekend of Nov. 1st long before my last ultrasound. When we found out that our baby had no heartbeat on Oct. 30th...even though under the huge stress of shock, depression, etc. we still thought it was important just to leave this house and get away from everything. I'm very glad we did!!
Anyway, after we found out the horrible news on the 30th, I had talked to my doctor a few times on Halloween. She said that it would be great if we got away that weekend and to let her know when we got back the following Wednesday if anything had 'happened' regarding waiting for the natural m/c to occur. If nothing started, we would think about possibly using the medicinal method in her office. The weird thing is, I had my regularly, 'healthy' prenatal appointment still scheduled for the following Wed....my 12 weeker. I 'assumed' it was cancelled. My thinking was, "why would we need our next healthy baby appointment??" Once again, folks...never assume. ugh.
When we arrived home from our weekend away, I was greeted by two phone messages from my doc's office. One was automated from Monday reminding me of my prenatal appointment on Wed. Ok, I thought. Maybe they just forgot to take that off of the computer, etc. Then, I have another phone message...this time from one of the schedulers asking me to call their office ASAP. This was on Tuesday. So, first thing Wed. morning, I call the office, unsure about why I needed to call back ASAP. Well, I speak to the woman who left the message. I had spoken to her before. The first words out of her mouth, "Yes, I need to know if you are coming in for your appointment this afternoon.". I was sorta stunned. I told her that I didn't understand. I was JUST there that previous Thursday and had been with the doctor. Once again, she asked me AGAIN. This time more sternly. Apparently, I wasn't answering her question....I was still VERY raw from the news and extremely on edge. I started to shake over the phone and my voice was cracking. "Is this for your yearly?" she asked. "What?? no no, a prenatal exam", I said. "The question I am asking you, Jill...are you coming in for your appointment this afternoon or should I just cancel you???". I almost lost it. Again, I was trying to explain to her that I was just there on Thursday and was with the doctor when she couldn't find a heartbeat. My baby died! why would I need a appointment for a healthy baby THIS week! I wish I could! I would be there in two seconds waiting in the stirrups with bells on instead of sitting at an ultrasound watching the technician find the words to explain to me that my baby was gone!!!
I'm sorry for the rant. I apologize. I just think that sometimes the offices really don't have a clue what is going on...or they don't read their charts...or they need to quickly get someone else sceduled in without any regard as to whom they are talking to on the phone. If I, honestly, didn't love my doc so damn much, I would've left that practice right there and then!!
All the best to you, hon!! (((HUGS))).
Wife to JP~10/11/02, Mommy to Alex~8/7/05 and Samuel~10/23/09, ^Angel^ baby m/c~11/6/08,
This is why I'm glad my office doesn't do D&E's and I had to go to a different doctor in a different hospital, and next week when I go for my follow up will hopefully be the last time I go there.
I just don't want anything negative to be associated with my regular OB
(we got our confirmation of the baby's death at the hospital)
the next time I walk into my regular ob's office I want it to be for a healthy pregnancy!
good luck to you all, I'm still trying to heal and some days it's easy and some days it's so darn hard.
mommy to Anthony 9/98, Matthew 6/02,Christopher 1/06, 1 Angel Girl in heaven & Isabella 10/26/09
It's sad the kind of care that we receive sometime after out losses. After my daughter was stillborn I still had to come in for the six week check up to make sure I was healing after the birth. I was terrified to say the least. The thought of going back to the place I had gone happily to for the lat 9 months to check on my baby was hard. Sitting in the waiting room surrounded my expecting mothers and mothers with small babies was terrible and my doctor was running behind (didn't she know I was there? waiting out in that damn room, I was hoping she could have at least found me a room to sit in so I didn't have to wait out there) I was so thankful when my nurse called my name and took me to the back. She immediately took me to the scale which I thought was weird, I'm not pregnant anymore, why does it matter? She commented on how much weight I had lost chipperly and then took me in to the room. She then proceeded to start asking me all the usual questions I had been being asked about swelling, nausea, and the like. In the back of my mind I knew where this was heading but I kept denying it, there was no way she didn't know why I was there I thought. And then the worst question came "Have you been feeling the baby move" And I had to tell her, no I'm not pregnant anymore, my baby died. She looked mortified but didn't even apologize. For god's sake this woman was my nurse the entire time I was pregnant, I saw her every week at the end, I know they see a lot of patients but still, how could she not remember me? The receptionists at the front remembered me and were very nice, why couldn't she? I was so angry and numb I couldn't even really cry. Then she tried to leave the room without giving me a gown so I had to chase her down to tell her I needed a gown because I have stitches that needed to be checked. It makes me so mad that they don't even bother to check a person's chart before they begin to treat them. Apparently this stuff happens way too often and that is so sad...
Mommy to�D.M. (7yrs) and to my angel Sierra (born still at 41 weeks (7/17/08) and�my rainbow�C.J.(7/09)
I'm very sorry for your experience at the doctor's office. They really should know better how to be sensitive in that situation! I am dreading my d&c on Monday, and that is part of the reason. I don't know how well I'll handle an insensitive nurse or someone who says the wrong thing to me.
It sounds like your dh just isn't sure what to do with his own emotions, so he is focusing on yours instead. That is what mine is doing so far, too. I want him to deal with his own grief, but maybe this is just how they do it.
Anyway, I'm very sad for what happened to you today, because no one needs to go through that on top of a miscarriage. All I can think of is maybe they just are so used to it that they sometimes forget how traumatic it is for us.
Mommy to my angel babies 11/21/08 and 3/17/09


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by Amish Patel - June 02, 2012
— This week on "Santino's Foreign Exchange," Santino invites Hunico and Camacho onto the FE set where things get suddenly tense. Warning, it's best not to "borrow" Hunico and Camacho's bike.
— The June 1, 2012 episode of WWE Vintage Collection featured matches from the 1997 WWF Light Heavyweight Championship Tournament: Aguila vs. Super Loco (Raw – November 3, 1997), Taka Michinoku vs. Devon Storm (Raw – November 10, 1997), Scott Taylor vs. Eric Shelley (Raw – November 17, 1997), Brian Christopher vs. Flash Flanagan (Raw – November 24, 1997), Kane beats up Scott Taylor (Raw – December 1, 1997), Aguila vs. Taka Michinoku (Raw – December 1st, 1997), Taka Michinoku vs. Brian Christopher (In Your House – December 7, 1997). Visit prowrestlingevents.tk for information on upcoming shows.
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Coal mines produce what's sometimes called black gold, but researchers at the University of Kentucky hope the mines could hold something even more valuable — a miracle drug.
Campbellsville University graduated 196 students in two ceremonies Friday, Dec. 13 in Ransdell Chapel.
The following students received degrees from Campbellsville University:
Jolyn Renee Williamson of Lebanon received a associate of science in early childhood education.
Rebecca Ann Williams of Lebanon received a bachelor of science in criminal justice administration. Williams is a graduate of Marion County High School. She is the daughter of Charles and Alicia Williams of Lebanon and has one child, Peytan Wyble.
Dec. 18 was the culmination of years of work for students involved in Project Lead the Way. That morning they presented their capstone projects — which included pocket-sized solutions to everyday problems and an industrial-sized dust-control device — to a group of local business leaders.
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St. Charles Middle School performed "North Pole Star" last week. The musical, which is modeled after a reality television performance show, had students acting as the eight talented reindeer. The reindeer sang and danced to various songs before having Comet voted as the most talented reindeer of all.
Marion County Superintendent Taylora Schlosser announced last week that Todd Farmer has been hired to become the district's director of federal programs.
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St. Catharine College recently announced the list of students who have achieved extraordinary academic success for the Fall 2013 semester.
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February 2008 Archive
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- EXCLUSIVE–The Three Trillion Dollar War: Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz and Harvard Economist Linda Bilmes on the True Cost of the US Invasion and Occupation of Iraq
Thursday, February 28, 2008
- Headlines for February 28, 2008
- Jeremy Scahill: Despite Antiwar Rhetoric, Clinton-Obama Plans Would Keep US Mercenaries, Troops in Iraq for Years to Come
- Ex-Speechwriter, Confidante Dr. Vincent Harding on Dr. Martin Luther King's Courageous — and Overlooked — Antiwar and Economic Justice Activism
- William F. Buckley Dies at 82; A Look Back at his 1969 Debate with Noam Chomsky on Vietnam
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
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- Clinton, Obama Hold Final Debate Before Pivotal Votes Next Week
- Holes in the Wall: Texas Border Wall Bypassing Wealthy Residents with Bush Admin Ties
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Tuesday, February 26, 2008
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- "Taxi to the Dark Side": Exposé on US Abuses in "War on Terror" Wins Oscar for Best Documentary
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Monday, February 25, 2008
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- Samantha Power on "Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World" Pt. II
Friday, February 22, 2008
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- Behind the John McCain Lobbying Scandal: A Look at How McCain Urged the Federal Communications Commission to Act on Behalf of Paxson Communications
- Report from Belgrade: Serbian Protesters Set U.S. Embassy on Fire to Protest Independence of Kosovo
- Samantha Power v. Jeremy Scahill: A Debate on U.S. Actions in the Balkans, the Independence of Kosovo, the Iraq Sanctions and Humanitarian Intervention
- Samantha Power on "Chasing the Flame: Sergio Vieira de Mello and the Fight to Save the World"
Thursday, February 21, 2008
- Headlines for February 21, 2008
- Musical Legend Willie Nelson on Farm Aid, Biodiesel Fuel, Outlaw Country Music, Marijuana Laws, the Impeachment of President Bush, the 9/11 Attacks & More
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
- Headlines for February 20, 2008
- EXCLUSIVE: Rigged Trials at Guantanamo
- Civil Rights Activist Yuri Kochiyama on her Internment in a WWII Japanese American Detention Camp & Malcolm X's Assassination
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
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- Fidel Castro Resigns as Cuban President
- Democratic Race Heats Up as Wisconsin Holds Deadlocked Primary
- Outspoken Niece of Benazir Bhutto Accuses Aunt's Party of Fraud in Pakistani Elections
- Kosovo's Independence: Genuine Liberation or Front for US-NATO Expansion?
Monday, February 18, 2008
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- In Tight Democratic Race, Could Campaign Donations and Personal Views Influence Potentially Decisive Superdelegate Vote?
- Analyst: On Africa Visit, Bush Pushes Agenda of Continent-Wide U.S. Military Expansion
- In Africa, Bush Touts Record AIDS Relief under his Administration, but Funding Restrictions Tell a Different Story on the Ground
- Seton Hall Law Students Discover U.S. Military Routinely Videotaping Gitmo Interrogations
Friday, February 15, 2008
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- Theo Chocolate Founder, CEO Joe Whinney on Fair Trade Cocoa
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Wednesday, February 13, 2008
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- Antiwar Candidate Donna Edwards Defeats Incumbent Rep. Albert Wynn in Key Maryland Primary
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Tuesday, February 12, 2008
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- Torture, Due Process Concerns Mar Capital Case Against Alleged 9/11 Conspirators
- Discovery Channel Accused of Political Censorship for Dropping Oscar-Nominated Doc on U.S. Torture
- Nobel Laureate and "Banker to the Poor" Muhammad Yunus on Micro-Lending, Its Critics and the Bush Administration's Negative Impact on Global Poverty
Monday, February 11, 2008
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- Report: Over 23,000 Business Leaders Working With FBI and Homeland Security
- US Embassy in Bolivia Tells Fulbright Scholar and Peace Corps Volunteers to Spy on Venezuelans and Cubans in Bolivia
- Report: U.S. Funding Opposition Groups in Bolivia
- EXCLUSIVE: Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa on the Lawsuit Against Chevron, Eradicating Foreign Debt and Why He Says "Ecuador is No Longer for Sale"
Friday, February 08, 2008
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- Will Conservative Republicans Back McCain? Following Romney's Departure, John McCain Appears Set to Become GOP Nominee
- Examining Clinton & Obama's Stances on the Subprime Mortgage Crisis, Universal Healthcare, Privatizing Social Security and Nuclear Energy
Thursday, February 07, 2008
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- With Obama-Clinton Race Deadlocked, Focus Turns to Delegates (and Superdelegates)
- The 9/11 Commission & Torture: How Information Gained Through Waterboarding & Harsh Interrogations Form Major Part of 9/11 Commission Report
- EXCLUSIVE: Former 9/11 Commission Chief Philip Zelikow on Allegations He Secretly Allowed Karl Rove & White House to Influence 9/11 Probe
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
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- After Super Tuesday, Obama and Clinton Race a Deadlock; McCain Declares Himself GOP Frontrunner
- Super Tuesday Roundtable with Bill Fletcher of The Black Commentator, Sociologist Frances Fox Piven, Roberto Lovato of New America Media, and Progressive Democrats of America Director Tim Carpenter
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- Super Tuesday: Voters Head to Polls in Biggest-Ever One-Day White House Nominating Contest
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- "The Myth of a Maverick": Matt Welch on GOP Frontrunner John McCain
- Former Democratic Rep. Cynthia McKinney Seeks Presidency as Green Party Nominee
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NiSource Boosts Dividend Rate - Analyst Blog
NiSource Inc .'s ( NI ) board of directors approved a 4.2% hike in its quarterly dividend rate to 25 cents per share from the prior payout of 24 cents per share. The dividend will be paid on Aug 20, 2013 to shareholders of record as of Jul 31, 2013. This will bring the new annualized dividend to $1.00 per share from 96 cents earlier.
In 2012, NiSource had announced a target to increase the dividend annually in a band of 3% to 5%. The utility major said it intended to return 60%-70% of net adjusted earnings as dividends to its shareholders.
NiSource's prior quarterly dividend increase of 4.3% was announced in May 2012. The company has been paying healthy dividends since 1999. The recent acceleration confirms the company's commitment towards boosting shareholder value.
NiSource's confidence reflects its lofty long-term projects worth $30 billion and infrastructure-expansion steps that will ensure earnings growth in the range of 5% to 7%. This will be further reinforced by the company's favorable investment-grade credit ratings.
The company continues to maintain a strong cash balance and the hike will require an extra payment of $3.1 million. At the end of Mar 31, 2013, the company's cash balance shot up a whopping 179.3% to $101.4 million from $36.3 million at the end of Dec 31, 2012. Also, the company's robust liquidity position will enable it to pay the extra amount with ease.
NiSource's current annual dividend yield of 3.4% is substantially higher than the industry average yield. This will certainly make the stock look attractive and capture investor attention. Currently the company carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold).
Other utility majors that have recently upped their dividend payment include DTE Energy Holding Company ( DTE ), Spectra Energy Corporation ( SE ) and Duke Energy Corporation ( DUK ).
Based in Merrillville, Ind., NiSource together with its subsidiaries provides natural gas, electricity, and other products and services in territories of Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland, Indiana, and Massachusetts.
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Barbeques, Flags, Freedom, Family And Memorial Day
Memorial Day is here! Memorial Day originated after the Civil War, in remembrance of fallen soldiers. It was once referred to as Decoration Day and is always celebrated on the last Monday in May.
Memorial Day is here! Memorial Day originated after the Civil War, in remembrance of fallen soldiers. It was once referred to as Decoration Day and is always celebrated on the last Monday in May.
I woke up this morning to read several Facebook messages thanking service members and prior service members for their time spent defending our country. While we appreciate the thanks (and the thought), I wanted to remind you why we celebrate Memorial Day.
Fifteen men were killed when the bomb carried by the kamikaze exploded in the engine room.
A man reflects on why he's puttin' up the flag, and the freedom it symbolizes.
I never get tired of watching these: a video compilation of soldiers surprising their loved ones.
On today's date, August 7, 1782, Gen. George Washington created the Order of the Purple Heart, a decoration to recognize merit in enlisted men and non-commissioned officers wounded or killed while serving with the U. S. Military.
I had a great three-day weekend over the Memorial Day holiday: it started, as it should, with one of my families: the Vietnam Veterans of America's Memorial Day Ceremony at the Lafayette Fire Department's Training Facility on N. Dugas Road
While many Americans were enjoying the leisurely activities associated with Memorial Day weekend, there were thousands in Florida and Georgia who experienced the harshness of Tropical Storm Beryl.
Hopefully, you're taking some time today to remember those who have served, those who are currently serving our country, and especially those who made the ultimate sacrifice to protect our way of life...
Memorial Day in America has changed through the years.
As I sit here this morning (Monday, May 28, 2012, 7:12am), I think about how and why Memorial Day has changed through the years.
I woke up this beautiful Sunday morning, put on gospel music (Elvis of course), and just thought of all my blessings on this long Memorial Day Weekend...
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DescriptionThis auction is for one bound newspaper , the Chicago Tribune, from June 1-15, 1955. Many of the comics have been removed (I've include a list of the ones that remain below), but most everything else is still in place, although some pages w cut into or removed along with the comics, I have prepared a list of the Sport pages that were damaged or removed below. T are a few small tears and a number of places w pages were removed. When we clipped the comics out of this bound volume, we choose not to remove the whole page in every case (the Chicago Tribune placed comics on numerous pages throughout their newspaper), this means that t are small bits clipped out of some pages. Typically it was an ad on the other side though or classifieds. Daily comics that were not removed - although some of them may have been removed from some issues, these are the comics we did not specifically target for clipping: Ching Chow
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Laughing Matter
The Neighbors
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All in Sport
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Harold Teen
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Dolichonyx oryzivorus
A strangely-patterned sparrow-sized (6-8 inches) bird, the male Bobolink in summer plumage is most easily identified by its black head and breast, buff-brown nape, light-gray rump patch, and large white wing bars. In its winter plumage, the male Bobolink looses much of striking coloration, becoming mottled brown above and tan below with a brown-striped head. Female Bobolinks resemble winter males. The Bobolink breeds across a large part of southern Canada and the northern United States. This species is a long-distance migrant, wintering in southern South America. Migrating Bobolinks pass southward along the coast of the southeastern U.S.before continuing south to South America via Jamaica. In summer, Bobolinks breed in grasslands, prairie, and, more recently, agricultural fields. During the winter, this species utilizes habitats similar to those inhabited during the summer in the pampas region of South America. Bobolinks primarily eat seeds, grains, and insects. Most North American birdwatchers never visit the Bobolink's winter range in South America. However, this species is relatively easy to observe during the summer months as it forages for food on the ground below tall grasses or on the grass stalks themselves. Bobolinks are most active during the day.
occurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations
National Distribution
Origin: Native
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
Type of Residency: Breeding
United States
Origin: Native
Regularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Present
Confidence: Confident
Type of Residency: Breeding
Global Range: (200,000 to >2,500,000 square km (about 80,000 to >1,000,000 square miles)) Breeding range extends from southern British Columbia across southern Canada to Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, south to central Washington, eastern Oregon, northern Utah, Kansas, Illinois, Ohio, southern Pennsylvania, and central New Jersey, locally to north-central Kentucky, western North Carolina, and western Maryland (AOU 1998). During the northern winter, the range is in central and southern South America, mainly from Peru, eastern Bolivia, and central Brazil to northern Argentina (Stiles and Skutch 1989, Martin and Gavin 1995, AOU 1998); mostly in the pampas of southwestern Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina (Ridgely and Tudor 1989, Martin and Gavin 1995).
- Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2014. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: Version 6.9. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
Physical Description
Length: 18 cm
Weight: 47 grams
Type Information
Catalog Number: USNM 61728
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Birds
Sex/Stage: Male; Adult
Preparation: Skin: Whole
Collector(s): C. Merriam
Year Collected: 1872
Locality: Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, North America
- Type: Ridgway. November 1873. Bull. Essex Inst. 5 (11): 192.
Habitat and Ecology
- Terrestrial
Comments: Breeding habitat includes tall grass areas, flooded meadows, prairie, deep cultivated grains, and hayfields (AOU 1998). In New York, old hayfields, at least 8 years since planting and including a minimum of alfalfa, were important nesting habitat (Bollinger and Gavin 1992). Nests are on the ground in small hollows in areas of concealing herbaceous vegetation. Individuals tend to return to breed in the same area in successive years, especially if that site has had good bobolink productivity (Bollinger and Gavin 1989).
This species generally selects habitat with moderate to tall vegetation, moderate to dense vegetation, and moderately deep litter (Tester and Marshall 1961, Bent 1958, Harrison 1974, Bollinger 1995), lacking oody vegetation (Sample 1989, Bollinger and Gavin 1992). It is found in native and tame grasslands, haylands, lightly to moderately grazed pastures, no-till cropland, small-grain fields, oldfields, wet meadows, and planted cover (e.g., Conservation Reserve Program [CRP] fields, Permanent Cover Program [PCP] fields, and Dense Nesting Cover [DNC]) (Bent 1958; Speirs and Orenstein 1967; Birkenholz 1973; Harrison 1974; Skinner 1974, 1975; Stewart 1975; Joyner 1978; Johnsgard 1979, 1980; Faanes 1981; Kantrud 1981; Kantrud and Kologiski 1982; Renken 1983; Huber and Steuter 1984; Basore et al. 1986; Renken and Dinsmore 1987; Bollinger 1988, 1991, 1995; Sample 1989; Bollinger et al. 1990; Messmer 1990; Herkert 1991a, 1994a,1997; Bollinger and Gavin 1992; Bock et al. 1993; Johnson and Schwartz 1993; Dhol et al. 1994; Hartley 1994; Jones 1994; King and Savidge 1995; Madden 1996; Patterson and Best 1996; Prescott and Murphy 1996; Best et al. 1997; Dale et al. 1997; Delisle and Savidge 1997; McMaster and Davis 1998; Schneider 1998). Commonly it occurs in areas with high percent grass cover and moderate percent forb cover (Wiens 1969, Skinner 1974, Renken 1983, Renken and Dinsmore 1987, Sample 1989, Herkert 1994a, Madden 1996). Bollinger (1988, 1995) noted preference for haylands with high grass-to-forb ratios and avoidance of haylands with high legume-to-grass ratios; however, a forb component was beneficial for nesting cover.
Within mixed-grass pastures in North Dakota, abundance was positively associated with percent grass cover, litter depth, density of low-growing shrubs (western snowberry, Symphoricarpos occidentalis; silverberry, Elaeagnus commutata), vegetation density, and plant communities dominated by Kentucky bluegrass (Poa pratensis) and native grasses (Stipa, Bouteloua, Koeleria, and Schizachyrium) (Schneider 1998). Abundance was negatively associated with percent clubmoss (Selaginella densa) cover, bare ground, and plant communities dominated solely by native grass. Strongest vegetational predictors of the presence of bobolinks were decreasing bare ground, increasing litter, and increasing vegetation density. Madden (1996) found that the best predictors of occurrence in North Dakota mixed-grass prairie were increasing amounts of forb and grass cover, decreasing amounts of shrub cover, and decreasing frequency of native grasses.
In Illinois tallgrass prairie fragments, the best predictors of occurrence were mean number of live forb contacts, mean vegetation height, and mean grass height (Herkert 1994a). In another Illinois study, occurred only in patches of Kentucky bluegrass and were absent from tallgrass prairie (Birkenholz 1973).
In Nebraska, abundance in CRP planted to cool-season grasses was significantly and positively correlated with percent litter cover and negatively correlated with vertical density of vegetation (measured using a Robel pole) (Delisle and Savidge 1997). In tame CRP grasslands in Iowa, abundance was positively correlated with litter cover and grass canopy cover and negatively correlated with forb cover and the horizontal patchiness of vegetation (Patterson and Best 1996). Abundance in Wisconsin was highest in cool-season grasses, followed by wet pastures, bluegrass (Poa)/quackgrass (Agropyron repens) communities, and alfalfa (Medicago sativa/grass hayfields (Sample 1989). In New York tame hayfields, increased in abundance as the hayfields aged (Bollinger 1988, 1995). Older hayfields (more than 3 years old) were characterized by sparse, patchy, grass-dominated vegetation and high litter cover.
In Nebraska, boblinks nested in wet prairie, alfalfa, upland native prairie, domestic hayland, and wheat (Faanes and Lingle 1995). In Iowa they nested under or near native bluestem (Andropogon or Schizachyrium not specified) or Kentucky bluegrass (Kendeigh 1941). In Wisconsin boblinks nested at the bases of large forbs (Martin 1971). In Montana, nested in a wet-meadow pasture (Silloway 1904). In Ontario, they nested in a weedy meadow near a wetland; nests were built in the litter layer, had a canopy of dead grasses, and were surrounded by living vegetation 33-41 centimeters tall (Boyer and Devitt 1961, Joyner 1978). Boblinks have been found nesting in CRP fields in Iowa and Michigan (Best et al. 1997).
Boblinks occasionally nest in cropland. In Iowa, they nested at low densities in untilled fields of corn that were idle in the fall and spring and contained year-round crop residue, rather than in tilled fields or strip cover (Basore et al. 1986). In Wisconsin, a few were found in small-grain fields, but none were found in rowcrops (Sample 1989). Graber and Graber (1963) reported fairly heavy use of small grain fields in Illinois. The species was absent from cropland in Saskatchewan and Manitoba (Hartley 1994, Jones 1994).
During the nonbreeding season, boblinks also occur in rice fields, marshes, and open woody areas (AOU 1983).
In Argentina, bobolinks primarily use natural wet grassland habitats associated with main rivers and huge marshes (Di Giacomo et al. 2005).
Non-Migrant: No. All populations of this species make significant seasonal migrations.
Locally Migrant: No. No populations of this species make local extended movements (generally less than 200 km) at particular times of the year (e.g., to breeding or wintering grounds, to hibernation sites).
Locally Migrant: Yes. At least some populations of this species make annual migrations of over 200 km.
Bobolinks arrive in northern nesting areas late April-early May; males arrive a few days to a week before females (Terres 1980). Bobolinks are uncommon migrants in fall in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands, rare in spring (Raffaele 1983). Migration occurs mostly via the West Indies; small numbers reach Middle America (Ridgely and Gwynne 1989). Bobolinks are rare fall migrants in Costa Rica, mid-September to October, and are basically absent in spring (Stiles and Skutch 1989). They are transient in Colombia, mainly early September-late November and early March to mid-May (Hilty and Brown 1986).
Trophic Strategy
Comments: Diet includes insects, seeds, grain (Terres 1980); mainly seeds (Stiles and Skutch 1989).
Population Biology
Number of Occurrences
Note: For many non-migratory species, occurrences are roughly equivalent to populations.
Estimated Number of Occurrences: 81 to >300
Comments: This species is represented by a large number of occurrences (subpopulations).
Global Abundance
>1,000,000 individuals
Comments: Total adult population size is unknown but certainly exceeds 1,000,000. Rich et al. (2004) estimated population size at 11,000,000. Concentrations of ~140,000 bobolinks have been observed in Bolivia (Renfrew and Saavedra 2007).
General Ecology
Bobolinks often are in large flocks during northward migration.
Life History and Behavior
Life Expectancy
Lifespan, longevity, and ageing
Clutch size is four to seven (usually five to six). Incubation, by female, lasts 11-13 days. Young are tended by both parents, leave nest at 10-14 days (still unable to fly). In some areas, individual females very rarely may produce a second clutch (unsuccessful) after the first brood fledges (Gavin 1984).
Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Barcode data: Dolichonyx oryzivorus
The following is a representative barcode sequence, the centroid of all available sequences for this species.
There are 8 barcode sequences available from BOLD and GenBank.
Below is a sequence of the barcode region Cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (COI or COX1) from a member of the species.
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Statistics of barcoding coverage: Dolichonyx oryzivorus
Public Records: 8
Specimens with Barcodes: 9
Species With Barcodes: 1
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List Assessment
Red List Category
Red List Criteria
Year Assessed
National NatureServe Conservation Status
Rounded National Status Rank: N4B - Apparently Secure
United States
Rounded National Status Rank: N5B - Secure
NatureServe Conservation Status
Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure
Reasons: Large nesting range in North America; many subpopulations; nesting range expanded with historical anthropogenic habitat changes; large population size, but has declined over the past several decades, likely due to incompatible agricultural practices in the nesting range and probably also in the winter range.
Global Short Term Trend: Relatively stable (=10% change)
Comments: Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) data for 1980-2007 indicate a significant decline averaging 3.0% per year; this rate of decline amounts to a 26% decline over 10 years. Three generations probably is roughly 15 years; a 3% annual decline over 15 years amounts to a 37% decline over an estimated three generations. However, BBS counts have been highly variable over the past 15 years, and the trend for that period appears to be a very small decline. Abundance declined much more steeply in the 1980s.
Global Long Term Trend: Unknown
Comments: Long-term trend (past 200 years) in unknown. Much habitat appears to have been lost in some areas due to intensive agriculture, but on the other hand the species likely increased its range with historical deforestation and agricultural development in eastern North America and with development and expansion of irrigated agriculture in the west (Martin and Gavin 1995).
Winter range in Argentina has decreased by at least 25% (Di Giacomo et al. 2005).
Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) data for 1966-2007 indicate a significant decline averaging 1.8 percent per year; this amounts to a 53% decline for the time period. BBS abundance (average number of birds per route) reclined from around 6 in the late 1960s and early 1970s to 3-4 in 2000-2007.
BBS data for 1966-2003 indicates widepsread declines throughout most of the range, with increasing trends that are much more geographaically restricted and mostly in the north-central United States.
Degree of Threat: High
Comments: Primary threat in the breeding range is habitat loss (Herkert 1997). Declines in some areas have been attributed to decrease in hayfield area, earlier and more frequent hay-cropping, and shift from timothy and clover to alfalfa; earlier, agricultural practices that converted wooded land to open land resulted in an increase in range (Bollinger et al. 1990, Bollinger and Gavin 1992).
Hay-cropping destroyed 16-23% of the yearly production of fledglings in upstate New York, with up to 29-45% in an area with intensive dairy farming (Bollinger et al. 1990; Bollinger, pers. comm.).
Bobolinks generally are considered to be an uncommon (Friedmann 1963, Martin and Gavin 1995) or rare (Martin 1967) host of the brown-headed cowbird.
Scope and severity of threats in the winter range are not well documented (Martin and Gavin 1995), but habitat loss is a significant concern in Argentina (Di Giacomo et al. 2005). Bobolink populations in winter in Bolivia face conservation threats because of the degree to which they concentrate in rice production regions, their status as a pest, and the pesticides currently used on rice (Renfrew and Saavedra 2007).
Restoration Potential: Plant late maturing hay species rather than legumes, ideally with no-till seeding (Jones and Vickery 1997).
Preserve Selection and Design Considerations: Minimum grassland size two to four hectares (Jones and Vickery 1997). Territories include both foraging and nesting areas (Martin 1967). Average territory size ranged from 0.45 to 0.69 hectares in a mixed hayland on a floodplain in Wisconsin (Martin 1967, 1971), 0.49 hectares at six tame hayfields in New York (Bollinger 1988), 1.4 hectares in a tame hayfield in Michigan (Raim 1975), and 2.6 hectares in a dry, sparsely vegetated pasture in Wisconsin (Wiens 1969). Appear to be area sensitive, preferring large grassland areas over small (Herkert et al. 1993). Herkert (1991b) reported that the minimum area on which Bobolinks were found was 10-30 hectares in Illinois tallgrass prairie fragments. The minimum patch size requirement in wet meadows in Nebraska was more than 40 hectares (Helzer 1996). Abundance in tallgrass prairie fragments was positively related to area (Herkert 1994b). Abundance also was positively correlated with fragment size in New York and Maine (Bollinger and Gavin 1992, Vickery et al. 1994).
In Minnesota tallgrass prairie, nest depredation and Brown-headed Cowbird (MOLOTHRUS ATER) brood parasitism decreased farther from woody edges, and nest depredation rates were lower on large (130-486 hectares) than on small (16-32 hectares) grasslands (Johnson and Temple 1990). Nest productivity in Minnestoa was highest for nests in habitats far (more than 45 meters) from a forest edge (Johnson and Temple 1986). In Nebraska, abundance was lower near woody edges (less than 100 meters) than far (more than 100 meters) from woody edges (Helzer 1996).
Management Requirements: Prairie management to maximize nest productivity should provide large (more then 130 hectares), regularly burned prairies with no nearby wooded edges (Johnson and Temple 1990). Bollinger and Gavin (1992) recommended that, in an agricultural landscape, habitat patches be larger than 10-15 hectares. Timing of hay-cropping has large effects on reproductive success; Bollinger et al. (1990) recommended that conservation lands be hayed every 2-3 years, with cutting not to begin before mid-July. Hay should be removed to prevent thatch build-up. Will tolerate light, but not heavy, grazing, with grass heights of 8-12 inches. Burns should be conducted every 2-5 years, but do not burn all of one unit in one year (Jones and Vickery 1997).
BURNING: If habitat is not maintained, use declines significantly, possibly due to the accumulation of litter and encroachment of woody vegetation (Johnson 1997). Respond positively to properly timed burning or mowing treatments (Herkert 1991a, 1994b; Bollinger and Gavin 1992; Madden 1996; Johnson 1997). In Wisconsin, a field that was burned in April each year was occupied in early June; the year it was not burned, the field was occupied by mid-May (Martin 1971). Absent in Minnesota tallgrass prairie 1 year postburn but established territories 2 years postburn (Tester and Marshall 1961). Nest productivity in Minnesota was highest 1 year postburn, and the probability of encountering Bobolinks was highest on areas 1 year postburn (Johnson and Temple 1986). In Illinois tallgrass prairie fragments, preferred recently burned or mowed (burned or mowed 1-4 months prior to the breeding season) sites over areas burned more then 1 year previous or to unmowed areas (Herkert 1991a, 1994b). In North Dakota, abundance peaked 1-3 years postburn (Madden 1996, Johnson 1997), but declined 5 years postburn (Johnson 1997). Abundance in Maine declined in the burn year, but peaked 1-2 years postburn (Vickery 1993).
HAYLAND: In Nebraska, occurred more frequently in tallgrass hayland than tallgrass pasture (Helzer 1996). In North Dakota, Kantrud (1981) found the highest densities in hayland mowed the previous year, with lightly grazed areas containing the second highest densities. In Michigan and Wisconsin, were common in hayfields before mowing, but deserted these fields after the fields were mowed (Harrison 1974, Sample 1989). In Missouri, however, found in hayfields before and after mowing (Skinner 1974). In Illinois, a decline in abundance was significantly correlated to declines in the number of hectares of alfalfa, oats, and pasture in the northern one-third of the state from 1952 to 1992 (Herkert 1997). In Saskatchewan, were more abundant in emergency-mowed (mowed during drought years) tame hayfields than in native grassland, tame grassland, or annually mowed tame haylands (Dale 1992). Dale et al. (1997) found that abundance in Saskatchewan was higher in annually or periodically (idle for 4-8 years) mowed tame hayland than in idle native grassland.
GRAZING: In the Great Plains, measures of abundance indicated positive responses to moderate grazing in tallgrass, but negative responses to heavy grazing in shortgrass (Bock et al. 1993). In southeastern North Dakota, occurred in grazed areas that had few shrubs and moderate to deep litter (Messmer 1990). Higher densities were found in areas under a short-duration grazing treatment (involved a system of pastures rotated through a grazing schedule of about 1 week grazed and 1 month ungrazed) than in idle areas. In South Dakota, preferred lightly grazed (grazed by American bison [BISON BISON]) areas over spring-burned areas (Huber and Steuter 1984). In southeastern South Dakota, preferred lightly grazed areas on typic ustoll soils (Kantrud and Kologiski 1982). In Missouri, were most abundant in lightly to moderately grazed tallgrass prairie and were not present in idle prairie (Skinner 1974, 1975). In Alberta, were found in tame pastures but not in native pastures (Prescott and Murphy 1996).
CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM (CRP): Nested or were found in CRP fields in Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota (Johnson and Schwartz 1993, Patterson and Best 1996, Best et al. 1997, Delisle and Savidge 1997, Davison 1998). In North Dakota, higher densities were found in Dense Nesting Cover (DNC) planted to alfalfa and wheatgrass (AGROPYRON spp.) than in idle mixed-grass prairie (Renken 1983, Renken and Dinsmore 1987). In CRP fields in Nebraska, abundance was significantly higher in cool-season grasses than in warm-season grasses, possibly because of shorter vegetation in cool-season grasses (Delisle and Savidge 1997). King and Savidge (1995) found Bobolinks in tallgrass prairie and CRP planted to cool-season grasses but did not find them in CRP planted to warm-season grasses. In Manitoba and Saskatchewan, were found in native and tame DNC and in idle native grassland (Dhol et al. 1994, Hartley 1994); wheat fields were avoided (Hartley 1994). Also were found in Permanent Cover Program (PCP) lands in Canada (McMaster and Davis 1998). PCP is a Canadian program that pays farmers to seed highly erodible land to perennial grassland cover; it differs from CRP in the United States in that haying and grazing are allowed annually in PCP. In Canadian aspen parkland, occurred significantly more frequently in PCP than in cropland (McMaster and Davis 1998). However, their frequency of occurrence did not differ between hay and pasture sites within the parkland PCP sites. In North Dakota, were present in areas seeded to native grasses 1 year after seeding occurred (Higgins et al. 1984). In Wisconsin, occurred in a restored native tallgrass prairie site 3 years following seeding (Volkert 1992).
Global Protection: Very many (>40) occurrences appropriately protected and managed
Comments: Many occurrences are in protected areas, but some of these are not managed in a way that benefits bobolinks.
Relevance to Humans and Ecosystems
Stewardship Overview: Keys to management are providing large areas of suitable habitat (native and tame grasslands of moderate height and density, with adequate litter), controlling succession, and protecting nesting habitat from disturbance during the breeding season. Regardless of geographic location, avoid disturbing (e.g., haying, burning, moderately or heavily grazing) nesting habitat during the breeding season, approximately early May to mid-July (Bollinger 1991). Treatments can be done in early spring (several weeks prior to the arrival of adults on the breeding grounds) or in the fall after the breeding season (Martin and Gavin 1995).
GREAT PLAINS: Create large patches of habitat and minimize woody edges whenever possible to increase densities (Johnson and Temple 1990, Helzer 1996). In Nebraska, minimum patch size requirement for wet meadows was greater than 40 hectares, and abundance was lower near woody edges (less than 100 meters) than far (greater then 100 meters) from woody edges (Helzer 1996). Burn habitat once every 2-4 years to prevent encroachment of woody vegetation and remove deep litter (Johnson and Temple 1990, Madden 1996, Johnson 1997). Conduct controlled burns on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) fields every 3-5 years to reduce dense vegetation (King and Savidge 1995). In Nebraska, Bobolink abundance was negatively correlated with vertical density of vegetation (Delisle and Savidge 1997). Burn large areas on a rotational basis, burning portions of the total area each year (Johnson 1997). Burn small areas periodically. Ensure that adjacent areas are burned in different years to create a variety of successional stages. Provide hayland areas, and mow as late as possible. In Nebraska, occurred more frequently in native hayland than pastures (Helzer 1996). Kantrud (1981) found densities to be highest in hayland mowed the previous year, with lightly grazed areas containing the second highest density. Dale et al. (1997) found that abundance in Saskatchewan was higher in annually or periodically mowed tame hayland than in native grassland. Delay mowing until after 15 July, by which time at least 70 percent of nestlings will have fledged in years of normal breeding phenology (Dale et al. 1997). To maintain dense cover in idle haylands, mow some fields in alternate years while leaving others idle for at least 3 years. Divide large fields in half, with each half being mowed in alternate years, thus ensuring productivity of hay and of birds. Lightly graze areas where Bobolinks have exhibited positive responses to this treatment; heavy or moderate grazing may have negative impact on populations (Kantrud 1981).
EAST AND MIDWEST: Delay treatments until late July or August to protect fledglings and late-nesting females (Bollinger 1991). Create large habitat patches (greater then 10-30 hectares) and minimize woody edges whenever possible (Bollinger and Gavin 1992). Use a rotating treatment schedule on several nearby prairie fragments to make a variety of successional stages available (Herkert 1994b). Adjacent patches of alternative habitat provide refuge for fledglings to escape from mowed areas and for late-nesting females (Bollinger et al. 1990). Create or maintain patches of relatively sparse, grass-dominated vegetation resembling old (more then 8 years since planted) hayfields (Bollinger and Gavin 1992). Scattered forbs (e.g., clover [TRIFOLIUM SPP.]) should be encouraged for nest-site cover. Bollinger (1988, 1995) found that a minimal forb component for nesting cover was beneficial, but Bobolinks preferred haylands with high grass-to-forb ratios and avoided haylands with high legume-to-grass ratios. Burn large areas (greater then 80 hectares) using a rotational system. Subunits of more than 30 hectares in area, or about 20-30 percent of the total area, should be treated in a year (Herkert 1994b). Johnson and Temple (1990) found lower rates of nest depredation of nests in recently burned (less then 3 years ago) areas in Minnesota. In small, isolated prairie fragments, burn more 50-60 percent of the total area at a time (Herkert 1994b). Mow or burn patches every 2-3 years to prevent excessive encroachment of woody vegetation (Bollinger and Gavin 1992, Herkert 1994a). In most years, delaying mowing until the end of June may allow young Bobolinks time to fledge (Harrison 1974). Graze at moderate levels to provide diverse grass heights and densities in areas where the average height of vegetation is 20-30 centimeters (Skinner 1974, 1975). Graze using a rotational system of two or more grazing units (Skinner 1974). This will increase the variation in grass heights and densities within and between units. To maintain plant vigor, do not graze warm-season grasses in tallgrass prairie to a height of less than 25 centimeters during the growing season (Skinner 1975).
The bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) is a small New World blackbird and the only member of the genus Dolichonyx.
Adults are 16–18 cm (6.3–7.1 in) long with short finch-like bills. They weigh about 1 oz (28 g).[2] Adult males are mostly black with creamy napes and white scapulars, lower backs, and rumps. Adult females are mostly light brown, although their coloring includes black streaks on the back and flanks, and dark stripes on the head; their wings and tails are darker. The collective name for a group of bobolinks is a chain.[3]
Distribution and movements[edit]
The bobolink breeds in the summer in North America across much of southern Canada and the northern United States.[4] It migrates long distances, wintering in southern South America[4] in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil and Paraguay.[citation needed] One bird was tracked migrating 12,000 mi (19,000 km) over the course of the year, often flying long distances up to 1,100 mi (1,800 km) in a single day, then stopping to recuperate for days or weeks.[5]
They often migrate in flocks, feeding on cultivated grains and rice, which leads to them being considered a pest by farmers in some areas. Although bobolinks migrate long distances, they have rarely been sighted in Europe—like many vagrants from the Americas, the overwhelming majority of records are from the British Isles.[citation needed]
The species has been known in the southern United States as the "reedbird," or the "ricebird" from their consumption of large amounts of the grain from rice fields in South Carolina and the Gulf States during their southward migration in the fall.[6][7][8] One of the species' main migration routes is through Jamaica, where they're called "butter-birds" and at least historically were collected as food, having fattened up on the aforementioned rice.[7][8]
Their breeding habitats are open grassy fields, especially hay fields, across North America. In high-quality habitats, males are often polygynous. Females lay five to six eggs in a cup-shaped nest, which is always situated on the ground and is usually well-hidden in dense vegetation. Both parents feed the young.
Bobolinks forage on or near the ground, and mainly eat seeds and insects.
Males sing bright, bubbly songs in flight; these songs gave this species its common name.
Status and conservation[edit]
The numbers of these birds are declining due to loss of habitat. In Vermont, a 75% decline was noted between 1966 and 2007.[2] Originally, they were found in tall grass prairie and other open areas with dense grass. Although hay fields are suitable nesting habitat, fields which are harvested early, or at multiple times, in a season may not allow sufficient time for young birds to fledge. This species increased in numbers when horses were the primary mode of transportation, requiring larger supplies of hay.
Media references[edit]
Emily Dickinson penned many poems about the bird.
The bobolink is mentioned in the song Evelina by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg, from the musical Bloomer Girl:[9]
Evelina, won't ya ever take a shine to that moon?
Evelina, ain't ya bothered by the Bobolink's tune?
The bird is also one of the many important ornithological references in Vladimir Nabokov's John Shade's poem "Pale Fire" in the novel of the same name.
Sophia Jewett ends her poem "An Exile's Garden" (1910) with a reference to a bobolink.[10]
The bobolink is also mentioned in the film The Mouse on the Moon in connection with the fictional European microstate of Grand Fenwick, where oddly the bird is apparently common.
- ^ BirdLife International (2012). "Dolichonyx oryzivorus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ a b Page, Candace (25 June 2010). "1,100 miles in a day". Burlington, Vermont: Burlington Free Press. pp. 1A.
- ^ "Collective nouns, groups of animals, terms for animal and other groups including birds". Hintsandthings.co.uk. 1980-04-28. Retrieved 2013-05-26.
- ^ a b "Bobolink – Dolichonyx oryzivorus – Overview". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- ^ Page, Candace (1 April 2011). "Vermont scientists paint detailed picture of bobolink migration". Burlington Free Press (Gannett). Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- ^ New Jersey. Board of Agriculture (1892). State of New Jersey: Nineteenth Annual Report of the State Board of Agriculture, 1891–92. Trenton, NJ: New Jersey State Board of Agriculture. p. 156. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- ^ a b Chapman, Frank M., ed. (1909). Bird-lore: An Illustrated Bi-monthly Magazine Devoted to the Study and Protection of Birds 11. Wright, Mabel Osgood; Dutcher, William. The Macmillan Company. pp. 372–376. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- ^ a b "Common Names for Bobolink (Dolchonyx oryzivorus)". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- ^ Who Put the Rainbow in the " Wizard of Oz? ": Yip Harburg, Lyricist - Harold Meyerson, Ernest Harburg - Google Books. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2013-05-26.
- ^ The poems of Sophie Jewett - Sophie Jewett - Google Boeken. Books.google.com. Retrieved 2013-05-26.


text: Sakthivel, R.; Mathiyalagan, K.; Anthoni, S.Marshal Robust stability and control for uncertain neutral time delay systems. (English) Zbl 1256.93081 Int. J. Control 85, No. 4, 373-383 (2012). Summary: In this article, the problem of robust stability and stabilization for a class of uncertain neutral systems with discrete and distributed time delays is considered. By utilizing a new Lyapunov functional based on the idea of delay partitioning approach, we employ the linear matrix inequality technique to derive delay-dependent criteria which ensures the robust stability of uncertain neutral systems. The obtained stability conditions are formulated in terms of linear matrix inequalities that can easily be solved by using standard software packages. Further, the result is extended to study the robust stabilization for uncertain neutral systems with parameter uncertainties. A state feedback controller is proposed to guarantee the robust asymptotic stabilization for uncertain systems and the controller is constructed in terms of the solution to a set of matrix inequalities. Finally, numerical examples are presented to illustrate the effectiveness and conservatism of the obtained results. It is shown that the results developed in this article can tolerate larger allowable delay than some existing works in the literature. Further, it is proved that the proposed criterion is also computationally less conservative than existing criteria. Cited in 2 Documents MSC:93D09Robust stability of control systems93B52Feedback control34K40Neutral functional-differential equationsKeywords:robust control; stabilization; neutral systems; delay partitioning approach; linear matrix inequality BibTeX Full Text: DOI


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practically,it was the the beginning,not during the full Eclipse
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Rolando Zerpp,THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR FRIENDLY INTEREST,I am putting you to my favorite list too!if you see the photographs tagged as Bangladesh you may get some idea,if you have any particular interest,you may ask me at any time.my greetings to you,your family and Paraguay(WE KNOW ABOUT THE FOOTBALL OF YOUR LOVELY COUNTRY)..............Zaman
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Wrapping up their time in the City of Lights, Kim Kardashian and her daughter North West caught a flight out of Charles de Gaulle Airport on Thursday afternoon (March 12).
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Friday, October 16, 2009
Ice-free Arctic within 20 years
A leading polar researcher has warned that the Arctic may be ice-free during the summer in 20 years' time, with most of the thinning of the ice taking place over the next 10 years. Professor Peter Wadhams of the Polar Ocean Physics Group at the University of Cambridge was speaking at a meeting which announced the results of the Catlin Arctic Survey, an expedition to the Arctic which took place earlier this year with the aim of measuring ice thickness. The polar explorers, led by Pen Hadow, found that ice floes were on average only 1.8m thick. Once the ridges between ice floes are included, the average thickness rises to 4.8m, but the results are still worrying.
"The Catlin Arctic Survey data supports the new consensus view - based on seasonal variation of ice extent and thickness, changes in temperatures, winds and especially ice composition - that the Arctic will be ice-free in summer within about 20 years, and that much of the decrease will be happening within 10 years," Wadhams told the BBC. The exact impact of an ice-free Arctic on the global climate system is unknown, but scientists know that the lack of ice may accelerate global warming, as less sunlight is reflected back into space, slow down the gulf stream, which is responsible for the relatively mild climate in North-Western Europe, and dramatically change the marine eco-system.
Earlier this year Plus collaborated with Arctic Survey Education to produce a set of teaching resources exploring the science behind the survey. The resources look at climate and sea ice models, GPS and cartography, how to predict future climate trends, and how to present statistical evidence. To find out more about maths and the Arctic, read the Plus article Maths and climate change: The melting Arctic, which is based on an interview with Peter Wadhams. You can find out more about Wadhams's latest announcement on the BBC website.
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October 14, 2009
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Buses may be safer than babies, at least when it comes to swine flu. Preliminary results from an online flu survey suggest that contact with children poses one of the greatest swine flu risk factors, while the use of public transport seems surprisingly safe.
Plus will soon bring you a package of articles on the maths behind swine flu. But first we would like to know what you think has been the best source of information about swine flu? Did the media do well reporting on the virus? What about government information? Or did you go and see your GP to find out what to do about swine flu? Please let us know by voting in this quick poll, or tell us in more detail what information you found useful, or a nuisance, by leaving a comment on this blog.
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October 12, 2009
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Autumn is upon us, and as every year we're anxiously pondering what winter might have in store. According to the Met Office's tentative forecast based on early indications, we're in for a milder winter than last year, with rainfall at or above average. A more definitive forecast is due out in November, but it wouldn't be surprising if the people at the Met Office were a tad nervous about putting their necks out once again. Their April forecast, stating that the UK was "odds-on for a barbecue summer", sent British tempers flaring when July turned out to be one of the wettest on record. In response to the miserable weather, and mounting criticism, the Met Office revealed in August that its earlier optimism had been based on a 65% probability of a hot dry summer, and insisted that it had explained at the time that this forecast did "not rule out the chances of seeing some heavy downpours at times". Too right, you might say, since the overall rainfall for summer 2009 turned out to be 40% above the historical average.
To be fair, the Met's barbecue debacle was down to a failure to communicate its predictions clearly, rather than predictive incompetence.... Read more!
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October 7, 2009
Thursday, October 08, 2009
The language of symmetry in Islamic Art
The monthly Maths-Art seminars at the London Knowledge Lab, that explore the connections between mathematics and art, arose out of the Bridges Conference held in London in 2006. In the next seminar, Richard Henry, an artist and teacher with a specialism in Islamic geometric tiling, will talk about practical geometry and the language of symmetry in Islamic art.
"My work draws considerable inspiration from Islamic art, its history, craft techniques and geometrical ideas," says Henry. "I have a deep interest in the mystical philosophy that underlies the art and how this influences the design of Islamic buildings, with their special sense of sublime tranquility that is often experienced. In explaining these I will present images from an extensive field study that I carried out in Iran. I will also discuss the occurrence of non-periodic tilings in medieval Iranian designs, and how these are related to the modern mathematical theory of Penrose tilings."
The methods Henry uses to create his beautiful images are based on some of the earliest geometric methods used in mathematics: "I am particularly interested in practical geometrical methods, using compass and straight edge, for pattern construction for artists and craftspeople, and have explored these in my own works in painting, print and tile-mosaic. In this talk I will illustrate some of these methods for setting out patterns."
The seminar is on Tuesday 13 October 2009, from 6-7.30pm, at the London Knowledge Lab, 23-29 Emerald St, London, WC1N 3QS (travel information & maps). Everyone is welcome and no reservation required, but an email to firstname.lastname@example.com would be appreciated for planning purposes.
You can read more about geometry and art on Plus, including the articles on Roger Penrose and Penrose tilings.
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October 5, 2009
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Getting physical with maths
There's a significant intersection between sport fandom and science geekdom, and to address it, John D. Barrow, Professor of Mathematical Sciences at the University of Cambridge, will give a free public talk on physics and sport at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge. Barrow will look at some applications of physics and simple mathematics to a variety of sports, including aspects of weightlifting, rowing, throwing, jumping, drag car racing, balance sports, and track athletics. He'll also explore some of the paradoxical systems of judging used in ice skating, and the effects of latitude and air resistance on some performances.
The talk will take place on the 13th of October at 6pm in the Pippard lecture theatre at the Cavendish Laboratory, Madingley Road, Cambridge.
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October 5, 2009
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Are you a winner?
If you're between 11 and 18, live in the UK and have just completed an interesting maths, science, engineering, or technology project, then why not enter the National Science and Engineering Competition?
The best entries will be invited to present their project at the Big Bang: UK Young Scientists' and Engineers' Fair, in Manchester in March 2010. You'll have your own stand to show off all your hard work to over 13,000 scientists, engineers, students, parents, employers, teachers and celebrities. Plus you may even be chosen to face a VIP panel in the competition finals.
There are over £50,000 in prizes up for grabs, including cash awards and trips abroad. And entrants in the senior category could be crowned the UK Young Scientist of the Year or the UK Young Engineer of the Year.
It doesn't matter if your project has already been entered into another competition, you're still eligible, but hurry up, the closing date is October 30th!
The image above shows last year's winners Peter Hatfield (left) and Chris Jefferies (right).
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