Join Kasey, a naturalist from the University of Akron, and Megan, Open Trail Collective's lead birder and certified accessible birding leader, for a short hike to spot the bobolinks that nest in the fields around the UA Field Station.

After the breeding season in Ohio bobolinks are extraordinary migrant, traveling to south of the equator by November and making a round-trip of up to 9,000 miles. They migrate to the grasslands of southwestern Brazil, Paraguay, and northern Argentina. Most of the bobolinks return around mid in May. Shrinking nesting habitat and detrimental hay-cropping practices, combined with being shot at or trapped for sale on the southern range, is making life increasingly difficult for bobolinks (source: https://holdenfg.org/nature-profiles/bobolink/)

Huge thanks to NOCS for donating some amazing binoculars for this hike!!

Note on accessibility: This hike is 1-2 miles in length and is on a relatively flat trail with gravel and dirt depending…