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Bobolink populations have declined by 50 percent in the last 40 years in part due to pesticide use. In Bolivia, a major wintering ground for the species, rice farmers try to protect their crops by using pesticides such as monochrotophos, which is highly toxic to birds (and humans) and banned from use in the United States.
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Video by Jim Zipp.
Hear the lovely Bobolink song
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