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David Moulton will discuss “Saving Southern Maryland’s Grassland Birds,” a local demonstration project that focuses on slowing and reversing the decline of two local breeding species – Eastern Meadowlarks and Grasshopper Sparrows. These grassland-obligate species can only nest in the center of large hayfields, primarily in May and June, when they build their nests directly in the path of spring hay harvest machinery such as mowers, tedders, balers and trucks. Moulton’s project is now in its third year of demonstrating alternative techniques to typical hay management that cause less bird mortality during the overlapping breeding and mowing season.