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["Lyneart" <lyneart@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

This morning, as I was temporarily moving electric fence stakes next to my 
tobacco ground in preparation for mowing the already grown up electric fence 
line, a Field Sparrow darted out of a little tuft of grass near my feet. I 
parted the grass where I saw it appear and there was a nest with 4 eggs right 
on the ground, lightly hidden by a tiny tuft left ungrazed due to the cows 
careless bathroom habits. I located a red marker flag left in the field from 
measuring the tobacco ground and marked the location of the nest. If unaware of 
its presence,  I would have surely run over it with the bushhog while mowing 
the fence line. 
Frank Lyne frank@xxxxxxxxxxx near Dot in Logan County, KY