I sure hope those who burn off crop fields do so early enough that ground nesting birds nests, eggs or chicks are not affected.
I remember very well a forty acre field that was burned over back in about '63 and I found countless pheasant nests with anywhere from 6 to 14 unhatched and cooked eggs in the charred nest remnants. It made a permanent dent in the pheasant population thereabouts.
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