["I know your post wasn't meant to be critical, I just wanted to provide some options that we can do to help gentleman bob."] Willieb

No critical intention whatever, and I applaud you and Stan both for your wildlife friendly farming practices. I doubt there is a single cause for the collapse of our bird population down here. Year round cover though must be an important component of the problem.

On the other hand, plowing under at harvest sets up three months of perfect habitat for the arrowhead hunter. I love it when I walk a field in the Spring and find an artifact hoisted up on it's own little dirt pedestal by a Winter of rain and wind. One man's meat is another man's poison...Geo