Citizen Scientists’ Makeshift ‘Coffee Filter Arks’ Help Prevent These Sparrows Chicks from Drowning This is a saltmarsh sparrow, an Endangered species of bird that builds its nest in its eponymous habitat. A collaboration of citizen scientists working in Jacob’s Point salt marsh in Rhode Island is attempting to save the animal—which they believe will go extinct by mid-century—from drowning in the marsh. In a state of nature untouched […] The post Citizen Scientists’ Makeshift ‘Coffee Filter Arks’ Help Prevent These Sparrows Chicks from Drowning appeared first on Good News Network.

Citizen Scientists’ Makeshift ‘Coffee Filter Arks’ Help Prevent These Sparrows Chicks from Drowning: This is a saltmarsh sparrow, an Endangered species of bird that builds its nest in… @goodnewsnetwork.org #CitizenScience #EndangeredSpecies #SaltmarshSparrow #WildlifeConservation #SaveTheSparrows

Between Moon Tides: hacking nature to save the saltmarsh sparrow documentary On a quiet ribbon of saltmarsh in Rhode Island, septuagenarian Deirdre isn’t prepared to accept the loss of her beloved saltmarsh sparrow - the species is facing extinction before 2050 due to elevated...

#Extinction is forever. #saltmarshsparrow #birds #adaptation #climatechange #extinctionisforever www.theguardian.com/global/ng-in...

A Saltmarsh Sparrow standing, legs hidden, among the grasses just off the main road on the Beach Trail at Allens Pond. A few blades of grass further obscure a clear view of the bird, though focus and light are both pretty good.

Almost all of a Saltmarsh Sparrow in the marsh grass just off the main sandy road at Allens Pond. #bird #birdphotography #saltmarshsparrow #allenspond #westportma #birdsofmassachusetts

Saltmarsh Sparrow lurking in the grass in the middle of Almy Marsh, Little Compton. #saltmarshsparrow #bird #birdphotography #littlecompton #birdsofrhodeisland

Russ Hopping, lead coastal ecologist at @thetrustees, brought our attention to the #SaltMarshSparrow, which has no other home. It requires high salt marsh to live and breed. It’s declining by 9% a year.
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