The Florida Grasshopper Sparrow status
Jul 24, 2012 19:01:38 GMT -5
Post by Ira Runyan on Jul 24, 2012 19:01:38 GMT -5
The Florida Grasshopper Sparrow has been seen and photographed by members of this forum at the Moccasin Island Parking Lot west of Viera. (See this thread for photos: flwildlife.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=general&thread=5663&page=1#19703)
The Florida Grasshopper Sparrow is a federally endangered bird found nowhere else in the world. Despite public land managers’ efforts to recover the bird its population continues to decline steeply on the very lands where it should be thriving.
The Florida Grasshopper Sparrow is restricted to the dry prairie ecosystem of central and south Florida. One of four subspecies of Grasshopper Sparrows in North America, the Florida Grasshopper Sparrow does not migrate, living here year-round. Perhaps the
most endangered bird in the continental US, , few people have seen or even heard o it.
For further information, download the PDF file "2012 Status Brief on the Endangered Florida Grasshopper Sparrow" at audubonoffloridanews.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Audubon_GrasshopperSparrow_StatusUpdate_July2012.pdf
The Florida Grasshopper Sparrow is a federally endangered bird found nowhere else in the world. Despite public land managers’ efforts to recover the bird its population continues to decline steeply on the very lands where it should be thriving.
The Florida Grasshopper Sparrow is restricted to the dry prairie ecosystem of central and south Florida. One of four subspecies of Grasshopper Sparrows in North America, the Florida Grasshopper Sparrow does not migrate, living here year-round. Perhaps the
most endangered bird in the continental US, , few people have seen or even heard o it.
For further information, download the PDF file "2012 Status Brief on the Endangered Florida Grasshopper Sparrow" at audubonoffloridanews.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Audubon_GrasshopperSparrow_StatusUpdate_July2012.pdf