Monthly Archives: June 2015

A Three-nest Day

Cape Sable Seaside Sparrows are sneaky birds.  Starting the season as a first-time sparrow nest-searcher, finding a small grass nest in a vast grass prairie was a daunting task.  What made it worse was that these birds are not only extremely well-camouflaged, but also have an annoying habit of running around on the ground where you can’t [...]

By |June 27, 2015|CSSS, News|

Sparrow Banding

Even after studying Cape Sable Seaside Sparrows for over three months now, there's no way for me to tell the difference between males and females--let alone different individuals--just by looking at them.  For that reason, almost all the sparrows on our study plots have unique color bands that help us keep track of who's who. [...]

By |June 19, 2015|CSSS, News|

Field Finds: Reptiles

The birders among you may already know that the Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow shares its marl prairie habitat with Red-winged Blackbirds, Common Yellowthroats, grackles, and the occasional raptor or migrating bird. But what else—besides birds—inhabits this vast expanse of grass? For this post, I’ll share a few of my reptile finds from my walks through [...]

By |June 4, 2015|CSSS, News|
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