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Forgotten Prairies

10,000 Birds

While we continue to decimate our short and tall grass prairies many species reach their inevitable peril. Furthermore, with the rapid expansion of oil and gas development in the norther tier states like North Dakota, birds like Sprague’s Pipit and Baird’s Sparrow become more at risk. Not too bad eatin’, huh?

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Collaborative list – December 2018

10,000 Birds

In reverse order, the medals were awarded for “most species seen in a country”, to Australia with 420, USA got the silver, scoring 556 while the runaway winner was Costa Rica with 646 species. Black-crowned Sparrow-Lark – Eremopterix nigriceps. Marathon Prairie Dog Town. 23 Jan 2018. 23 May 2018.

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