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Second Atlas of Breeding Birds in Pennsylvania: A Review by an Atlas Novice

10,000 Birds

Corey did just this in this 2011 posting about Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus in New York State. It turns out that the reclaimed mines work well as habitat for the sparrow because they collect a layer of leaf litter, a key nesting requirement. Let’s hear it for the return of the forest!