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Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus

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Listed as a Species of Special Concern in New York and as threatened or endangered in Connecticut, New Jersey, and Massachusetts, Poocetes gramineus is in trouble in the northeastern United States and, considering the decline shown in Ontario’s second breeding bird atlas, in eastern Canada as well.* What has caused the decline?

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Disappointed with a Florida Fork-tailed Flycatcher

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To be honest, this was actually a bit of a downer for me. While I did get nice pictures of a Fork-tailed Flycatcher , the ratty tail of this bird combined with the fact that I got to enjoy and photograph a beauty of a fork-tailed in Connecticut just a few moths ago , did make this a bittersweet event.

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