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Forgotten Prairies

10,000 Birds

Whether I am speaking about Henslow’s Sparrows and Upland Sandpipers of the east and Midwest that occupy tall-grass prairies or birds like Ferruginous Hawks and Mountain Plovers of the western short-grass prairies; all deserve our attention. They often build their nests in open savannas where it sticks out like a sore thumb.