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Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus

10,000 Birds

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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Hey, What About the Great Auk?

10,000 Birds

If you choose to consider 1944 the year, most people were a little busy right then. In 1952, at least in the US, no one wanted to be a Debbie Downer. In 1952, the continental United States was looking pretty good actually on the extinction front. And no one had seen the Eskimo Curlew around in a while. Will it work?