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Help save the saltmarsh sparrow
saltmarsh sparrow
A researcher holds a saltmarsh sparrow. - photo by Photo by Rick Lavender/DNR
BRUNSWICK — By June, saltmarsh sparrows are gone from Georgia’s coast, flying from the southern rivers of grass where they winter to marshes from Virginia to Maine where they nest. Although gone, however, they are not forgotten: They are followed. Thanks to a project by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, this spring’s migration could help pinpoint where saltmarsh sparrows from Georgia breed.
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