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Product Type: Science Feature
Year: 2003
Author(s): Weigel, E
Pages: 2
Suggested Citation: Weigel, E. 2003. Herding sparrows for science. http://www.fort.usgs.gov//resources/research_briefs/herdsparrows.asp.
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This science feature originally appeared as an article by Edna Weigel, "Herding Sparrows for Science," Mountain View News, Sierra Vista, AZ, March 3, 2004, p. 2. Adapted and used with permission from the author and publisher. Even experienced birders find it difficult to identify little wintering sparrows running on the ground like little mice or flying away to drop quickly behind a clump of grass. Research Ecologist Dr. Janet Ruth of the U.S. Geological Survey has been studying high elevation grasslands in Southeast Arizona since 1999 to learn more about the birds that spend the winter here...
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