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A Baird’s Life

Mixed-grass prairie in the Northern Great Plains represents critical habitat for wildlife of all kinds, including our specialty at Bird Conservancy of the Rockies –...

Sparrow Paparazzi

Bird Conservancy is finishing up another winter of grassland bird monitoring in Mexico, using radio-telemetry to study survival rates of Baird’s and Grasshopper Sparrows. We...

Winter in the Chihuahuan Desert Grasslands: A Photo Journal

This photo journal highlights the most recent winter field season monitoring grassland birds in the Chihuahuan Desert in Mexico. Teaching telemetry, radio tracking Grasshopper Sparrows...

Promising News for the Aplomado Falcons of the Chihuahuan Desert

Aplomado Falcons once ranged across the northern reaches of the Chihuahuan Desert in Mexico, but their numbers have sharply declined in recent years. Bird Conservancy...

Insights from Ambitious Season Studying Grassland Birds on their Wintering Grounds

Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory biologists are back in Colorado after a fruitful winter studying grassland birds on their wintering grounds in northern Mexico. Before digging...

Update from Mexico: Pipits, Special Visitors Highlight Study Season

Rocky Mountain Bird Observatory's third season of studying survival and habitat use of Baird's and Grasshopper Sparrows is under way on their wintering grounds in...

Field Season Wraps Up in Mexico: Why Was Sparrow Survival Higher This Winter?

Spring migration is under way. Just as the birds return north, so do the RMBO scientists who study them on their wintering grounds. Back home...

Study: Expansion of Croplands in Chihuahua, Mexico, Threatens Declining Grassland Birds

The Chihuahuan Desert grasslands of northern Mexico and the southwestern United States are the principal wintering grounds for 90% of grassland bird species breeding in...

Update from Chihuahua, Mexico: Sparrows, Sparrows and More Sparrows!

The field season is under way in northern Mexico, where RMBO and partners are studying the winter survival and habitat use of Baird’s and Grasshopper...

Sites Added to Grassland Bird Winter Survival Study

Grassland birds are declining faster than any other group of North American birds. The key to reversing these declines may lie on their wintering grounds...

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