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Citizen Scientists’ Makeshift ‘Coffee Filter Arks’ Help Prevent These Sparrows Chicks from Drowning

Coastal development has seen the sparrows move to lower-lying marshes like Jacob's Point which are routinely flooded by high ...

Time-lapse video of a saltmarsh sparrow nest rising out of floodwaters on a "nest ark"

The Saltmarsh Sparrow Research Initiative at Jacob's Point Marsh in Warren is testing homemade life rafts to lift sparrow nests above new moon tides.
WTOL

Area women are crowding The Sparrow's Nest shelter

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTOL) - More women than ever are turning to charities for help. As the holiday season approaches and the temperature drops the need becomes even greater. The Sparrow's Nest fills that ...
Daily Mail

Moment fish drowns a baby bird in a nest that flooded in Georgia as climate change increases tides along the coast

A researcher caught a harrowing encounter in a Georgia salt marsh when a fish pulled a baby sparrow down to a watery grave. Seaside sparrows usually balance their nests in the marsh grass, but ...