grasshopper sparrow
noun
: a small American sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum) that is grayish brown above with a pale belly and has a high-pitched buzzing song that resembles the stridulation of grasshoppers
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Ground-nesting birds, such as the diminutive grasshopper sparrow, are more elusive.
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Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
For some at-risk species that have lost most of their native Florida habitat to development, like the burrowing owl and the Florida grasshopper sparrow, ranches represent some of the last scraps of habitat for them.
—Stephanie Castellano, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Aug. 2023
Still, the survival of the grasshopper sparrow is in doubt.
—Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
But the scientists who are working to help the grasshopper sparrow refuse to give up.
—Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
There were just over 100 grasshopper sparrows in their native range as of 2021, the zoo reported.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN, 23 Apr. 2023
In particular, birds with relatively large territories that sing at medium to high mean frequencies—such as the grasshopper sparrow found in North America—were less likely to be heard.
—Bymolly Magid, science.org, 18 Oct. 2022
Avon Park is now one of the release sites of a grasshopper sparrow captive breeding program and partners with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to monitor the bats and their roosts, so that training exercises can be planned around them.
—Ashley Stimpson, Popular Mechanics, 31 Aug. 2022
Norfolk County: two black vultures in Medway and two more soaring over Route I-495 in Wrentham, a family of sharp-shinned hawks at Moose Hill Sanctuary in Sharon, and a grasshopper sparrow at the Shea Naval Air Field in Weymouth.
—BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2022
Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2023
For some at-risk species that have lost most of their native Florida habitat to development, like the burrowing owl and the Florida grasshopper sparrow, ranches represent some of the last scraps of habitat for them.
—Stephanie Castellano, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Aug. 2023
Still, the survival of the grasshopper sparrow is in doubt.
—Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
But the scientists who are working to help the grasshopper sparrow refuse to give up.
—Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
There were just over 100 grasshopper sparrows in their native range as of 2021, the zoo reported.
—Zoe Sottile, CNN, 23 Apr. 2023
In particular, birds with relatively large territories that sing at medium to high mean frequencies—such as the grasshopper sparrow found in North America—were less likely to be heard.
—Bymolly Magid, science.org, 18 Oct. 2022
Avon Park is now one of the release sites of a grasshopper sparrow captive breeding program and partners with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to monitor the bats and their roosts, so that training exercises can be planned around them.
—Ashley Stimpson, Popular Mechanics, 31 Aug. 2022
Norfolk County: two black vultures in Medway and two more soaring over Route I-495 in Wrentham, a family of sharp-shinned hawks at Moose Hill Sanctuary in Sharon, and a grasshopper sparrow at the Shea Naval Air Field in Weymouth.
—BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2022
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