This gray-buff-and-brown songbird with a face striped in saffron nests only in Northeast salt marshes. The saltmarsh sparrow's n…

Mar 20, 2024 | Cape May National Wildlife Refuge

This gray-buff-and-brown songbird with a face striped in saffron nests only in Northeast salt marshes. The saltmarsh sparrow’s numbers are declining at an alarming rate as rising seas flood nests, setting eggs afloat and drowning hatchlings.

Armed with a team dedicated partners, biologists at Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge are working to protect the salt marshes of the future. #WorldSparrowDay

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