Civil War Battlefields: A Haven for Grassland Birds
Higgins C and Nortrup M. 2015. Civil War Battlefields: A Haven for Grassland Birds. National Capital Region Network, Inventory & Monitoring
Civil War battlefields have become a haven for declining grassland birds. As grassland habitat dwindles in the eastern U.S., grasslands, shrublands, and the pastures that make up battlefield parks are playing an ever more important role as habitat for a special group of birds.
- Type
- Resource Brief
- Authors
- Higgins, Conor; Nortrup, Megan
- Date of Issue
- 2015
- Publisher
- National Capital Region Network, Inventory & Monitoring
- Units
- ANTI , MANA , MONO , NCR , NCRN
- Keywords
- American kestrel, battlefields, Bird Brief, birds, blue grosbeak, Civil War Battlefields, eastern meadowlark, field sparrow, grasshopper sparrow, grassland birds, grasslands, horned larks, mowing, National Capital Region, National Capital Region Network, NCR, NCRN, vesper sparrows, wildlife, yellow-breasted chat