![1,000 of the endangered birds, which each weigh only as much as three nickels, have now been reared by biologists and returned to the wild. But no one yet knows why they have been dying off. 1,000 of the endangered birds, which each weigh only as much as three nickels, have now been reared by biologists and returned to the wild. But no one yet knows why they have been dying off.](https://www.orlandosentinel.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/TOS-L-grasshopper-sparrow_1448f-2-T.jpg?w=131)
Trapped, then bred in captivity, Florida’s grasshopper sparrow is coming back
1,000 of the endangered birds, which each weigh only as much as three nickels, have now been reared by biologists and returned to the wild. But no one yet knows...
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