Scientists from the Migratory Bird Center of the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute are using transmitters to track the movements of shorebirds–the long-billed curlew, red knot, marbled godwit and black-legged plover–along the south coast of Texas. Shorebirds as a group have declined by more than 50 percent since 1968. These scientists seek answers as to what is causing their population decline.
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