This is a real Tricolored Blackbird nest on a farm in the Central Valley, where Audubon California is working with farmers to delay their harvest until the birds are able to fly away. Otherwise, a huge percentage of this rare species' chicks can be destroyed in just a few minutes. Learn more about our work and how you can help.
By Garrison Frost
May 12, 2011
HOTSPOT: Flyover of California's Birds and Biodiversity
California is a global biodiversity hotspots, with one of the greatest concentrations of living species on Earth.
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