PBS Films Saltwater Sparrows at SHARP Site

The PBS Nature show “Animal Homes: Location, Location, Location” featured a field site of the Saltmarsh Habitat & Avian Research Program (SHARP).

University of Maine assistant professor Brian Olsen is a principal investigator with SHARP; its goal is to establish priorities for the long-term conservation of tidal marsh birds.

Ecologist Chris Morgan hosted “Animal Homes: Location, Location, Location,” which aired at 8 p.m. April 15. The second of a three-part series documented the critical placement of nests of saltmarsh sparrows in coastal marshes from Maine to Virginia, “where ocean and land collide.” Just-born chicks can drown if a rising tide covers the nest.