What avian fauna live and breed in coastal American marshes?

Denizens of our coastal marshes include: Clapper rail - A gray- brown chicken-sized bird with a slightly decurved bill and streaked flanks makes a call similar to a gasoline engine turning over. read more

Marshes are defined as wetlands frequently or continually inundated with water, characterized by emergent soft-stemmed vegetation adapted to saturated soil conditions. There are many different kinds of marshes, ranging from the prairie potholes to the Everglades, coastal to inland, freshwater to saltwater. read more

The Saltmarsh Habitat & Avian Research Program (SHARP) is a group of academic, governmental, and non-profit collaborators gathering the information necessary to conserve tidal-marsh birds. read more