Bellwether Bird for Climate Change

Photography by Ronan Donovan, written by Jeff Fair

Audubon Magazine

In Wyoming, the Black Rosy-Finch, one of the continent’s least-known, least-accessible birds, may prove a bellwether for a retreating alpine ecosystem—if an intrepid scientist can track its numbers.

  • “The most alarming part is the speed at which the change of habitat is quietly advancing.”

    Carl Brown - Wildlife Biologist

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