Nature Done Wright

David Mizrahi of New Jersey Audubon holds a semipalmated sandpiper he captured in Suriname as part of a research project to determine why the species' population is in steep decline.(Photo: New Jersey Audubon)

The Record's Jim O'Neill had a terrific story recently about the plight of the Semipalmated Sandpiper, whose numbers have been dropping precipitously. 

Although these tiny shorebirds abound in the Meadowlands during migration, they have been having a tough time elsewhere.

The link is here.