A small, brown bird found nowhere else in the world is garnering significant attention as conservationists fight to save the Florida grasshopper sparrow from extinction.
Only about 200 Florida grasshopper sparrows exist in the wild, in the last remaining dry prairies of Polk, Highlands, and Osceola counties. The critically endangered species is the focus of a new documentary, “Little Brown Bird,” playing on Thursday at Tampa Theatre alongside two other wildlife conservation films.
“If you’re at Disney World, every Florida grasshopper sparrow in the world is within a three-hour drive of you,” Mary Marine said…