These birds are great, but they've had a really tough time in the Everglades, because they started out with thousands of nesting pairs in Florida Bay, and at the turn of the 20th century, they got down to two -- two nesting pairs.
Прекрасные птицы, но им пришлось туго в Эверглейдс, ведь раньше во Флоридском заливе гнездились тысячи пар, а к началу XX века осталось две — две гнездящиеся пары.