The Miami Herald reports on the disappearing Everglades Snail Kite.Writer Curtis Morgan sets the somber tone for the story in the first sentence: "It's never a good sign when an animal disappears from the place that gave it its name."
The kite's numbers have dropped dramatically and the recent droughts and water management projects haven't helped.
Local Indian tribes say federal wildlife protection schemes have failed in the Everglades and are to blame for the kite's demise. The Miccosukee Tribe points to the protection of another bird - the Cape Sable seaside sparrow - that indirectly helped kill-off the kite. Planned flooding to help protect the sparrow in certain areas in the Everglades drowned one of the kite's main food sources, the apple snail.
Read the full story: A rare bird all but vanishes from Everglades
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