sevenplusplus wrote:
Like X..., Y
Like "the grassy fields and old pastures".....,the bird itself
Not sure how can we compare ""the grassy fields and old pastures" with "the bird".
Doesn't make sense.
Got it now. Looks like the sentence meant:
Like the grassy fields and old pastures[that are vanishing] that the upland sandpiper needs for feeding and nesting when it returns in May after wintering in the Argentine Pampas, the bird itself is vanishing in the northeastern United States
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