I went back to Glacial Park again today to try to get some better shots of the Henslow's and Grasshopper Sparrows. While walking between the Henslow's location and the Grasshopper location I heard the familiar buzzing of a Clay-colored Sparrow, which I had not previously seen at Glacial Park.It didn't take long to find the bird but it was never going to cooperate by letting me get close for a good shot. However I did manage to get this and a few other shots that clearly show the ID. The Clay-colored is rare on both the Chicagoland and McHenry County lists and not listed on my count sheets for the grassland survey! Guess I'll just have to add a line :-).
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Where exactly is the location of the Clay-colored Sparrows and Grasshopper Sparrows?
I have been in the area south of the Research Center, but no such luck.
Hi! The Clay Colored Sparrows are in the grassland that's visible from the path that goes south fromt the field station. The field station path goes south, then comes to a t-junction where it joins the main path. The birds are in the grasslands directly south of the path. As there's no path south of there, they are hard to get to but they are only a few hundred yards from there.
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