Poplar Creek S.W. Equestrian Area/Schaumburg Grasslands Friday 6-26-26

[Al Stokie]

Hello Bird People,

I used to visit this place as it was a good place to see Henslow's
Sparrows but for the last two June visits I only was able to find one
Henslow's Sparrow & they were hard to find. But I am pleased to say
that today was back to the old visits as I found a total of 6
Henslow's & I saw 4 of them while singing. Three were in the actual
grasslands & 3 more were in the old field area north of the
grasslands. Also had at least 4 Bobolinks in the grasslands area.
That's more like it!

Poplar Creek Equestrian Area/Schaumburg Rd Grasslands (6:50-9:35 am)

Mourning Dove (2)
Eastern Pewee (H-1)
Willow Flycatcher (H-1)
Great Crested Flycatcher (H-1)
Eastern Kingbird (2)
Barn Swallow (6)
Blue Jay (2)
Chickadee (2, together)
W.B. Nuthatch (3)
House Wren (H-3)
Robin (2)
Catbird (2)
Starling (2)
Yellow Warbler (1)
Common Yellowthroat (6)
Cardinal (H-1)
ROSE BREASTED GROSBEAK (1-M)
Field Sparrow (5)
Savannah Sparrow (1)
HENSLOW'S SPARROW (6)
Song Sparrow (6)
Eastern Towhee (2)
BOBOLINK (3-M & 1-F)
Red Wings (6-8)
Baltimore Oriole (H-1)
Goldfinch (2)
House Sparrow (1-M)

So 27 species at the Grasslands area plus roadside Crows for a day's
total of 28.
Bird-Of-The-Day will be all those Henslow's Sparrows & Runners-Up will
be the Bobolinks & the male Rose Breasted Grosbeak. I only saw one
other person today so it's not crowded here!

Al Stokie
In western Cook County today