25 June 2024
In the present day I’m with a gaggle of mates on the lookout for a hen that seems like a bug in Clarion County, PA.
We’re at Piney Tract, State Gamelands 330, the place we anticipate to listen to — and perhaps see — grasshopper, discipline, Henslow’s and music sparrows.
Many grassland sparrows sound like bugs — therefore the title “grasshopper” sparrow — however the hen we’re on the lookout for is a clay-colored sparrow (Spizella pallida) who seems like this:
This hen is particular as a result of he’s outdoors his regular vary.
Right here’s one in North Dakota.
Dan Mendenhall noticed the hen final Friday so we stand a very good probability of discovering it. See Dan’s photograph right here.
