The first bird photographed at Dunn Ranch, this Grasshopper Sparrow was trying his best to dry off following an early morning shower.
“Grasshopper Sparrow”
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A Thousand Acres of Silphiums 
And again, Harrison notes: “Nests difficult to find. Female sits close; when flushed, slips off, runs a short distance through grass, the flies. Approaching nest, never flies directly to it. Action of neither sex attracts attention to nest location.”