This morning I went on a birding trip to Universal Mines in Vermillion County sponsored by the Sassafras Audubon Society. Universal Mines was once a strip mine which has since been restored to a grassland habitat, and is one of the better places in southwest Indiana to find grassland birds.
Although we tallied up a large trip list, highlights included RING-NECKED PHEASANT (Indiana state bird number 209, year bird number 190), UPLAND SANDPIPER (Indiana state bird number 210, year bird number 191), a flyby LEAST BITTERN (Indiana state bird number 211, year bird number 192), and Blue Grosbeak (year bird number 193).
Not a bad morning's birding.