Directions:  Follow Elliot Road until it crests a hill with grasslands visible. Wherever there are areas of grass present, there will also be grassland birds. Bobolink, Killdeer, Henslow's, Grasshopper, Savannah, and Vesper sparrows are abundant on the Piney Tract. Red-tailed Hawk, American Kestrel, and Northern Harrier also hunt and breed here. Drive slowly, stop, get out and walk around. As you continue on, Elliot Road will then intersect with Mt Zion Road. There is a wet area in the fields due south of this intersection with some cattails present. It is in this area during the breeding season that you have the best chance to locate Upland Sandpiper. They have been found during most of the Grassland Breeding Bird Census at this spot. Early morning is the best time to locate this bird. It is usually located by its haunting wolf whistle. Early in spring, American Woodcock can be heard displaying and Ring-necked Pheasant can be heard crowing. Red-winged Blackbird nest in the cattails. Eastern Bluebird can be seen all summer. In migration, rails have been found in these and other cattails on the tract. In the winter, this is the best area to locate Northern Shrike. It seems at least one shows up each year, some years there are two. Search the power-lines as well as the tops of locusts, multiflora rosebushes and pines. Although there are few records for mockingbirds in the county, be careful, this is also an area where Northern Mockingbird have been seen.