The National Audubon Society has proclaimed Spring Creek Forest Preserve in Barrington Hills, an Important Bird Area, protecting “globally rare” prairie birds.
Spring Creek’s designation is primarily due to its value as a habitat for a number of rare, threatened and endangered grassland bird species. Henslow’s sparrows, bobolinks, meadowlarks, grasshopper sparrows and dickcissels long missing from Spring Creek are now nesting in the preserve, thanks to the coordinated restoration efforts of Citizens for Conservation and others.
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