Birding Clayton County by Danny Akers (2006)

Important Bird Area.

Camp Klaus is a Boy Scout camp located about one mile north of the Clayton/Delaware County lines. From County Road X3C, just one mile north of Colesburg, turn west onto Horseshoe Road. This road travels a straight, albeit hilly, line for about two miles before curving to the northwest. After another three-fourths mile or so, you will see the entrance to Camp Klaus. I first visited this area on a required event my sophomore year in high school and was very impressed. Migrants were numerous, and I remember my life Yellow-bellied Flycatcher. Multiple trips back to the Camp have yielded a checklist of nearly 100 species, including Green Heron, Red-shouldered Hawk, both cuckoos, Pileated Woodpecker, four out of five Empidonax flycatchers (no Alder), Carolina Wren, Wood Thrush, a dozen species of warblers, and a few species of sparrows. No visit to Camp Klaus is complete without viewing the spring-fed waterfall at the south end of the camp.