Chipping Sparrow (Spizella socialis) | Affiliated Manuscripts | Further Data

Occurrence in Amherst & Connecticut Valley, Mass.
C19

Abundant summer resident

March - November

C20

Abundant summer resident, accidental in winter. —Bagg & Eliot

February - November

C21

Common summer resident. Arrives mid-April–mid-May; departs September–mid-November; very few overwinter. —Mass Audubon

April - November

Habitat
grassy woodland edges, gardens, city parks, brushy pastures, lawns
Nest Materials
loose, dried grasses, stalks, rootlets, animal hair, fine plant fibers
19th-20th Century Field Notes
CHIPPING SPARROW . CHIPPIE . Crown , chestnut ; back , streaked with black , bay and grayish - brown ; beneath , ashy . Length , 5 - 5 1 - 2 inches . Abundant summer resident . Earliest arrival , March 3d , ( Stearns ) ; departs in November . Raises 2 broods . Eggs 3 - 5 , greenish - blue , spotted and streaked with blackish - brown . Nest of grass , small stalks of weeds , etc . , and lined with hair , in trees and shrubs . Eggs laid from May to July . Feeds on seeds , insects and worms . Beneficial . Note , a short , sweet chirp .

—H.L. Clark, 1887

21st Century Conservation Notes

Least concern*