Field Sparrow (Spizella pusilla) | Affiliated Manuscripts | Further Data

Occurrence in Amherst & Connecticut Valley, Mass.
C19

Common summer resident

April - October

C20

Common, though somewhat local, summer resident, occasional in winter

January - December

C21

Arrives in April; departs September–mid-November. —Mass Audubon

April - November

Habitat
fields and pastures gone to weeds, scattered bushes and small saplings
Nest Materials
crisscrossed grass stems, coarse and fine grasses, rootlets, hair
19th-20th Century Field Notes
FIELD SPARROW . Crown and back , pale chestnut , the latter streaked ; beneath , pale ashy - white . Length , about 5 1 - 2 inches . Common summer resident . Earliest arrival , April 10th ; departs in October . Raises 2 brooils . Eggs 3 – 5 , whitish , thickly spotted with rusty brown . Nest of grass on the ground , or in low bushes . Eggs laid May - July . Feeds on seeds , insects , etc . Beneficial . A sweet singer .

—H.L. Clark, 1887

21st Century Conservation Notes

Least concern*