White-throated Sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis) | Affiliated Manuscripts | Further Data

Occurrence in Amherst & Connecticut Valley, Mass.
C19

Common spring and fall migrant

April

September - November

C20

A very common transient, casually wintering, and a common summer resident in the hill-country, casual in the lowlands

December - August

C21

Common and widespread migrant from mid-April to early May and from late September to November

April - November

Habitat
Thickets, brush, undergrowth of conifer and mixed woodlands.
Nest Materials
coarse and fine grasses, twigs, weeds, pine needles, rootlets, animal hair
19th-20th Century Field Notes
WHITE - THROATED SPARROW . Ashy . brown , streaked with bay and black , above ; crown , with three white and 1 yellow stripes ; chin , white ; beneath , ash , unstreaked . Length , 6 1 - 2 inches . Common migrant . Earliest arrival , April 22nd ; seen again in September and October . Feeds on seeds , etc . Not injurious . Notes , sweet and clear , sounding like “ pea - hody . ”

—H.L. Clark, 1887

21st Century Conservation Notes

Widespread and common. Surveys suggest slight declines in total numbers during recent decades.*