Road or Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) | Affiliated Manuscripts | Further Data

Occurrence in Amherst & Connecticut Valley, Mass.

C19

No data available

C20

Casual visitor in April (five records) and July (once), but more probable in August and later

April - August

C21

No data available

Habitat

Grasslands with scattered bushes and trees

Nest Materials

coarse and fine grasses, weeds, twigs, rootlets, animal hair

21st Century Conservation Notes

In recent decades, has declined or disappeared in some former nesting areas east of the Mississippi River. Still fairly common and widespread in West.*