Clay-colored Sparrow (Spizella pallida) | Affiliated Manuscripts | Further Data

"Sparrow" appears in 11 Poems

Occurrence in Amherst & Connecticut Valley, Mass.

C19

No record in Emmons, Allen, or Clark

C20

Probably a casual visitor in autumn

C21

Accidental fall visitor

Habitat

Scrub, brushy prairies, jack pines.

Nest Materials

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

21st Century Conservation Notes

Surveys indicate a slight decline in numbers during recent decades; reasons not apparent. Nests often parasitized by Brown-headed Cowbirds.*