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

Occurrence in Amherst & Connecticut Valley, Mass.

C19

No local record in Clark 1887; 1906; no regional record in Emmons 1833 or Allen 1864.

C20

Probably a casual visitor in autumn.

C21

Seen only on migration (perhaps when off course?)

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.*