Grasshopper Sparrow

Description: 4 1/2-5" buffy breast and flanks without streaks, short tail and flat head, dark crown with thin white stripe, dark rufous upperparts, pale central stripe on crown, tail short and pointed	Habitat: Prairie grasslands, pastures, old weedy fields, palmetto scrub, grain fields, hayfields, fairly common but secretive, stays in low grasses
Nesting: 4-5 white eggs, speckled with red-brown, nests in cup of grass near or on ground, nest lined with rootlets and hair	Range: Breeds from Alaska, Manitoba to New Hampshire, winters in central and southern half of U.S.
Voice: A high pitched kip-kip-kip zeee, usually uttered from the top of a weed stalk	Diet: includes invertebrates, grass and tree seeds

Notes: local numbers fluctuate greatly between years, elusive, known for buzzy song, many nests destroyed annually by mowing

When present in Oklahoma: heavy in summer, sparse in winter