Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum)
- HABITAT - Grasshopper Sparrows lives in open grassland areas with well-drained, sandy soil. It will also nest in hayfields and pasture, as well as alvars, prairies and occasionally grain crops. Grasshopper Sparrow is a short-distance migrant and migrate to the southestern United States and Central America for the winter.
- DIET - Grasshopper Sparrow's diet in the summer is mainly insects, especially grasshoppers. In the winter, their diet is mostly seeds.
- FACTS - Grasshopper Sparrows have a status of "Special Concern" in Ontario. Grasshopper Sparrows prefer to nest in large fields but many of these are becoming fragmented which may attract more nest predators. Another danger is hay cutting if it happens before the young can fly. The grassland habitat that it favours is disappearing as areas are converted to row crops
Grasshopper Sparrow GALLERY
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