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Spizella passerina · Passerellidae

Chipping Sparrow: When and Where to See It

Adult Chipping Sparrow
Photo: Shirley Zundell, CC BY 4.0 via iNaturalist

The Chipping Sparrow reaches Kentucky first, around early March, and Montana last, around late April.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Second week of November

Each county is shaded by the share of complete checklists there that listed the bird, blended with the weeks either side. Darker is more often. It follows where people watch birds, not how many birds there are. How to read it.

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0%10%20%30%Jan 1-7: 3.4% of 1114036 checklistsJan 8-14: 3.7% of 824708 checklistsJan 15-21: 3.8% of 825978 checklistsJan 22-31: 3.8% of 1105853 checklistsFeb 1-7: 3.9% of 779772 checklistsFeb 8-14: 4.0% of 864504 checklistsFeb 15-21: 4.5% of 1127933 checklistsFeb 22-28: 4.0% of 840124 checklistsMar 1-7: 4.1% of 839610 checklistsMar 8-14: 4.5% of 870138 checklistsMar 15-21: 5.2% of 898456 checklistsMar 22-31: 7.5% of 1335637 checklistsApr 1-7: 11% of 1030617 checklistsApr 8-14: 15% of 1124024 checklistsApr 15-21: 19% of 1194575 checklistsApr 22-30: 22% of 1675723 checklistsMay 1-7: 24% of 1449080 checklistsMay 8-14: 23% of 1538353 checklistsMay 15-21: 21% of 1219898 checklistsMay 22-31: 19% of 1452282 checklistsJun 1-7: 18% of 900636 checklistsJun 8-14: 19% of 829907 checklistsJun 15-21: 19% of 773255 checklistsJun 22-30: 19% of 916255 checklistsJul 1-7: 19% of 717733 checklistsJul 8-14: 18% of 658223 checklistsJul 15-21: 16% of 638752 checklistsJul 22-31: 15% of 895727 checklistsAug 1-7: 13% of 655651 checklistsAug 8-14: 11% of 650038 checklistsAug 15-21: 10% of 654639 checklistsAug 22-31: 9.4% of 974928 checklistsSep 1-7: 8.6% of 765914 checklistsSep 8-14: 8.2% of 738674 checklistsSep 15-21: 8.0% of 750433 checklistsSep 22-30: 8.2% of 944196 checklistsOct 1-7: 8.8% of 760106 checklistsOct 8-14: 8.5% of 793131 checklistsOct 15-21: 8.1% of 728727 checklistsOct 22-31: 7.0% of 959954 checklistsNov 1-7: 5.4% of 709464 checklistsNov 8-14: 4.4% of 693424 checklistsNov 15-21: 4.2% of 653952 checklistsNov 22-30: 3.9% of 871137 checklistsDec 1-7: 3.7% of 627591 checklistsDec 8-14: 3.7% of 642427 checklistsDec 15-21: 3.7% of 775638 checklistsDec 22-31: 3.7% of 1132751 checklistsJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Share of complete checklists reporting it, by week (4 per month). Grey bars: fewer than 10 checklists, not counted.

Pooled across every state in the data, so it leans toward states with the most birders.

States, in order of first arrivals

StatePatternFirst arrivalsPeakMost gone byPeak %
KentuckySummer visitorMar 1-7Apr 8-14Nov 1-735%
District of ColumbiaSummer visitorMar 1-7Apr 15-21Nov 22-3028%
MarylandSummer visitorMar 8-14Apr 15-21Nov 1-742%
DelawareSummer visitorMar 8-14Apr 15-21Oct 22-3139%
North CarolinaAll year, most in springMar 8-14Apr 1-7Jul 15-2138%
West VirginiaSummer visitorMar 15-21Apr 22-30Oct 8-1437%
IndianaSummer visitorMar 15-21Apr 22-30Aug 15-2133%
New JerseySummer visitorMar 15-21Apr 22-30Oct 22-3133%
OhioSummer visitorMar 15-21Apr 15-21Aug 15-2132%
MissouriSummer visitorMar 15-21Apr 15-21Oct 15-2128%
TennesseeAll year, most in springMar 15-21Apr 8-14Jul 22-3128%
KansasSummer visitorMar 15-21May 1-7Oct 22-3124%
ArkansasAll year, most in springMar 15-21Apr 8-14May 15-2121%
PennsylvaniaSummer visitorMar 22-31Apr 22-30Oct 8-1438%
VirginiaAll year, most in summerMar 22-31Apr 8-14Aug 1-738%
New YorkSummer visitorMar 22-31May 1-7Oct 22-3134%
IllinoisSummer visitorMar 22-31Apr 22-30Oct 8-1423%
NevadaSummer visitorMar 22-31Jun 22-30Oct 8-1411%
New HampshireSummer visitorApr 1-7May 8-14Oct 8-1443%
MassachusettsSummer visitorApr 1-7May 1-7Oct 8-1441%
Rhode IslandSummer visitorApr 1-7May 8-14Oct 15-2141%
ConnecticutSummer visitorApr 1-7May 1-7Oct 15-2138%
MaineSummer visitorApr 1-7May 8-14Oct 8-1440%
IowaSummer visitorApr 1-7May 1-7Aug 15-2134%
MichiganSummer visitorApr 1-7May 8-14Aug 8-1429%
WisconsinSummer visitorApr 1-7Jun 22-30Aug 8-1429%
NebraskaSummer visitorApr 1-7May 1-7Oct 8-1427%
OregonSummer visitorApr 1-7Jun 15-21Aug 22-318.8%
South DakotaSummer visitorApr 8-14May 8-14Oct 1-734%
MinnesotaSummer visitorApr 8-14May 8-14Aug 22-3132%
VermontSummer visitorApr 8-14May 8-14Aug 22-3132%
ColoradoSummer visitorApr 8-14May 8-14Oct 8-1422%
UtahSummer visitorApr 8-14Jun 22-30Sep 22-3016%
WashingtonSummer visitorApr 8-14May 22-31Aug 1-78.1%
North DakotaSummer visitorApr 15-21May 8-14Oct 1-746%
WyomingSummer visitorApr 15-21May 15-21Sep 22-3021%
IdahoSummer visitorApr 15-21Jun 22-30Sep 15-2119%
MontanaSummer visitorApr 22-30May 22-31Sep 15-2126%
New MexicoAll year, most in fallJul 22-31Aug 22-31Oct 8-1431%
OklahomaSummer visitorAug 22-31Apr 22-30May 22-3116%
LouisianaWinter visitorOct 8-14Feb 8-14Apr 1-715%
FloridaWinter visitorOct 22-31Feb 8-14Apr 1-77.1%
AlabamaAll year, most in winterNov 8-14Mar 15-21Apr 8-1430%
South CarolinaAll year, most in winterNov 15-21Mar 22-31May 8-1430%
MississippiAll year, most in winterNov 15-21Mar 15-21Apr 15-2118%
TexasWinter visitorAug 1-7Feb 8-14May 1-712%
ArizonaAll year, most in fallAug 22-31Oct 1-7Dec 15-2115%
CaliforniaWinter visitorAug 22-31Oct 1-7Jul 15-213.1%
GeorgiaYear-round–Mar 22-31–40%

Winter visitor in: Louisiana, Florida, Texas, Arizona, California, Alabama, South Carolina, Mississippi

Summer visitor in: New Mexico, Oklahoma