"Uncommon in open grassy areas with scattered trees or short grass adjacent to hedgerows and trees ... Striking head pattern, clean whitish underparts with dark spot on breast ...." (Sibley, The Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North Americs, p. 377)

"They are rare and very local in summer in the Pineywoods." (Lockwood & Freeman, The Texas Ornithological Society Handbook of Texas Birds, p. 195.)

Lark Sparrows appeared once before in July, 2010. This pair, has been in an area 100 yards in radius for the past three weeks (April - May, 2012).

The Lark Sparrows were still there in the middle of June, 2012. They may have nested. They have persisted now to the end of September 2012, when I saw a flock of 10± birds.

2013.

2014.