The dickcissel is a bird of the prairies and a common resident of the Midwest. A rare breeding species in Pennsylvania, it has recently been found nesting in Clarion, Westmoreland, Somerset, Fayette, Franklin, and York counties, mainly on reclaimed strip-mine sites, but also on cut hayfields, especially in years when drought stunts the regrowth of grasses. Nests are on or near the ground, hidden in dense grass, weeds or a shrub.
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