Environmental Information Management System

Name: Lark Sparrow

Phylum: Craniata

Class: Aves

Order: Passeriformes

Family: Emberizidae

Scientific: Chondestes grammacus

• Open habitats with scattered trees and bushes, grasslands with a shrub component and sparse litter, parklands, sand hills, cultivated and old field habitats, woodland edges, riparian areas.
• Nest on the ground or close to the ground (in shrubs, saplings and small trees) among sparse woody vegetation.

• Minimize disturbance during the breeding season.
• Maintain nesting habitat throughout all seasons.
• Maintain desired plant communities and key habitat features.

All Activities

• Identify key habitat features using appropriate measures (i.e. QP direction, desktop review, field confirmation, etc) and plan activities within the operating area accordingly.
• Time works such that they occur outside of the critical timing window.

All Activities

• Undertake construction and operation of oil and gas activities in a manner that minimizes impacts to desired plant communities and key habitat features.

 

Timing considerations when working within identified habitat:

• Avoid disturbance and/or clearing activities during the critical timing window from May 1 to July 31.