Rare summer resident south. In Wisconsin, all records, except one in Outagamie County in 1959, have come from the southern counties south of a line from Prairie du Chein through Baraboo to Sheboygan.
Black streaks border the breast.
They also have a white stripe over the eye, two white wing bars and black stripes on the sides. Young fledge 8 days after hatching. Made of grasses, bark strips, and weed stems, lined with plant down and feathers. Placed 10-120 feet above ground on a horizontal branch. Prior to 1970, this bird was not recorded more than two times per decade.