The male immediately establishes a territory. Egg laying is sometimes stimulated by warm temperatures 5 to 6 days before the laying of the first egg. If for some reason the first nest is lost, another nest is started shortly thereafter. Incubation requires 13 to 16 days. Eggs hatch sometime between June 12 and June 26.
Some pairs raise two broods a season.
The average production per pair is three or more young each year. Fledging - Young develop rapidly and are out of the nest within 9 days. Most nests are sunken so as to be flush with the ground surface. Nests are usually located in areas where they are shaded by small jack pines and well concealed by lush ground cover. Nests are often found near or at the edge of a fairly dense growth of jack pines.