Most years the first Chipping Sparrow arrives during the first two weeks of April, with the full complement in place by mid-April.  Most Chipping Sparrows depart in October but a few linger into November.  One spent the winter, January 1 to March 5, 2002 at Carena Pooth's window feeder in Poughquag.  It was an unusual but well-studied and photographed winter resident.

Historical Notes: There were no winter records until the winter of 1966-67, when Marion Van Wagner found one at her feeder in Pleasant Valley on December 20, 1966 and January 3, 1967.  One spent the winter (December 15, 1981 through March 1982) at Vaughn Morrison's feeder in Chelsea Ridge, and Florence Germond hosted an immature from January 8 through March 1984 in the Town of Washington.