During migration, they live in thickets and bushes, particularly in riparian zones.[1][5] They use lowlands such as the Great Plains and Great Basin, as well as urban and suburban habitats in the east.[3] Their migration period starts between May 13th to 30th and lasts until August 20th to September 20th.[5] Their southern habitats over the winter include tropical evergreen and deciduous forests, arid and humid pine-oak forests, Pacific swamp forests, and arid subtropical scrub.[2]