They migrate by day, resorting at night to the deepest swamps. None of these birds remain in the United States during winter, although some are found lingering in the south as late as the first of December. Range is from Northeast British Columbia to Newfoundland to south to US east of Rockies. Winters from the Gulf Coast and South Carolina to north South America. Food T his bird's diet is mostly insects consisting of crickets, ants, spiders, caterpillars, aphids, earthworms, moths, slugs, and beetles.
Ovenbirds walk on the ground of woods turning over leaves with their bills.
A few seeds and fruit such as mulberries are also eaten. Nest L ooking like an oven, the nest is usually found on the ground, sometimes among the roots of a tall tree, sometimes by the side of a fallen trunk, and again at the foot of some slender sapling. It is sunk in the ground among dry leaves or decayed moss, and is neatly formed of grasses, both inside and out, arched over with a thick mass of the same material, covered by leaves, twigs, and grasses. A small opening is left on one side, just sufficient to admit the bird. The female builds the nest.