Regular migrant and nesting species.
Most records are of birds on breeding territory, rather than actual migrants.
The status of this species in the fall is poorly understood. In the Central Plain and Northern Highland this species is most common in medium-aged Northern Hardwood Forest, Jack Pine Barren, and Pine Plantations. Regular migrant and nesting species. Spring migrants arrive 5-10 May and peak abundance occurs 25 May to 5 June. Fall migration begins with flock formation in early August.