Hidden in the upper branches of a tall maple or elm, the nest looks like a gray basket, woven of milkweed silk, plant fibers and hair. Northern orioles feed in the trees, searching for caterpillars, beetles and fruit. During winter, orioles drink mostly nectar from flowers. Wintering habitat includes scattered trees and woodland borders from Mexico to Colombia and Venezuela. A warbler, the American redstart is a bird of the forest edge.
Nesting areas are in forest of the midwestern and northern U.S. and southern Canada.
American redstarts winter from Mexico to the West Indies and northwestern South America. The liquid song of the wood thrush floats through many Midwest woodlands and forested city parks in spring. Wood thrushes catch insects and eat fruit from trees and shrubs. In the summer, you'll find the wood thrush in moist forests of the eastern U.S. and southern Canada. Winters are spent from Texas and Mexico to Colombia.