Males return first from Winter sojourns in the tropics. The females are entertained by prospective mates with such a ludicrous series of bowing, scraping and awkward waddlings, that a lucky watcher in the early Spring twilight can scarcely credit his vision. These contortions are executed with wierd puffing grunts not heard at any other season.
When the eggs or young are threatened, some pairs have been known to remove the treasures to another location simply by opening their two-inch mouths and picking them up.
Hummingbirds, Sparrows and Swallows have been found at rare intervals in their stomachs. They are named after the common call.
From southern Virginia, southern Ohio and Missouri south to the Gulf Coast and central Texas.