Abundant summer resident
March - November
In summer abundant (outside woods and near water), and in migration even more so; from early November to mid-winter, local but (at least in the lowlands) not rare; in late winter, usually rare or absent
June - February
Found at all times of the year; migrants appear from early March to late April and from early September through October
March - October
—H.L. Clark, 1887
Some local populations are vulnerable to loss of habitat, especially those in coastal marshes, but species as a whole is still widespread and abundant.*