The Myrtle winters mostly in eastern and southern states, and the Pacific coast to Washington. Also throughout Mexico and most of Central America. They breed in the northern parts of North America, from eastern Canada to Alaska.
The Audubon's winters in the southwestern parts of North America, including ost of Mexico and California, Arizona, most of New Mexico, and parts of Texas, Nevada, and Utah. They breed in parts of the northwest from B.C. to Colorado, Texas and central California.
Yellow-rumped Warblers winter in open areas, like parks, streams in woodlands, or other areas with fruiting shrubs. In tropical areas they can be found on coffee plantations, and magroves. They breed in mature coniferous and mixed coniferous-deciduous woodlands. They are foundmostly in mountain forests, but in the Pacific Northwest and the Northeast they can be found at sea level.
The first brood is layed from April to early August. The mean time for Wahington is April 9 to Jun 27. The nest is constructed on a horizontal branch of hemlock, spruce, cedar, pine, or tamarack, 3.94-49.87 feet, (1.2-15.2 m) above ground. The female builds the nest, with little help from male. A loose or compact cup-shaped construction of twigs, pine needles, and grasses interwoven with rootlets, hair, mosses, and lichens and lined with finer hair and feathers. Clutch size is 3 to 6 eggs, that are white spotted with brown, reddish-brown, gray, or purplish gray. Incubation period
12 to 13 days from laying of last egg. They fledge 10 to 14 days after hatching.
