Birds to See in New Brunswick in March
87 bird species on our list for New Brunswick are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, Mourning Dove, Blue Jay, American Herring Gull and Common Starling. New this month: Canada Goose, Common Grackle, Red-winged Blackbird and Hooded Merganser and 8 more.
On the move in March
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At their peak
From New Brunswick’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 87 birds in March
87 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 8.50% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.79% in Mar
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.55% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.33% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.25% in Mar
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.03% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.79% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Mar
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 2.48% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 2.40% in Mar
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.26% in Mar
American Black DuckAnas rubripesResidentCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.65% in Mar
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisWinter visitorCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentCommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Mar
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 1.16% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorCommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–May · 1.09% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 1.06% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.89% in Mar
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.78% in Mar
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Mar
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorCommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.43% in Mar
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.42% in Mar
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.31% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaSummer visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Dec–May · 0.28% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.26% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataSummer visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.23% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.20% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.17% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.16% in Mar
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusWinter visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.16% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.10% in Mar
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.07% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusPassage migrantUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.06% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.06% in Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisSummer visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.05% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Mar
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Mar
King EiderSomateria spectabilisResidentRare46–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorUncommon16–21 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusPassage migrantRare38–44 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantRare66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Little AukAlle alleWinter visitorRare18–21 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made