Birds to See in Saskatchewan in March
63 bird species on our list for Saskatchewan are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are House Sparrow, Canada Goose, Common Raven, Rock Dove and House Finch. New this month: American Crow, Ring-billed Gull, Western Meadowlark and Snow Goose and 17 more.
On the move in March
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At their peak
From Saskatchewan’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 63 birds in March
63 birds
House SparrowPasser domesticusWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 10.01% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 6.53% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 6.01% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 4.75% in Mar
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusWinter visitorCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 4.25% in Mar
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosSummer visitorCommon41–53 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 3.48% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 3.36% in Mar
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataWinter visitorCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.75% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 2.33% in Mar
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorCommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 1.80% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusWinter visitorCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Mar
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.47% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentCommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Mar
Grey PartridgePerdix perdixWinter visitorCommon28–32 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Mar
American RobinTurdus migratoriusSummer visitorCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisSummer visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.94% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Mar
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaPassage migrantCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.92% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Mar
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorCommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.75% in Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantCommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.65% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorCommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.57% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusResidentCommon11–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.38% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisSummer visitorCommon45–65 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.36% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaWinter visitorUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusSummer visitorUncommon53–65 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.28% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantCommon69–84 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.27% in Mar
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoidesSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.26% in Mar
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaSummer visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.23% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorCommon16–26 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.22% in Mar
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.21% in Mar
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantCommon64–81 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.19% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorUncommon20–26 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.10% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusSummer visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.09% in Mar
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorCommon32–36 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.05% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Mar
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusPassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Mar
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantCommon57–64 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Mar
American Three-toed WoodpeckerPicoides dorsalisWinter visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaPassage migrantUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusSummer visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Mar
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorSummer visitorRare139–157 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Mar
Barred OwlStrix variaSummer visitorRare43–50 cmRegularly Feb–Oct · 0.02% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesPassage migrantRare52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Long-eared OwlAsio otusSummer visitorRare35–40 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 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