Birds to See in Connecticut in March
112 bird species on our list for Connecticut are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Song Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, American Robin, Mourning Dove and Red-winged Blackbird. New this month: Osprey, Great White Egret, Greater Yellowlegs and Lesser Yellowlegs and 7 more.
On the move in March
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At their peak
From Connecticut’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 112 birds in March
112 birds
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.81% in Mar
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.80% in Mar
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.56% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.26% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.15% in Mar
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.13% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 3.02% in Mar
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.88% in Mar
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Mar
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Mar
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Mar
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Mar
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Mar
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Mar
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Mar
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.03% in Mar
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Mar
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.91% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.55% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.47% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.47% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.46% in Mar
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.44% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.31% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.29% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.28% in Mar
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.26% in Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.26% in Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.20% in Mar
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.20% in Mar
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusResidentCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.14% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.14% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.13% in Mar
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.12% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.11% in Mar
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.11% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.10% in Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.10% in Mar
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.08% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusPassage migrantUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorRare50–90 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.02% in Mar
Common GullLarus canusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentRare16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.02% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorRare53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorRare120–150 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusWinter visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Mar
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorUncommon58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorRare80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Mar
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorRare40–47 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorRare41–50 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.00% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorRare46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.00% 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