Birds to See in Delaware in March
110 bird species on our list for Delaware are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Turkey Vulture, Northern Cardinal, Red-winged Blackbird, American Robin and Canada Goose. New this month: Osprey, Chipping Sparrow, Forster's Tern and Long-billed Dowitcher and 4 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Delaware’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 110 birds in March
110 birds
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 3.17% in Mar
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.01% in Mar
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.99% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.66% in Mar
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Mar
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Mar
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Mar
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Mar
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Mar
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Mar
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Mar
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Mar
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Mar
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Mar
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.18% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.04% in Mar
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.03% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.92% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Mar
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.62% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.60% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Mar
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Mar
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.52% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.51% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.51% in Mar
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaResidentCommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.43% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.42% in Mar
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.41% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.41% in Mar
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.39% in Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.36% in Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorCommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.36% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.35% in Mar
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.27% in Mar
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.27% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.26% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.26% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.25% in Mar
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorCommon33–36 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.24% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.20% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.18% in Mar
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.17% in Mar
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorCommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Mar
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.12% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.11% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoSummer visitorUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.09% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.08% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.08% in Mar
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.07% in Mar
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.04% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorUncommon54–67 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Mar
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusPassage migrantUncommon60–75 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Mar
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Mar
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.01% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusResidentRare62–68 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorRare50–90 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.01% in Mar
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantRare20–32 cmRegularly Mar–Jul · 0.01% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaResidentRare40–50 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 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