Birds to See in Delaware in November
126 bird species on our list for Delaware are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Turkey Vulture, Canada Goose, Song Sparrow, Northern Cardinal and American Robin. New this month: Snow Goose, Hooded Merganser, Tundra Swan and Red-breasted Merganser and 19 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
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 126 birds in November
126 birds
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Nov
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Nov
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.25% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Nov
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Nov
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Nov
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Nov
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Nov
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.49% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Nov
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Nov
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.35% in Nov
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentCommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.83% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.75% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.71% in Nov
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.69% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorCommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.65% in Nov
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorCommon33–36 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.65% in Nov
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.64% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.63% in Nov
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaResidentCommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.61% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.60% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorCommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.58% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.52% in Nov
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.51% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.48% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorCommon69–84 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.46% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Nov
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.40% in Nov
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.34% in Nov
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.33% in Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.31% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.28% in Nov
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.25% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.22% in Nov
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaPassage migrantUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.22% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.21% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorUncommon54–67 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.20% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.20% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.18% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.17% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.15% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.14% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.11% in Nov
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.10% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.09% in Nov
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.08% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Nov
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoSummer visitorUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.07% in Nov
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.07% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosPassage migrantUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.06% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Nov
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Nov
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorCommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Nov
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Nov
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisPassage migrantRare20–24 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.02% in Nov
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantRare64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.02% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.01% in Nov
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorUncommon57–64 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorRare46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorRare50–90 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.01% in Nov
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusPassage migrantRare17–21 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.00% in Nov
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