Birds to See in District of Columbia in March
78 bird species on our list for District of Columbia are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Northern Cardinal, Common Starling, Song Sparrow and Blue Jay. New this month: Osprey, Palm Warbler, Purple Martin and Bonaparte's Gull and 5 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From District of Columbia’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 78 birds in March
78 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 4.93% in Mar
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.26% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.04% in Mar
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.63% in Mar
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.26% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.12% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in Mar
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.90% in Mar
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 2.69% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Mar
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Mar
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–May · 2.38% in Mar
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Mar
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Mar
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Mar
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Mar
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.16% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Mar
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.85% in Mar
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Mar
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Mar
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.63% in Mar
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.61% in Mar
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.61% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.49% in Mar
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.47% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.46% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.43% in Mar
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.28% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.24% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.23% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.22% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.20% in Mar
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorUncommon54–59 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.17% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.17% in Mar
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorCommon64–79 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.15% in Mar
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.13% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Mar
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.05% in Mar
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusPassage migrantUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaPassage migrantUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorRare120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorRare46–63 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Mar
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.02% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentRare16–25 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 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