Birds to See in Georgia in March
137 bird species on our list for Georgia are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Tufted Titmouse, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Mourning Dove and Blue Jay. New this month: Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Barn Swallow, Cattle Egret and Pectoral Sandpiper and 11 more.
On the move in March
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At their peak
From Georgia’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 137 birds in March
137 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.55% in Mar
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.37% in Mar
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.79% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Mar
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.56% in Mar
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Mar
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 2.50% in Mar
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Mar
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Mar
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Mar
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.28% in Mar
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.97% in Mar
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Mar
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.71% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Mar
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Mar
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Mar
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Mar
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Mar
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Mar
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.72% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Mar
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.56% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Mar
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.47% in Mar
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.44% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.40% in Mar
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.36% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.34% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorUncommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Mar
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Mar
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.26% in Mar
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.26% in Mar
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.22% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.21% in Mar
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.11% in Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.10% in Mar
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.09% in Mar
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.09% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.09% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.06% in Mar
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Mar
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Mar
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Mar
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.03% in Mar
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.02% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentRare16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.02% in Mar
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.01% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.01% in Mar
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.01% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentRare54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorRare64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Mar
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Mar
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorRare53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.00% in Mar
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.00% in Mar
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorRare40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorRare140–160 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorRare59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorRare69–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaWinter visitorRare17–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorRare58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in Mar
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorRare64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorRare48–60 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.00% in Mar
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.00% in Mar
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.00% in Mar
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentRare139–157 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.00% in Mar
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorRare54–59 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusSummer visitorRare42–75 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.00% in Mar
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisWinter visitorRare20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaPassage migrantRare19–25 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorRare41–50 cmRegularly Feb–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