Birds to See in Georgia in November
138 bird species on our list for Georgia are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Tufted Titmouse, Red-bellied Woodpecker, American Crow and Blue Jay. New this month: Hooded Merganser, Sandhill Crane, Bonaparte's Gull and Fox Sparrow and 18 more.
On the move in November
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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 138 birds in November
138 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.86% in Nov
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.08% in Nov
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.99% in Nov
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.87% in Nov
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.73% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Nov
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Nov
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 2.43% in Nov
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Nov
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–May · 2.06% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Nov
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Nov
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Nov
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.07% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Nov
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.96% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Nov
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Nov
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.67% in Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.65% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.61% in Nov
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.57% in Nov
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorUncommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Nov
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.31% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.29% in Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.27% in Nov
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.22% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.17% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.16% in Nov
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.15% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.14% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.10% in Nov
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusWinter visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.09% in Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.09% in Nov
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Nov
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Nov
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.06% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.05% in Nov
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.04% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Nov
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantCommon10–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorRare48–60 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.03% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorRare59–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Nov
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorRare69–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.02% in Nov
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorRare64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentRare16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorRare39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentRare54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Nov
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorRare54–59 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorRare20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorRare37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisWinter visitorRare20–24 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantRare32–36 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Say's PhoebeSayornis sayaWinter visitorRare17–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentRare50–71 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Nov
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorRare53–69 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Red JunglefowlGallus gallusSummer visitorRare42–75 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.00% in Nov
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorRare140–160 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaPassage migrantRare19–25 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.00% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorRare40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorRare58–68 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorRare64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Nov
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRegularly Nov–Jun · 0.00% in Nov
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusPassage migrantRare17–21 cmRegularly Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisSummer visitorRare53–63 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Nov
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorRare41–50 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 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