Birds to See in Georgia in September
135 bird species on our list for Georgia are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, Tufted Titmouse, Red-bellied Woodpecker and Downy Woodpecker. New this month: Palm Warbler, Cedar Waxwing, Tennessee Warbler and Magnolia Warbler and 25 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
American RedstartBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
Chestnut-sided WarblerBusiest month of the year · Apr–Jun
Northern WaterthrushBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
Baltimore OrioleBusiest month of the year · Aug–May
Northern Yellow WarblerBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
Common TernBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
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.
Other months
All 135 birds in September
135 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.58% in Sep
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.70% in Sep
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.48% in Sep
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 3.07% in Sep
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Sep
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Sep
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.60% in Sep
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 2.50% in Sep
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Sep
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.04% in Sep
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Sep
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Sep
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Sep
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Sep
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Sep
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Sep- American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaPassage migrantCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.01% in Sep
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaResidentCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Sep
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Sep
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Sep
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Sep
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Sep
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Sep- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantCommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.57% in Sep
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWinter visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Sep
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Sep
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.52% in Sep
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Sep
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantCommon10–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.45% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusResidentCommon54–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Sep
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.40% in Sep
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.39% in Sep
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.37% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentUncommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Sep
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.36% in Sep
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.31% in Sep
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Sep
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusPassage migrantUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.29% in Sep
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Sep
Wood DuckAix sponsaResidentUncommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.23% in Sep
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorUncommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Sep
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.21% in Sep- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.20% in Sep
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentUncommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaWinter visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.17% in Sep
- Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaPassage migrantUncommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.15% in Sep
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
WilletTringa semipalmataResidentUncommon33–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Sep
Forster's TernSterna forsteriWinter visitorUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusResidentUncommon17–19 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.12% in Sep
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Sep
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.11% in Sep
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesWinter visitorUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Sep
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.09% in Sep
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentUncommon66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Sep
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorUncommon11–12 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantUncommon16–17 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentUncommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxResidentUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.07% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Sep- Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorUncommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusResidentUncommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusResidentUncommon23–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Sep
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusPassage migrantUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Sep
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusWinter visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.05% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.04% in Sep
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.04% in Sep
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentRare16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Sep
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Sep
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Feb–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorRare64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaWinter visitorUncommon43–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusWinter visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.03% in Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusResidentUncommon48–66 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Sep
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantRare11–13 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Sep
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantRare12–14 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.01% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentRare54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Red-cockaded WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus borealisResidentRare20–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Sep
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Sep
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.01% in Sep
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusWinter visitorRare41–46 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Sep
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Sep
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Sep
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Sep
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep · 0.00% in Sep
Sabine's GullXema sabiniScarceRare27–33 cmRegularly Sep · 0.00% in Sep
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumPassage migrantRare13–17 cmRegularly Sep · 0.00% in Sep
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.00% in Sep
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Sep
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Sep
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentRare63–73 cmRegularly Sep–Dec · 0.00% in Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Sep
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorRare140–160 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.00% in Sep
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisSummer visitorRare53–63 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.00% in Sep
Virginia RailRallus limicolaWinter visitorRare20–27 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.00% in Sep
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorRare41–50 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Sep
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
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