Birds to See in Maine in February
89 bird species on our list for Maine are recorded regularly in February
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, American Herring Gull, Blue Jay, White-breasted Nuthatch and Tufted Titmouse. New this month: Red-winged Blackbird, Merlin, Wood Duck and Muscovy Duck.
On the move in February
GBIF · FebArriving
At their peak
From Maine’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 89 birds in February
89 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 6.29% in Feb
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.92% in Feb
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.72% in Feb
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.57% in Feb
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.39% in Feb
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 3.24% in Feb
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.01% in Feb
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.83% in Feb
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Feb
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Feb
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.14% in Feb
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 2.09% in Feb
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Feb
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.96% in Feb
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Feb
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Feb
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Feb
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.63% in Feb
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Feb
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Feb
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Feb
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.55% in Feb
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Feb
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Feb
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Feb
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Feb
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Feb
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Feb
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Feb
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.87% in Feb
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Feb
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.77% in Feb
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Feb
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.64% in Feb
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Feb
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Feb
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Feb
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.51% in Feb
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Feb
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Feb
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Feb
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.33% in Feb
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorCommon40–50 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.31% in Feb
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Feb
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Feb
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.23% in Feb
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Feb
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.19% in Feb
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.18% in Feb
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Feb
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.17% in Feb
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.16% in Feb
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Feb
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Feb
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.14% in Feb
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Feb
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Feb
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Feb
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.10% in Feb
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.09% in Feb
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Feb
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.09% in Feb
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.08% in Feb
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.08% in Feb
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.07% in Feb
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Feb
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Feb
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.05% in Feb
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Feb
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentRare46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Feb
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.04% in Feb
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.04% in Feb
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.03% in Feb
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorRare16–25 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Feb
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.03% in Feb
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Feb
Little AukAlle alleWinter visitorUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.03% in Feb
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.03% in Feb
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.03% in Feb
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Feb
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Feb
King EiderSomateria spectabilisWinter visitorRare46–64 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Feb
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Feb
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.02% in Feb
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.01% in Feb
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Feb
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 0.00% in Feb
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