Birds to See in Maine in March
93 bird species on our list for Maine are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, Northern Cardinal, American Herring Gull, Mourning Dove and Blue Jay. New this month: Common Grackle, Great Blue Heron, Great White Egret and Ruddy Duck and 5 more.
On the move in March
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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 93 birds in March
93 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 6.54% in Mar
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.33% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.31% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.15% in Mar
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.11% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Mar
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.89% in Mar
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.88% in Mar
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Mar
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 2.38% in Mar
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Mar
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Mar
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Mar
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.53% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.50% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 1.46% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.22% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Mar
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.96% in Mar
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Mar
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.60% in Mar
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.54% in Mar
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.48% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.45% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.40% in Mar
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.34% in Mar
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.28% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.25% in Mar
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Mar
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorCommon40–50 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.19% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.18% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.15% in Mar
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.12% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.09% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.08% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.07% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.05% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.05% in Mar
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentRare46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.04% in Mar
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.03% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisPassage migrantUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
King EiderSomateria spectabilisWinter visitorRare46–64 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantRare42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorRare16–25 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentRare66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Dec–Jul · 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