Birds to See in Maine in November
122 bird species on our list for Maine are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, Blue Jay, American Herring Gull, White-breasted Nuthatch and Ring-billed Gull. New this month: Goldeneye, American Tree Sparrow, Common Redpoll and Purple Sandpiper and 10 more.
On the move in November
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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 122 birds in November
122 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 5.71% in Nov
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 4.48% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.81% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Nov
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Nov
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Nov
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Nov
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.36% in Nov
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 1.13% in Nov
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.06% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.85% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.79% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.72% in Nov
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Nov
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.54% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.52% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.49% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorCommon40–50 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.49% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.49% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Nov
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.42% in Nov
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.42% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.42% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.39% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.38% in Nov
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.34% in Nov
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.31% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisPassage migrantUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.28% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.27% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.27% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.26% in Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.26% in Nov
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.25% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.21% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.18% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.18% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.18% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.16% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.15% in Nov
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaSummer visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.14% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.12% in Nov
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.11% in Nov
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.10% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.10% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.10% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.09% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov · 0.07% in Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.06% in Nov
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.06% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.06% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Feb · 0.05% in Nov
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysPassage migrantUncommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.04% in Nov
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.03% in Nov
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantRare46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentRare46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
King EiderSomateria spectabilisWinter visitorRare46–64 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.02% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Little AukAlle alleWinter visitorUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusResidentRare27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantRare53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosResidentRare66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusPassage migrantRare19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorRare16–25 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisPassage migrantRare20–24 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 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