Birds to See in Maryland in March
122 bird species on our list for Maryland are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, American Robin, Mourning Dove, American Crow and Song Sparrow. New this month: Osprey, Great White Egret, Lesser Yellowlegs and Pectoral Sandpiper and 5 more.
On the move in March
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At their peak
From Maryland’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 March
122 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.25% in Mar
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.37% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Mar
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Mar
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.92% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.82% in Mar
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Mar
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.59% in Mar
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Mar
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Mar
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Mar
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Mar
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.79% in Mar
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Mar
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Mar
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.20% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.13% in Mar
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.85% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Mar
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.65% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.58% in Mar
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Mar
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.47% in Mar
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.43% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.42% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.42% in Mar
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.41% in Mar
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.37% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.37% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.35% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.33% in Mar
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.31% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.29% in Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.25% in Mar
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorCommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.24% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.24% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.23% in Mar
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.20% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.18% in Mar
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.15% in Mar
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.15% in Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.13% in Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.13% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.11% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.09% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.08% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Mar
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentRare139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Dec–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorRare80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorRare80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorRare50–71 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorRare20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaPassage migrantRare16–22 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusPassage migrantRare52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantRare25–30 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Dec–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorRare64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorRare66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentRare41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Mar
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorRare17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.00% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorRare46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusPassage migrantRare62–68 cmRegularly Jan–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
ChukarAlectoris chukarResidentRare32–38 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 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