Birds to See in Maryland in November
139 bird species on our list for Maryland are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, American Crow, Blue Jay, Song Sparrow and Red-bellied Woodpecker. New this month: Hooded Merganser, Common Merganser, Tundra Swan and Goldeneye and 18 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
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 139 birds in November
139 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.50% in Nov
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.12% in Nov
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Nov
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Nov
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Nov
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Nov
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.29% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Nov
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Nov
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.93% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.92% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–May · 1.38% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Nov
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.15% in Nov
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.02% in Nov
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Nov
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.90% in Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.82% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Nov
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.80% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Nov
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Nov
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Nov
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.52% in Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.51% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.48% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.40% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.38% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.31% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.28% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.27% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorCommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.27% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.25% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.23% in Nov
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.21% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.20% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.19% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.19% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.19% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.14% in Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.14% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.13% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.12% in Nov
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.12% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorUncommon87–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.11% in Nov
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.07% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.07% in Nov
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.06% in Nov
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.05% in Nov
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorRare20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentRare139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorRare80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorRare80–100 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorRare50–71 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaPassage migrantRare16–22 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Nov
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.02% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorRare66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaPassage migrantRare40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorRare46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisPassage migrantRare20–24 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorRare43–51 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorRare64–81 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusPassage migrantRare52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Dec · 0.00% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorRare52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Nov
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantRare32–36 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentRare41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Jun–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