Birds to See in Massachusetts in November
155 bird species on our list for Massachusetts are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Blue Jay, American Crow, Northern Cardinal, Downy Woodpecker and American Robin. New this month: Goldeneye, American Tree Sparrow, Iceland Gull and Snowy Owl and 15 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
From Massachusetts’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 155 birds in November
155 birds
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 4.32% in Nov
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.14% in Nov
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Nov
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.79% in Nov
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.68% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.42% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.13% in Nov
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.89% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.84% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Nov
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 1.41% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.07% in Nov
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Nov
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Nov
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.78% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.75% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.73% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.62% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.58% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorCommon87–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.48% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.44% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.41% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.38% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.36% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.34% in Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusResidentUncommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.34% in Nov
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.31% in Nov
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.29% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.29% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.28% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaResidentUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.27% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.24% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.24% in Nov
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.24% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.22% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorUncommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.22% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.22% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Nov
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusResidentUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.18% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.18% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.14% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.12% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.12% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.12% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Nov
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.10% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jun–Mar · 0.10% in Nov
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.08% in Nov
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.07% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.07% in Nov
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Nov
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.06% in Nov
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Feb · 0.05% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.05% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorRare50–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.04% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatusPassage migrantRare28–38 cmRegularly Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleWinter visitorUncommon30–32 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisPassage migrantRare46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorRare15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.03% in Nov
Forster's TernSterna forsteriPassage migrantUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusSummer visitorUncommon41–46 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisPassage migrantRare20–24 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.03% in Nov
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusResidentRare58–85 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorRare64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Little AukAlle alleWinter visitorUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorRare53–76 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorRare42–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Barnacle GooseBranta leucopsisPassage migrantRare58–70 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.02% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Nov
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaWinter visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
King EiderSomateria spectabilisWinter visitorRare46–64 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusWinter visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.01% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusWinter visitorRare60–75 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentRare80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorRare41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorRare25–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorRare40–47 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantRare120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaWinter visitorRare58–74 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusWinter visitorRare29–31 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
FulmarFulmarus glacialisPassage migrantUncommon45–50 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.00% in Nov
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaPassage migrantRare40–50 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.00% in Nov
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorRare66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanPassage migrantRare32–36 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaWinter visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.00% in Nov
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentRare53–63 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 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