Birds to See in Michigan in November
123 bird species on our list for Michigan are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Blue Jay, Downy Woodpecker, White-breasted Nuthatch, American Crow and Northern Cardinal. New this month: Snowy Owl, Glaucous Gull, Bohemian Waxwing and Brent Goose and 3 more.
On the move in November
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At their peak
From Michigan’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 123 birds in November
123 birds
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 5.02% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 3.78% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.64% in Nov
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.61% in Nov
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.54% in Nov
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 3.21% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.18% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.66% in Nov
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.41% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Nov
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.90% in Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentCommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Nov
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.66% in Nov
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorCommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.62% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.45% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.40% in Nov
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentCommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.36% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.35% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.32% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.32% in Nov
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.32% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.31% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.31% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorUncommon66–91 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.30% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.27% in Nov
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.24% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.24% in Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.18% in Nov
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Nov
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.18% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.17% in Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.14% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.14% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaPassage migrantCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.12% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.12% in Nov
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.11% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.11% in Nov
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.09% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.09% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.07% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.07% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.07% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Nov
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Nov
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorUncommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.04% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantRare55–66 cmRegularly Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.03% in Nov
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentRare21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Nov
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusSummer visitorRare25–30 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.02% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Jan · 0.01% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentRare30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorRare32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaResidentRare58–74 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
King EiderSomateria spectabilisPassage migrantRare46–64 cmRegularly Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaSummer visitorRare16–26 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
White-winged DoveZenaida asiaticaPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.00% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRegularly Aug–Jun · 0.00% in Nov
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorRare36–41 cmRegularly Mar–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