Birds to See in New Hampshire in March
97 bird species on our list for New Hampshire are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, Tufted Titmouse, Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay and Mourning Dove. New this month: Great Blue Heron, Wood Duck, Osprey and Pied-billed Grebe and 6 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
Red-winged BlackbirdBusiest month of the year · All year
Common MerganserBusiest month of the year · All year
Turkey VultureBusiest month of the year · All year
American Black DuckBusiest month of the year · All year
Eurasian TealBusiest month of the year · Aug–May
Fish CrowBusiest month of the year · All year
From New Hampshire’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 97 birds in March
97 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 4.58% in Mar
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.87% in Mar
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.86% in Mar
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.70% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.49% in Mar
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.42% in Mar
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.40% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 3.36% in Mar- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.12% in Mar
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.80% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.48% in Mar
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 2.16% in Mar
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 2.11% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Mar
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Mar
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Mar- Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Mar
- Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.14% in Mar- American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.98% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.96% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Mar
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.73% in Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.61% in Mar
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Mar
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.54% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.38% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.37% in Mar- Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.36% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.26% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.22% in Mar
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.19% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.17% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.16% in Mar
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.16% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.10% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.09% in Mar
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.08% in Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.04% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.02% in Mar
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorRare80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisPassage migrantUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.02% in Mar
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorRare17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.02% in Mar
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.02% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantRare64–81 cmRegularly Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorRare50–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantRare42–51 cmRegularly Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantRare55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.01% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorRare46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Mar
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorRare16–25 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 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