Birds to See in New Hampshire in November
123 bird species on our list for New Hampshire are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Blue Jay, American Crow, White-breasted Nuthatch, Tufted Titmouse and Downy Woodpecker. New this month: Goldeneye, American Tree Sparrow, Long-tailed Duck and Common Redpoll and 8 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
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.
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All 123 birds in November
123 birds
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 5.74% in Nov
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 4.35% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.97% in Nov
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 3.57% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 3.42% in Nov
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.04% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.19% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.12% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Nov
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Nov
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Nov
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.95% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.89% in Nov
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Nov
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.83% in Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.81% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.76% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Nov
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.70% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.60% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.40% in Nov
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.39% in Nov
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.38% in Nov
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.38% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.36% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.33% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.33% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.32% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.32% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.27% in Nov
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.26% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.25% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.25% in Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.25% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Nov
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaPassage migrantCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.22% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.20% in Nov
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Nov
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.14% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.14% in Nov
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.13% in Nov
Northern GannetMorus bassanusPassage migrantUncommon87–100 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.13% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.13% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.13% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.12% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.11% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.10% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisPassage migrantUncommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.10% in Nov
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.09% in Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysPassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.08% in Nov
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.07% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.06% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Nov
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Nov
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.05% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantRare55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.04% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisResidentRare46–56 cmRegularly Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.03% in Nov
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.03% in Nov
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.02% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorRare50–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.02% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorRare80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
FulmarFulmarus glacialisPassage migrantRare45–50 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.02% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Nov
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorRare16–25 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Nov
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Little AukAlle alleWinter visitorUncommon18–21 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.01% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantRare53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusResidentRare27–30 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorRare46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusPassage migrantRare34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Jun–Jan · 0.00% in Nov
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Aug–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