Birds to See in New Hampshire in September
150 bird species on our list for New Hampshire are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Blue Jay, American Crow, White-breasted Nuthatch, Gray Catbird and Downy Woodpecker. New this month: Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Palm Warbler, White-crowned Sparrow and Surf Scoter and 15 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
Leaving soon
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 150 birds in September
150 birds
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 4.48% in Sep
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.10% in Sep
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.61% in Sep
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 2.54% in Sep
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Sep
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Sep
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.05% in Sep
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Sep
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.95% in Sep
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Sep
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.72% in Sep
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.48% in Sep
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Sep
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Sep
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.29% in Sep
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.23% in Sep
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.22% in Sep
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.14% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Sep
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Sep
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.07% in Sep
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Sep
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Sep
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Sep
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.81% in Sep
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.80% in Sep
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.78% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Sep
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.70% in Sep
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Sep
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.63% in Sep
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Sep
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.60% in Sep
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Sep
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Sep
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorCommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.59% in Sep
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Sep
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Sep
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.48% in Sep
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaPassage migrantCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.48% in Sep
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumPassage migrantCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.48% in Sep
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.47% in Sep
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.44% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Sep
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.40% in Sep
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.37% in Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.37% in Sep
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.36% in Sep
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.35% in Sep
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.34% in Sep
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.32% in Sep
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.31% in Sep
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.31% in Sep
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.30% in Sep
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Sep
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.30% in Sep
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.29% in Sep
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.28% in Sep
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.28% in Sep
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.28% in Sep
Northern GannetMorus bassanusPassage migrantUncommon87–100 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.27% in Sep
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.26% in Sep
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.26% in Sep
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.24% in Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.24% in Sep
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Sep
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.23% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Sep
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.22% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.20% in Sep
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.19% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Sep
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.19% in Sep
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaSummer visitorUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.19% in Sep
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.15% in Sep
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.14% in Sep
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.13% in Sep
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.13% in Sep
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.12% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.11% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.11% in Sep
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.11% in Sep
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.10% in Sep
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.09% in Sep
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysPassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.09% in Sep
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Sep
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.08% in Sep
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.08% in Sep
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.08% in Sep
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Sep
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.05% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Sep
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantRare30–38 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.04% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Sep
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorCommon48–60 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.04% in Sep
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantRare24–28 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Sep
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.02% in Sep
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorRare16–25 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Sep
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Sep
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Sep
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataPassage migrantUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–Jan · 0.01% in Sep
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantRare22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
FulmarFulmarus glacialisPassage migrantRare45–50 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.01% in Sep
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusResidentRare20–22 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorRare50–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Sep
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentRare33–36 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.00% in Sep
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorRare80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.00% in Sep
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Sep
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.00% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Sep
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Gray-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimusPassage migrantRare16–17 cmRegularly Sep · 0.00% in Sep
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