Birds to See in New Jersey in March
125 bird species on our list for New Jersey are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Northern Cardinal, Canada Goose, Mourning Dove and Song Sparrow. New this month: Osprey, Lesser Yellowlegs, Piping Plover and Dickcissel and 4 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From New Jersey’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 125 birds in March
125 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.53% in Mar
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.35% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 3.23% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.17% in Mar
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.11% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.95% in Mar
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.45% in Mar
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.30% in Mar
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Mar
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Mar
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.07% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Mar
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Mar
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Mar
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.59% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Mar
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Mar
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.09% in Mar
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.97% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Mar
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.93% in Mar
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.80% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.69% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.66% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.64% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.60% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Mar
Brent GooseBranta berniclaWinter visitorCommon55–66 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.56% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.46% in Mar
Northern GannetMorus bassanusWinter visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.43% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerWinter visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.42% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorCommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.41% in Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.36% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorCommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.35% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorCommon37–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.34% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.31% in Mar
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.27% in Mar
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Mar
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.25% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.24% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.24% in Mar
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.23% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.23% in Mar
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.23% in Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Mar
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaWinter visitorCommon9–11 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.19% in Mar
DunlinCalidris alpinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.19% in Mar
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorCommon24–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.16% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorCommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorUncommon80–100 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Mar
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.13% in Mar
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaWinter visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.12% in Mar
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorUncommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.11% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Mar
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorUncommon20–22 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.09% in Mar
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
EiderSomateria mollissimaWinter visitorUncommon50–71 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
RazorbillAlca tordaWinter visitorUncommon38–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Mar
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.05% in Mar
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Mar
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentRare43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.03% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusWinter visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Mar
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentRare29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundusWinter visitorRare38–44 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.02% in Mar
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
King EiderSomateria spectabilisWinter visitorUncommon46–64 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopeWinter visitorUncommon42–51 cmRegularly Sep–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorWinter visitorRare139–157 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.01% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorRare62–68 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.01% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorRare46–59 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.01% in Mar
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaPassage migrantUncommon28–34 cmRegularly Feb–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
FulmarFulmarus glacialisResidentRare45–50 cmRegularly Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisWinter visitorRare28–34 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorRare30–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.00% in Mar
Painted BuntingPasserina cirisWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorRare52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.00% in Mar
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantRare25–30 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.00% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaWinter visitorRare13–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 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