Birds to See in Ohio in March
108 bird species on our list for Ohio are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Northern Cardinal, Canada Goose, Red-winged Blackbird and Song Sparrow. New this month: Chipping Sparrow, Great White Egret, Bonaparte's Gull and Osprey and 11 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Ohio’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 108 birds in March
108 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 4.39% in Mar
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.24% in Mar
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 3.99% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.85% in Mar
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.59% in Mar
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.07% in Mar
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.94% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.91% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.74% in Mar
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.65% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Mar
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Mar
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Mar
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Mar
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Mar
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Mar
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.37% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.71% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.71% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.68% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.67% in Mar
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.64% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Mar
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.47% in Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.44% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.44% in Mar
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.39% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.38% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Mar
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Mar
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.30% in Mar
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantCommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.29% in Mar
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.25% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Mar
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.23% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.23% in Mar
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.21% in Mar
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.19% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon91–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.16% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.16% in Mar
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.14% in Mar
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Mar
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.13% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.12% in Mar
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.08% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Mar
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.06% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.05% in Mar
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Mar
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentRare36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantRare42–51 cmRegularly Feb–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.01% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorRare54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboPassage migrantRare80–100 cmRegularly Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorRare30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.00% in Mar
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.00% in Mar
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.00% in Mar
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Mar
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusWinter visitorRare41–50 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorRare66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 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