Birds to See in Ohio in November
127 bird species on our list for Ohio are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Blue Jay, Northern Cardinal, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Downy Woodpecker and American Crow. New this month: American Tree Sparrow, Goldeneye, Tundra Swan and Short-eared Owl and 11 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
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 127 birds in November
127 birds
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 4.47% in Nov
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.92% in Nov
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 3.41% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 3.35% in Nov
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.03% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.97% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.55% in Nov
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.46% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 2.35% in Nov
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.32% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Nov
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.04% in Nov
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.03% in Nov
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantCommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.96% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.73% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.72% in Nov
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.69% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.64% in Nov
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Nov
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.63% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerPassage migrantCommon66–91 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.61% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.58% in Nov
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.54% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.51% in Nov
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.48% in Nov
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.44% in Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysWinter visitorCommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.41% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.34% in Nov
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.33% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.32% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.29% in Nov
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.28% in Nov
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusWinter visitorUncommon19–22 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.27% in Nov
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.23% in Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.22% in Nov
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaPassage migrantCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.22% in Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusWinter visitorUncommon14–18 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.21% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.21% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Feb · 0.18% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.18% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.15% in Nov
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Nov
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.13% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.12% in Nov
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.12% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon91–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.10% in Nov
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.10% in Nov
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.08% in Nov
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Nov
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorRare12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.05% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.05% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.04% in Nov
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Nov
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorUncommon17–21 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Nov
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusPassage migrantRare25–30 cmRegularly Nov–May · 0.03% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorRare54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Black-necked GrebePodiceps nigricollisPassage migrantRare28–34 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.02% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsWinter visitorUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantRare55–66 cmRegularly Nov–Jan · 0.02% in Nov
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaPassage migrantRare37–41 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.02% in Nov
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaWinter visitorRare20–22 cmRegularly Nov–Feb · 0.02% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Pacific LoonGavia pacificaPassage migrantRare58–74 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.01% in Nov
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorRare32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataWinter visitorUncommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Nov
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Nov
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.01% in Nov
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentRare36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Nov
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorRare66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.00% in Nov
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorRare30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Nov
Sabine's GullXema sabiniPassage migrantRare27–33 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.00% in Nov
Black SwanCygnus atratusScarceRare110–142 cmRegularly Nov–Dec · 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