Birds to See in Vermont in March
83 bird species on our list for Vermont are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, Northern Cardinal, Blue Jay, Canada Goose and Red-winged Blackbird. New this month: Common Grackle, Great Blue Heron, Wood Duck and Osprey and 13 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
Canada GooseBusiest month of the year · All year
Common MerganserBusiest month of the year · All year
American Black DuckBusiest month of the year · Aug–Apr
Northern PintailBusiest month of the year · Aug–Apr
Greater White-fronted GooseBusiest month of the year · Mar
Pink-footed GooseBusiest month of the year · Mar
From Vermont’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 83 birds in March
83 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 6.28% in Mar
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.23% in Mar
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 4.15% in Mar- Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 3.95% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 3.77% in Mar
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.74% in Mar
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.50% in Mar
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 3.35% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.19% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.93% in Mar
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.89% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Mar
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.31% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Mar- Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.62% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Mar
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Mar
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.29% in Mar
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Mar
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.25% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Mar- American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 1.14% in Mar
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.99% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.92% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.92% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.78% in Mar
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.74% in Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.52% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.46% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Mar
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Mar
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Mar- Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.31% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.29% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Mar
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.21% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.19% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.19% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.18% in Mar
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.15% in Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaPassage migrantUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.15% in Mar
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.15% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.14% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.13% in Mar
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.11% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Mar
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.06% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.06% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Mar
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.06% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.05% in Mar- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantRare64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.04% in Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantRare53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorRare80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Mar
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Mar- Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchusScarceRare60–75 cmRegularly Mar · 0.01% in Mar
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorRare66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisPassage migrantRare35–43 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.01% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaPassage migrantUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorRare50–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Mar
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.00% in Mar
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaWinter visitorRare40–47 cmRegularly Dec–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