Birds to See in Vermont in November
96 bird species on our list for Vermont are recorded regularly in November
Of these, the most often recorded are Blue Jay, American Crow, White-breasted Nuthatch, Tufted Titmouse and Downy Woodpecker. New this month: American Tree Sparrow, Common Redpoll, Snow Bunting and Rough-legged Hawk and 5 more.
On the move in November
GBIF · NovArriving
At their peak
Hooded MerganserBusiest month of the year · All year
Snow GooseBusiest month of the year · Mar–Apr
Great Black-backed GullBusiest month of the year · Jun–Apr
Horned GrebeBusiest month of the year · Oct–Apr
Bonaparte's GullBusiest month of the year · Apr–May
Red-throated LoonBusiest month of the year · Oct–Dec
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 96 birds in November
96 birds
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 6.67% in Nov
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 6.12% in Nov
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 4.80% in Nov
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.63% in Nov
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 3.45% in Nov
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.34% in Nov
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 2.71% in Nov
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 2.62% in Nov
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.50% in Nov
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Nov
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Nov
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.38% in Nov
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.90% in Nov
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Nov
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.49% in Nov- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Nov
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.39% in Nov
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Nov
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Nov
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Nov
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 1.12% in Nov
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 1.06% in Nov
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Nov
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.87% in Nov
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Nov
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Nov
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Nov
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.72% in Nov
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.69% in Nov
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.68% in Nov
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.56% in Nov
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Nov
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.43% in Nov- Snow GooseAnser caerulescensPassage migrantUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.43% in Nov
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Nov- Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.40% in Nov
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaPassage migrantUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.35% in Nov
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Nov
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.34% in Nov- Horned GrebePodiceps auritusWinter visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.31% in Nov
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Nov
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.28% in Nov
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.28% in Nov
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.26% in Nov
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.25% in Nov
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.24% in Nov
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.22% in Nov
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Nov- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.22% in Nov
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.21% in Nov
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorUncommon46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.19% in Nov
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.18% in Nov- Red-throated LoonGavia stellataPassage migrantUncommon53–69 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.17% in Nov
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.17% in Nov
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.17% in Nov
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorUncommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.16% in Nov
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.14% in Nov
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.13% in Nov
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Nov
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.13% in Nov
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Nov
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.11% in Nov
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Nov
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaPassage migrantUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.09% in Nov
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Nov
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.07% in Nov
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysPassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.07% in Nov
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Nov
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.06% in Nov
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusPassage migrantUncommon120–150 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.06% in Nov
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataPassage migrantUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Oct–Dec · 0.05% in Nov
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Nov
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.05% in Nov
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Nov
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisPassage migrantRare35–43 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.04% in Nov
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorRare66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Nov
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Brent GooseBranta berniclaPassage migrantRare55–66 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Nov
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.04% in Nov
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Nov
Purple SandpiperCalidris maritimaPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly Nov · 0.03% in Nov
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Nov
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiPassage migrantRare57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorRare80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.02% in Nov
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiPassage migrantRare53–76 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.02% in Nov
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorRare50–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.01% in Nov
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaResidentRare37–41 cmRegularly Oct–Nov · 0.01% in Nov
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantRare64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.00% in Nov
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentRare25–30 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 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