Birds to See in Vermont in September
133 bird species on our list for Vermont are recorded regularly in September
Of these, the most often recorded are Blue Jay, American Crow, Song Sparrow, White-breasted Nuthatch and Gray Catbird. New this month: Ruby-crowned Kinglet, White-crowned Sparrow, Lincoln's Sparrow and Gadwall and 11 more.
On the move in September
GBIF · SepArriving
At their peak
Gray CatbirdBusiest month of the year · May–Oct
Northern FlickerBusiest month of the year · All year
Black-throated Green WarblerBusiest month of the year · May–Oct
Magnolia WarblerBusiest month of the year · May–Oct
Tennessee WarblerBusiest month of the year · May
Semipalmated PloverBusiest month of the year · May
Leaving soon
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 133 birds in September
133 birds
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 5.28% in Sep
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 4.26% in Sep
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.79% in Sep
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Sep- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 2.73% in Sep
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.17% in Sep
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Sep
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.94% in Sep
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.82% in Sep- Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Sep
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Sep
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.76% in Sep
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Sep
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.62% in Sep
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.51% in Sep
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.50% in Sep
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Sep
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.40% in Sep
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.36% in Sep
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Sep
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.22% in Sep
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.17% in Sep
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.98% in Sep- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.95% in Sep
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.93% in Sep
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.86% in Sep
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Sep
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Sep- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.70% in Sep
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.70% in Sep
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.68% in Sep
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.64% in Sep
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.64% in Sep
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Sep
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Sep
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Sep
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendulaPassage migrantCommon9–11 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.55% in Sep
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.51% in Sep
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.50% in Sep
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Sep
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Sep- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.44% in Sep
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.43% in Sep
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.43% in Sep
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.43% in Sep
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.42% in Sep
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Sep
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Sep
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.40% in Sep
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.40% in Sep
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.39% in Sep
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.39% in Sep
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Sep
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.36% in Sep
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.35% in Sep- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.34% in Sep
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.33% in Sep
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Sep
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.33% in Sep
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.33% in Sep
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.32% in Sep
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Sep
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.29% in Sep
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Sep
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.26% in Sep
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.26% in Sep
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.25% in Sep
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.25% in Sep
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.25% in Sep
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.25% in Sep
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.24% in Sep
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.23% in Sep
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.20% in Sep
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.19% in Sep
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.19% in Sep
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Sep
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.17% in Sep
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Sep
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.17% in Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.15% in Sep
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Sep
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Sep
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.12% in Sep
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.12% in Sep
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrysPassage migrantCommon15–16 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.11% in Sep
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Sep
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.08% in Sep
DunlinCalidris alpinaPassage migrantUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Sep–Nov · 0.07% in Sep
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.07% in Sep
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Sep
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Sep
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Sep
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Sep
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Sep
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.04% in Sep
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.04% in Sep
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Sep
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Sep
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Sep
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisScarceRare18–20 cmRegularly Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Sep
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusResidentRare27–30 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorRare80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Sep
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Sep
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Sep
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.02% in Sep
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Sep
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
GadwallMareca streperaPassage migrantUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Sep
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celataPassage migrantRare11–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantRare23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Sep
DickcisselSpiza americanaPassage migrantRare14–16 cmRegularly Sep–Oct · 0.01% in Sep
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorRare66–102 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.01% in Sep
Red-necked GrebePodiceps grisegenaPassage migrantUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.01% in Sep
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorRare50–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Sep
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Sep
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentRare25–30 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.00% in Sep
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Sep · 0.00% in Sep
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentRare40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.00% in Sep
Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallidaPassage migrantRare13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Sep
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