Birds to See in Wisconsin in March
94 bird species on our list for Wisconsin are recorded regularly in March
Of these, the most often recorded are Canada Goose, American Crow, Red-winged Blackbird, American Robin and Northern Cardinal. New this month: Common Grackle, Turkey Vulture, Wood Duck and Pied-billed Grebe and 5 more.
On the move in March
GBIF · MarArriving
At their peak
From Wisconsin’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 94 birds in March
94 birds
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 4.81% in Mar
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 4.47% in Mar
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 4.32% in Mar
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 4.15% in Mar
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.95% in Mar
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.47% in Mar
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.42% in Mar
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.85% in Mar
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorCommon80–122 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 2.73% in Mar
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.64% in Mar
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Mar
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.39% in Mar
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Mar
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Mar
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.15% in Mar
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 2.09% in Mar
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Mar
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Mar
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.58% in Mar
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Mar
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.25% in Mar
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.20% in Mar
American Tree SparrowSpizelloides arboreaWinter visitorCommon14–17 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 1.19% in Mar
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Sep–May · 1.14% in Mar
GoldeneyeBucephala clangulaWinter visitorCommon40–51 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 1.13% in Mar
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Mar
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Mar
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.76% in Mar
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorCommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.71% in Mar
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.70% in Mar
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Mar
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.65% in Mar
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Mar
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serratorWinter visitorCommon52–58 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.63% in Mar
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianusWinter visitorCommon120–150 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.63% in Mar
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.52% in Mar
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentCommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Mar
Pine SiskinSpinus pinusWinter visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.48% in Mar
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisSummer visitorCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Mar
Eurasian TealAnas creccaSummer visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.45% in Mar
Common RedpollAcanthis flammeaWinter visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.42% in Mar
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.36% in Mar
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorCommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.36% in Mar
Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifronsPassage migrantUncommon64–81 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.35% in Mar
Greater ScaupAythya marilaWinter visitorUncommon39–56 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.32% in Mar
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Mar
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Mar
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Mar
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorUncommon54–59 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.26% in Mar
Rough-legged HawkButeo lagopusWinter visitorCommon46–59 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.24% in Mar
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorCommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.23% in Mar
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Cackling GooseBranta hutchinsiiWinter visitorUncommon53–76 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.18% in Mar
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Mar
Common LoonGavia immerSummer visitorCommon66–91 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.17% in Mar
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Mar
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.13% in Mar
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorUncommon35–43 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentUncommon50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Mar
Horned GrebePodiceps auritusPassage migrantUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Sep–May · 0.11% in Mar
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Mar
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
MerlinFalco columbariusResidentUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Mar
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.07% in Mar
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Mar
Snow BuntingPlectrophenax nivalisWinter visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.06% in Mar
Glaucous GullLarus hyperboreusWinter visitorUncommon62–68 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.05% in Mar
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.05% in Mar
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoResidentUncommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Mar
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Mar
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Mar
Lapland LongspurCalcarius lapponicusWinter visitorUncommon15–16 cmRegularly Sep–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Ross's GooseAnser rossiiWinter visitorRare57–64 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.04% in Mar
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.04% in Mar
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.04% in Mar
Iceland GullLarus glaucoidesWinter visitorUncommon52–60 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Mar
Red-throated LoonGavia stellataWinter visitorRare53–69 cmRegularly Oct–May · 0.03% in Mar
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.03% in Mar
Snowy OwlBubo scandiacusWinter visitorUncommon52–71 cmRegularly Nov–Mar · 0.03% in Mar
Long-tailed DuckClangula hyemalisWinter visitorUncommon37–60 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.03% in Mar
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Mar
Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulusWinter visitorUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Nov–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Short-eared OwlAsio flammeusWinter visitorUncommon34–43 cmRegularly Oct–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.02% in Mar
Great TitParus majorWinter visitorRareRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.02% in Mar
Golden EagleAquila chrysaetosWinter visitorUncommon66–102 cmRegularly Oct–Mar · 0.01% in Mar
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelisResidentRare12–13 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglectaResidentRare16–26 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.01% in Mar
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Mar
Eurasian WigeonMareca penelopePassage migrantRare42–51 cmRegularly Mar–Apr · 0.01% in Mar
Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanusWinter visitorRare13–14 cmRegularly Oct–Jun · 0.00% in Mar
Varied ThrushIxoreus naeviusWinter visitorRare20–26 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