Migration birds
Half of identification is knowing what is even possible on the date you are looking. These 81 birds are ones to expect during migration — ranges are wide, so check each species page for where it applies.
81 birds
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
American WigeonMareca americana
BuffleheadBucephala albeola
Green-winged TealAnas carolinensis
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
CanvasbackAythya valisineria
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
Common GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
MerlinFalco columbarius
Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
Northern PintailAnas acuta
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
RedheadAythya americana
Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
SanderlingCalidris alba
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
Snow GooseAnser caerulescens
Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
American PipitAnthus rubescens
Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
BrantBranta bernicla
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
Common TernSterna hirundo
DunlinCalidris alpina
Greater ScaupAythya marila
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalis
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
SoraPorzana carolina
Tundra SwanCygnus columbianus
VeeryCatharus fuscescens
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
Sage ThrasherOreoscoptes montanus
Sedge WrenCistothorus stellaris
Common LoonGavia immer
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