Migration birds
Half of identification is knowing what is even possible on the date you are looking. These 45 birds are ones to expect in migration — ranges are wide, so check each species page for where it applies.
45 birds
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
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
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatus
MerlinFalco columbarius
Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
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
Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
VeeryCatharus fuscescens
Common LoonGavia immer
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