Migration checklist

The warblers, thrushes, vireos, flycatchers and other songbirds that pass through eastern North America in spring and fall. Print it or tick birds off as each one arrives.

Migration targets

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Hummingbirds

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Hawks, Eagles, and Kites

Broad-winged Hawk

Tyrant Flycatchers

Eastern Wood-Pewee
Least Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher

Vireos, Shrike-Babblers, and Erpornis

Blue-headed Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo

Thrushes and Allies

Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Wood Thrush

New World Sparrows

White-crowned Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow

Troupials and Allies

Bobolink
Baltimore Oriole

New World Warblers

Ovenbird
Black-and-white Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Cape May Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Northern Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler

Cardinals and Allies

Scarlet Tanager
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting

Using it through the season

Keep one list for the whole season and set its date to the day you start. Birds you tick for the first time are marked New, which makes first arrivals easy to spot. For the full list where you live, load your state from the Edit list tab.

Live migration

For nightly migration forecasts and radar, BirdCast from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology is the source to use. This list is for what you see and hear on the ground.

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A library of calls and a soundscape player.