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Bucephala clangula · Anatidae

Common Goldeneye: When and Where to See It

Adult male Common Goldeneye
Photo: Bjoern Rost, CC BY 4.0 via iNaturalist

The Common Goldeneye reaches Minnesota first, around the second week of October, and West Virginia last, around early January.

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Second week of November

Each county is shaded by the share of complete checklists there that listed the bird, blended with the weeks either side. Darker is more often. It follows where people watch birds, not how many birds there are. How to read it.

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0%2%4%6%8%Jan 1-7: 7.4% of 1114036 checklistsJan 8-14: 7.3% of 824708 checklistsJan 15-21: 7.3% of 825978 checklistsJan 22-31: 7.4% of 1105853 checklistsFeb 1-7: 6.9% of 779772 checklistsFeb 8-14: 6.1% of 864504 checklistsFeb 15-21: 5.3% of 1127933 checklistsFeb 22-28: 6.5% of 840124 checklistsMar 1-7: 6.5% of 839610 checklistsMar 8-14: 5.9% of 870138 checklistsMar 15-21: 5.1% of 898456 checklistsMar 22-31: 4.0% of 1335637 checklistsApr 1-7: 2.9% of 1030617 checklistsApr 8-14: 2.0% of 1124024 checklistsApr 15-21: 1.3% of 1194575 checklistsApr 22-30: 0.8% of 1675723 checklistsMay 1-7: 0.4% of 1449080 checklistsMay 8-14: 0.3% of 1538353 checklistsMay 15-21: 0.3% of 1219898 checklistsMay 22-31: 0.2% of 1452282 checklistsJun 1-7: 0.2% of 900636 checklistsJun 8-14: 0.2% of 829907 checklistsJun 15-21: 0.2% of 773255 checklistsJun 22-30: 0.2% of 916255 checklistsJul 1-7: 0.1% of 717733 checklistsJul 8-14: 0.1% of 658223 checklistsJul 15-21: 0.1% of 638752 checklistsJul 22-31: 0.1% of 895727 checklistsAug 1-7: 0.1% of 655651 checklistsAug 8-14: 0.1% of 650038 checklistsAug 15-21: 0.1% of 654639 checklistsAug 22-31: 0.1% of 974928 checklistsSep 1-7: 0.1% of 765914 checklistsSep 8-14: 0.1% of 738674 checklistsSep 15-21: 0.1% of 750433 checklistsSep 22-30: 0.1% of 944196 checklistsOct 1-7: 0.2% of 760106 checklistsOct 8-14: 0.2% of 793131 checklistsOct 15-21: 0.3% of 728727 checklistsOct 22-31: 0.7% of 959954 checklistsNov 1-7: 1.6% of 709464 checklistsNov 8-14: 3.1% of 693424 checklistsNov 15-21: 4.2% of 653952 checklistsNov 22-30: 5.2% of 871137 checklistsDec 1-7: 5.9% of 627591 checklistsDec 8-14: 6.0% of 642427 checklistsDec 15-21: 5.9% of 775638 checklistsDec 22-31: 6.2% of 1132751 checklistsJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Share of complete checklists reporting it, by week (4 per month). Grey bars: fewer than 10 checklists, not counted.

Pooled across every state in the data, so it leans toward states with the most birders.

States, in order of first arrivals

StatePatternFirst arrivalsPeakMost gone byPeak %
West VirginiaPasses throughJan 1-7Feb 1-7Mar 1-73.5%
AlaskaSummer visitorJul 8-14Apr 1-7May 8-1421%
MinnesotaWinter visitorOct 8-14Nov 22-30Apr 15-2114%
WyomingWinter visitorOct 8-14Nov 15-21Apr 8-1412%
MontanaWinter visitorOct 15-21Mar 22-31Apr 22-3021%
MichiganWinter visitorOct 15-21Mar 1-7Apr 1-714%
North DakotaWinter visitorOct 15-21Nov 15-21Apr 22-3015%
VermontWinter visitorOct 15-21Mar 8-14Apr 8-149.5%
ColoradoWinter visitorOct 22-31Jan 8-14Apr 1-723%
IdahoWinter visitorOct 22-31Jan 1-7Apr 1-717%
MaineWinter visitorOct 22-31Feb 1-7Apr 1-717%
South DakotaWinter visitorOct 22-31Dec 1-7Apr 1-715%
UtahWinter visitorOct 22-31Jan 8-14Apr 1-714%
WisconsinWinter visitorOct 22-31Jan 8-14Apr 1-715%
New YorkWinter visitorOct 22-31Jan 22-31Mar 15-219.7%
OregonWinter visitorOct 22-31Jan 22-31Apr 1-77.4%
WashingtonWinter visitorNov 1-7Jan 8-14Apr 1-721%
KansasWinter visitorNov 1-7Jan 15-21Mar 8-1417%
IowaWinter visitorNov 1-7Dec 1-7Mar 15-2114%
MassachusettsWinter visitorNov 1-7Jan 22-31Mar 22-3112%
NebraskaWinter visitorNov 1-7Dec 1-7Mar 15-2111%
NevadaWinter visitorNov 1-7Jan 8-14Mar 22-3112%
CaliforniaWinter visitorNov 1-7Jan 15-21Mar 22-318.2%
New HampshireWinter visitorNov 1-7Jan 8-14Apr 1-79.1%
IllinoisWinter visitorNov 8-14Jan 15-21Mar 8-1420%
ConnecticutWinter visitorNov 8-14Jan 22-31Mar 15-2111%
IndianaWinter visitorNov 8-14Jan 22-31Mar 8-1411%
OklahomaWinter visitorNov 8-14Jan 8-14Mar 1-78.8%
MissouriWinter visitorNov 8-14Dec 15-21Mar 1-77.2%
OhioWinter visitorNov 8-14Feb 1-7Mar 8-147.2%
Rhode IslandWinter visitorNov 15-21Jan 22-31Mar 15-2120%
ArizonaWinter visitorNov 15-21Jan 8-14Mar 15-212.7%
New MexicoWinter visitorNov 15-21Jan 8-14Mar 8-144.0%
KentuckyWinter visitorNov 22-30Jan 22-31Mar 1-75.0%
ArkansasWinter visitorNov 22-30Jan 8-14Feb 22-284.4%
PennsylvaniaWinter visitorNov 22-30Feb 1-7Mar 15-212.8%
TennesseeWinter visitorNov 22-30Jan 22-31Feb 22-283.6%
AlabamaWinter visitorDec 1-7Jan 15-21Feb 15-212.6%
MarylandWinter visitorDec 1-7Jan 22-31Mar 8-144.9%
District of ColumbiaWinter visitorDec 1-7Feb 1-7Feb 22-281.9%
New JerseyWinter visitorDec 8-14Feb 1-7Mar 8-143.3%
MississippiWinter visitorDec 8-14Dec 22-31Feb 15-211.7%
DelawareWinter visitorDec 15-21Jan 22-31Mar 1-72.4%
VirginiaWinter visitorDec 15-21Feb 1-7Mar 1-71.8%

Summer visitor in: Alaska