Top Birds in August
within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA
based on 9340 checklists in 395 hotspots
This page shows the probability of a species appearing on a checklist during the month of August. The change in probability from the previous month is also shown, to highlight which birds are coming and going. Rows with significant changes (< 0.5x or > 2x) are highlighted in red or green. Species that peak in August are indicated with a star. This is based on historical data from eBird, and does not include recently submitted checklists.
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Rank | Info | Species | Chart | Peak | July | August | Change | |
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1 | Carolina Wren |
|
71.7% | 71.5% | 0.2% | |||
2 | Northern Cardinal |
|
75.8% | 65.5% | 10.4% | |||
3 | American Goldfinch |
|
57.8% | 60.5% | 2.6% | |||
4 | Carolina Chickadee |
|
52.7% | 56.7% | 4.1% | |||
5 | American Crow |
|
47.8% | 54.0% | 6.2% | |||
6 | Tufted Titmouse |
|
54.5% | 51.7% | 2.8% | |||
7 | Mourning Dove |
|
48.7% | 47.2% | 1.5% | |||
8 | Great Blue Heron |
|
40.5% | 47.0% | 6.5% | |||
9 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
|
42.1% | 40.5% | 1.6% | |||
10 | Eastern Bluebird |
|
44.4% | 39.9% | 4.5% | |||
11 | Downy Woodpecker |
|
38.5% | 39.8% | 1.3% | |||
12 | Red-bellied Woodpecker |
|
41.6% | 36.8% | 4.8% | |||
13 | Blue Jay |
|
36.5% | 34.7% | 1.9% | |||
14 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
|
25.8% | 34.3% | 8.5% | |||
15 | Great Egret |
|
17.4% | 33.5% | 16.1% | |||
16 | Turkey Vulture |
|
30.1% | 32.3% | 2.2% | |||
17 | Indigo Bunting |
|
46.4% | 29.6% | 16.8% | |||
18 | Northern Mockingbird |
|
33.8% | 27.8% | 6.0% | |||
19 | White-breasted Nuthatch |
|
25.6% | 26.6% | 1.1% | |||
20 | Gray Catbird |
|
19.4% | 26.2% | 6.8% | |||
21 | Fish Crow |
|
31.5% | 26.0% | 5.5% | |||
22 | American Robin |
|
37.1% | 25.9% | 11.3% | |||
23 | Eastern Towhee |
|
37.0% | 25.6% | 11.4% | |||
24 | Brown-headed Nuthatch |
|
23.5% | 25.6% | 2.1% | |||
25 | Canada Goose |
|
19.6% | 25.6% | 6.0% | |||
26 | Red-shouldered Hawk |
|
23.9% | 24.9% | 1.0% | |||
27 | Killdeer |
|
17.1% | 24.6% | 7.5% | |||
28 | Blue Grosbeak |
|
26.9% | 23.4% | 3.5% | |||
29 | Mallard |
|
20.5% | 22.1% | 1.6% | |||
30 | Osprey |
|
19.2% | 22.0% | 2.8% | |||
31 | Belted Kingfisher |
|
14.8% | 21.9% | 7.1% | |||
32 | Red-eyed Vireo |
|
28.3% | 21.9% | 6.4% | |||
33 | Eastern Phoebe |
|
20.7% | 20.6% | 0.1% | |||
34 | White-eyed Vireo |
|
22.7% | 20.5% | 2.2% | |||
35 | Eastern Wood-Pewee |
|
15.5% | 20.4% | 4.9% | |||
36 | Chipping Sparrow |
|
34.1% | 19.9% | 14.2% | |||
37 | House Finch |
|
26.8% | 19.8% | 7.0% | |||
38 | Chimney Swift |
|
24.2% | 18.3% | 5.9% | |||
39 | Great Crested Flycatcher |
|
25.5% | 17.5% | 7.9% | |||
40 | Green Heron |
|
16.9% | 17.2% | 0.3% | |||
41 | Black Vulture |
|
13.9% | 16.8% | 2.9% | |||
42 | Pine Warbler |
|
11.2% | 16.5% | 5.3% | |||
43 | Pileated Woodpecker |
|
11.4% | 16.1% | 4.7% | |||
44 | Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
|
21.2% | 15.8% | 5.5% | |||
45 | Double-crested Cormorant |
|
9.6% | 14.7% | 5.1% | |||
46 | Summer Tanager |
|
23.8% | 14.6% | 9.2% | |||
47 | Brown Thrasher |
|
19.9% | 14.5% | 5.3% | |||
48 | Eastern Kingbird |
|
21.9% | 14.4% | 7.5% | |||
49 | Common Yellowthroat |
|
25.2% | 12.1% | 13.1% | |||
50 | Wood Duck |
|
9.8% | 11.8% | 2.0% | |||
51 | Spotted Sandpiper |
|
4.6% | 11.8% | 7.2% | |||
52 | Barn Swallow |
|
25.1% | 11.7% | 13.4% | |||
53 | Least Sandpiper |
|
2.3% | 11.0% | 8.7% | |||
54 | Red-tailed Hawk |
|
10.7% | 10.4% | 0.4% | |||
55 | Red-headed Woodpecker |
|
10.7% | 10.0% | 0.7% | |||
56 | Acadian Flycatcher |
|
22.5% | 9.9% | 12.6% | |||
57 | Common Grackle |
|
19.7% | 9.7% | 9.9% | |||
58 | Song Sparrow |
|
15.4% | 9.5% | 5.8% | |||
59 | Bald Eagle |
|
7.0% | 9.2% | 2.2% | |||
60 | European Starling |
|
11.2% | 9.0% | 2.2% | |||
61 | Little Blue Heron |
|
5.1% | 8.7% | 3.6% | |||
62 | Solitary Sandpiper |
|
2.2% | 8.6% | 6.4% | |||
63 | Hairy Woodpecker |
|
5.9% | 8.1% | 2.2% | |||
64 | Northern Flicker |
|
8.3% | 8.0% | 0.4% | |||
65 | Northern Parula |
|
9.8% | 7.3% | 2.4% | |||
66 | Pectoral Sandpiper |
|
0.8% | 7.2% | 6.4% | |||
67 | American Redstart |
|
1.4% | 6.3% | 4.8% | |||
68 | Lesser Yellowlegs |
|
0.1% | 6.1% | 6.0% | |||
69 | Red-winged Blackbird |
|
16.0% | 5.7% | 10.3% | |||
70 | Black-and-white Warbler |
|
1.8% | 5.7% | 3.9% | |||
71 | Rock Pigeon |
|
4.8% | 5.5% | 0.7% | |||
72 | Semipalmated Plover |
|
0.2% | 5.5% | 5.3% | |||
73 | Brown-headed Cowbird |
|
12.6% | 5.5% | 7.1% | |||
74 | Barred Owl |
|
4.9% | 4.7% | 0.2% | |||
75 | Cooper's Hawk |
|
3.7% | 4.6% | 0.9% | |||
76 | Semipalmated Sandpiper |
|
0.3% | 4.5% | 4.2% | |||
77 | House Wren |
|
6.2% | 4.3% | 2.0% | |||
78 | Greater Yellowlegs |
|
0.6% | 3.9% | 3.3% | |||
79 | Yellow-throated Vireo |
|
3.1% | 3.9% | 0.8% | |||
80 | Tricolored Heron |
|
0.4% | 3.2% | 2.9% | |||
81 | Hooded Warbler |
|
3.4% | 3.2% | 0.2% | |||
82 | Prairie Warbler |
|
1.5% | 3.1% | 1.6% | |||
83 | White Ibis |
|
0.9% | 2.8% | 1.9% | |||
84 | Prothonotary Warbler |
|
4.4% | 2.8% | 1.7% | |||
85 | Yellow Warbler |
|
0.5% | 2.7% | 2.2% | |||
86 | Purple Martin |
|
13.0% | 2.7% | 10.3% | |||
87 | Snowy Egret |
|
1.0% | 2.7% | 1.7% | |||
88 | Blue-winged Teal |
|
0.1% | 2.5% | 2.5% | |||
89 | Wood Stork |
|
0.2% | 2.4% | 2.2% | |||
90 | Roseate Spoonbill |
|
3.5% | 2.3% | 1.2% | |||
91 | Field Sparrow |
|
3.0% | 2.2% | 0.8% | |||
92 | Orchard Oriole |
|
7.1% | 2.2% | 4.8% | |||
93 | Eastern Meadowlark |
|
4.4% | 2.2% | 2.2% | |||
94 | Worm-eating Warbler |
|
0.1% | 2.0% | 1.9% | |||
95 | American Kestrel |
|
1.5% | 1.8% | 0.3% | |||
96 | Caspian Tern |
|
0.3% | 1.8% | 1.5% | |||
97 | Yellow-throated Warbler |
|
3.9% | 1.8% | 2.1% | |||
98 | Short-billed Dowitcher |
|
0.1% | 1.7% | 1.7% | |||
99 | Chestnut-sided Warbler |
|
0% | 1.6% | 1.6% | |||
100 | Anhinga |
|
2.1% | 1.6% | 0.5% | |||
101 | Yellow-breasted Chat |
|
5.9% | 1.6% | 4.3% | |||
102 | American Avocet |
|
0.2% | 1.6% | 1.4% | |||
103 | Stilt Sandpiper |
|
0.0% | 1.5% | 1.5% | |||
104 | Baird's Sandpiper |
|
0% | 1.5% | 1.5% | |||
105 | Mississippi Kite |
|
2.1% | 1.4% | 0.6% | |||
106 | Wood Thrush |
|
8.3% | 1.4% | 7.0% | |||
107 | Wilson's Phalarope |
|
0% | 1.4% | 1.4% | |||
108 | Scarlet Tanager |
|
2.7% | 1.3% | 1.3% | |||
109 | Cedar Waxwing |
|
0.9% | 1.3% | 0.4% | |||
110 | Ovenbird |
|
3.1% | 1.3% | 1.8% | |||
111 | House Sparrow |
|
2.6% | 1.3% | 1.3% | |||
112 | Northern Waterthrush |
|
0.0% | 1.3% | 1.2% | |||
113 | Black Tern |
|
0.0% | 1.2% | 1.2% | |||
114 | Grasshopper Sparrow |
|
1.8% | 1.2% | 0.5% | |||
115 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron |
|
2.6% | 1.2% | 1.4% | |||
116 | Great Horned Owl |
|
0.4% | 1.1% | 0.7% | |||
117 | Blue-winged Warbler |
|
0.0% | 1.1% | 1.1% | |||
118 | Louisiana Waterthrush |
|
2.7% | 1.1% | 1.6% | |||
119 | Graylag Goose |
|
1.0% | 1.0% | 0.1% | |||
120 | Western Sandpiper |
|
0.1% | 1.0% | 0.9% | |||
121 | Muscovy Duck |
|
1.3% | 1.0% | 0.3% | |||
122 | Wild Turkey |
|
1.0% | 1.0% | 0.0% | |||
123 | Cliff Swallow |
|
2.7% | 0.8% | 1.9% | |||
124 | Kentucky Warbler |
|
0.6% | 0.8% | 0.2% | |||
125 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
|
7.0% | 0.7% | 6.2% | |||
126 | Common Nighthawk |
|
0.2% | 0.7% | 0.5% | |||
127 | Broad-winged Hawk |
|
0.5% | 0.7% | 0.2% | |||
128 | Brown Pelican |
|
0.0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | |||
129 | Sanderling |
|
0.1% | 0.6% | 0.5% | |||
130 | Magnolia Warbler |
|
0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | |||
131 | Baltimore Oriole |
|
0.1% | 0.6% | 0.5% | |||
132 | White-rumped Sandpiper |
|
0.0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | |||
133 | American Golden-Plover |
|
0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | |||
134 | Swallow-tailed Kite |
|
0.0% | 0.5% | 0.5% | |||
135 | Limpkin |
|
0% | 0.5% | 0.5% | |||
136 | Forster's Tern |
|
0.1% | 0.5% | 0.4% | |||
137 | Bobolink |
|
0.0% | 0.5% | 0.5% | |||
138 | Lark Sparrow |
|
0% | 0.5% | 0.5% | |||
139 | Tree Swallow |
|
2.5% | 0.4% | 2.0% | |||
140 | Northern Bobwhite |
|
1.2% | 0.4% | 0.8% | |||
141 | Pied-billed Grebe |
|
0.2% | 0.4% | 0.3% | |||
142 | Painted Bunting |
|
2.8% | 0.4% | 2.4% | |||
143 | Canada Warbler |
|
0% | 0.4% | 0.4% | |||
144 | Black-bellied Plover |
|
0.0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
145 | Black-crowned Night-Heron |
|
0.3% | 0.3% | 0.0% | |||
146 | Mute Swan |
|
0.4% | 0.3% | 0.1% | |||
147 | Olive-sided Flycatcher |
|
0% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
148 | Eastern Whip-poor-will |
|
0.6% | 0.3% | 0.3% | |||
149 | Ring-billed Gull |
|
0.1% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
150 | Common Tern |
|
0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
151 | Blackburnian Warbler |
|
0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
152 | Loggerhead Shrike |
|
0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | |||
153 | Piping Plover |
|
0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
154 | Ruddy Turnstone |
|
0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
155 | Sharp-shinned Hawk |
|
0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
156 | Veery |
|
0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
157 | Least Bittern |
|
0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
158 | Common Raven |
|
0.2% | 0.2% | 0.0% | |||
159 | Black-throated Blue Warbler |
|
0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
160 | Laughing Gull |
|
0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
161 | Northern Shoveler |
|
0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
162 | Eastern Screech-Owl |
|
0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | |||
163 | Willet |
|
0.0% | 0.2% | 0.2% | |||
164 | Hooded Merganser |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
165 | Wilson's Snipe |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
166 | Northern Harrier |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
167 | Horned Lark |
|
0.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% | |||
168 | Least Flycatcher |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
169 | Red-necked Phalarope |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
170 | Golden-winged Warbler |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
171 | American Black Duck |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
172 | Red Knot |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
173 | Blue-headed Vireo |
|
0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
174 | Tennessee Warbler |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
175 | Yellow-bellied Flycatcher |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
176 | Herring Gull |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
177 | Royal Tern |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
178 | Common Gallinule |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
179 | Marbled Godwit |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
180 | Peregrine Falcon |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
181 | Merlin |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
182 | Least Tern |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
183 | Glossy Ibis |
|
0.8% | 0.1% | 0.7% | |||
184 | Long-billed Dowitcher |
|
0.0% | 0.1% | 0.0% | |||
185 | Upland Sandpiper |
|
0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | |||
186 | Sora |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
187 | Bank Swallow |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
188 | Buff-breasted Sandpiper |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
189 | Nashville Warbler |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
190 | American Bittern |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
191 | Cape May Warbler |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
192 | Palm Warbler |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
193 | Budgerigar |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
194 | Chuck-will's-widow |
|
0.2% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |||
195 | Green-winged Teal |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
196 | Ring-necked Duck |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
197 | American Coot |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
198 | Gadwall |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
199 | Black-throated Green Warbler |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
200 | Common Loon |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
201 | Willow Flycatcher |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
202 | White-throated Sparrow |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
203 | Red-breasted Nuthatch |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
204 | Little Gull |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
205 | Sooty Tern |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
206 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
207 | Dickcissel |
|
0.3% | 0.0% | 0.2% | |||
208 | Warbling Vireo |
|
0.5% | 0.0% | 0.5% | |||
209 | Pine Siskin |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
210 | Wilson's Warbler |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
211 | American Pipit |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
212 | Bay-breasted Warbler |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
213 | Cattle Egret |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
214 | King Rail |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
215 | Philadelphia Vireo |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
216 | Clapper Rail |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
217 | Swainson's Warbler |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
218 | Virginia Rail |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
219 | American Woodcock |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
220 | Hudsonian Godwit |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
221 | Swan Goose |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
222 | Ruby-crowned Kinglet |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |