Top Birds in August
within 25 miles of Cary, NC, USA
based on 9259 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Carolina Wren |
|
71.6% | 71.3% | 0.3% | |||
| 2 | Northern Cardinal |
|
75.7% | 65.2% | 10.5% | |||
| 3 | American Goldfinch |
|
57.7% | 60.2% | 2.5% | |||
| 4 | Carolina Chickadee |
|
52.4% | 56.4% | 4.0% | |||
| 5 | American Crow |
|
47.5% | 53.7% | 6.2% | |||
| 6 | Tufted Titmouse |
|
54.3% | 51.3% | 3.0% | |||
| 7 | Great Blue Heron |
|
40.7% | 47.4% | 6.7% | |||
| 8 | Mourning Dove |
|
48.6% | 46.8% | 1.8% | |||
| 9 | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher |
|
42.2% | 40.3% | 1.9% | |||
| 10 | Eastern Bluebird |
|
44.1% | 39.6% | 4.5% | |||
| 11 | Downy Woodpecker |
|
38.2% | 39.3% | 1.1% | |||
| 12 | Red-bellied Woodpecker |
|
41.3% | 36.3% | 5.0% | |||
| 13 | Blue Jay |
|
36.2% | 34.2% | 2.0% | |||
| 14 | Great Egret |
|
17.5% | 33.8% | 16.3% | |||
| 15 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
|
25.5% | 33.8% | 8.3% | |||
| 16 | Turkey Vulture |
|
30.2% | 32.3% | 2.2% | |||
| 17 | Indigo Bunting |
|
46.6% | 29.9% | 16.8% | |||
| 18 | Northern Mockingbird |
|
33.9% | 28.0% | 5.9% | |||
| 19 | Gray Catbird |
|
19.5% | 26.3% | 6.9% | |||
| 20 | White-breasted Nuthatch |
|
25.3% | 26.1% | 0.8% | |||
| 21 | American Robin |
|
37.1% | 25.9% | 11.2% | |||
| 22 | Canada Goose |
|
19.7% | 25.8% | 6.1% | |||
| 23 | Eastern Towhee |
|
37.0% | 25.6% | 11.4% | |||
| 24 | Fish Crow |
|
31.3% | 25.6% | 5.7% | |||
| 25 | Brown-headed Nuthatch |
|
23.2% | 25.0% | 1.9% | |||
| 26 | Killdeer |
|
17.2% | 24.8% | 7.6% | |||
| 27 | Red-shouldered Hawk |
|
23.7% | 24.7% | 1.0% | |||
| 28 | Blue Grosbeak |
|
27.0% | 23.6% | 3.4% | |||
| 29 | Mallard |
|
20.6% | 22.3% | 1.7% | |||
| 30 | Osprey |
|
19.3% | 22.2% | 2.9% | |||
| 31 | Belted Kingfisher |
|
14.8% | 22.1% | 7.3% | |||
| 32 | Red-eyed Vireo |
|
28.3% | 21.7% | 6.5% | |||
| 33 | Eastern Phoebe |
|
20.8% | 20.7% | 0.0% | |||
| 34 | White-eyed Vireo |
|
22.8% | 20.7% | 2.1% | |||
| 35 | Eastern Wood-Pewee |
|
15.6% | 20.6% | 5.0% | |||
| 36 | Chipping Sparrow |
|
33.8% | 19.5% | 14.3% | |||
| 37 | House Finch |
|
26.4% | 19.1% | 7.3% | |||
| 38 | Chimney Swift |
|
24.0% | 18.1% | 5.9% | |||
| 39 | Great Crested Flycatcher |
|
25.3% | 17.5% | 7.8% | |||
| 40 | Green Heron |
|
17.0% | 17.4% | 0.4% | |||
| 41 | Black Vulture |
|
13.9% | 16.7% | 2.8% | |||
| 42 | Pine Warbler |
|
11.1% | 16.0% | 4.9% | |||
| 43 | Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
|
21.2% | 15.9% | 5.4% | |||
| 44 | Pileated Woodpecker |
|
11.4% | 15.8% | 4.4% | |||
| 45 | Double-crested Cormorant |
|
9.7% | 14.8% | 5.2% | |||
| 46 | Eastern Kingbird |
|
22.0% | 14.5% | 7.4% | |||
| 47 | Brown Thrasher |
|
19.7% | 14.5% | 5.2% | |||
| 48 | Summer Tanager |
|
23.8% | 14.4% | 9.4% | |||
| 49 | Common Yellowthroat |
|
25.3% | 12.2% | 13.2% | |||
| 50 | Wood Duck |
|
9.9% | 11.9% | 2.1% | |||
| 51 | Spotted Sandpiper |
|
4.6% | 11.9% | 7.2% | |||
| 52 | Barn Swallow |
|
25.2% | 11.8% | 13.5% | |||
| 53 | Least Sandpiper |
|
2.3% | 11.0% | 8.7% | |||
| 54 | Red-tailed Hawk |
|
10.8% | 10.4% | 0.4% | |||
| 55 | Red-headed Woodpecker |
|
10.8% | 10.1% | 0.6% | |||
| 56 | Acadian Flycatcher |
|
22.5% | 9.9% | 12.7% | |||
| 57 | Song Sparrow |
|
15.5% | 9.6% | 5.8% | |||
| 58 | Common Grackle |
|
19.6% | 9.5% | 10.1% | |||
| 59 | Bald Eagle |
|
7.1% | 9.3% | 2.2% | |||
| 60 | European Starling |
|
11.2% | 9.0% | 2.2% | |||
| 61 | Little Blue Heron |
|
5.2% | 8.8% | 3.6% | |||
| 62 | Solitary Sandpiper |
|
2.2% | 8.6% | 6.4% | |||
| 63 | Northern Flicker |
|
8.4% | 8.0% | 0.3% | |||
| 64 | Hairy Woodpecker |
|
5.8% | 8.0% | 2.2% | |||
| 65 | Pectoral Sandpiper |
|
0.8% | 7.3% | 6.5% | |||
| 66 | Northern Parula |
|
9.8% | 7.3% | 2.5% | |||
| 67 | American Redstart |
|
1.4% | 6.1% | 4.7% | |||
| 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% | 5.6% | 0.8% | |||
| 72 | Semipalmated Plover |
|
0.2% | 5.6% | 5.3% | |||
| 73 | Brown-headed Cowbird |
|
12.6% | 5.5% | 7.0% | |||
| 74 | Barred Owl |
|
4.9% | 4.6% | 0.3% | |||
| 75 | Cooper's Hawk |
|
3.7% | 4.6% | 0.8% | |||
| 76 | Semipalmated Sandpiper |
|
0.3% | 4.5% | 4.2% | |||
| 77 | House Wren |
|
6.3% | 4.3% | 1.9% | |||
| 78 | Greater Yellowlegs |
|
0.6% | 4.0% | 3.3% | |||
| 79 | Yellow-throated Vireo |
|
3.1% | 3.9% | 0.8% | |||
| 80 | Tricolored Heron |
|
0.4% | 3.3% | 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 |
|
4.5% | 2.8% | 1.7% | |||
| 85 | Yellow Warbler |
|
0.5% | 2.7% | 2.2% | |||
| 86 | Purple Martin |
|
13.1% | 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% | 2.3% | 0.8% | |||
| 92 | Orchard Oriole |
|
7.1% | 2.3% | 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% | 1.9% | 0.3% | |||
| 96 | Caspian Tern |
|
0.3% | 1.8% | 1.5% | |||
| 97 | Yellow-throated Warbler |
|
3.9% | 1.8% | 2.2% | |||
| 98 | Short-billed Dowitcher |
|
0.1% | 1.7% | 1.7% | |||
| 99 | Anhinga |
|
2.1% | 1.6% | 0.5% | |||
| 100 | Chestnut-sided Warbler |
|
0% | 1.6% | 1.6% | |||
| 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% | 0.7% | |||
| 106 | Wood Thrush |
|
8.4% | 1.4% | 7.0% | |||
| 107 | Wilson's Phalarope |
|
0% | 1.4% | 1.4% | |||
| 108 | Cedar Waxwing |
|
0.9% | 1.3% | 0.4% | |||
| 109 | Scarlet Tanager |
|
2.7% | 1.3% | 1.3% | |||
| 110 | Ovenbird |
|
3.1% | 1.3% | 1.8% | |||
| 111 | House Sparrow |
|
2.6% | 1.3% | 1.4% | |||
| 112 | Northern Waterthrush |
|
0.0% | 1.3% | 1.2% | |||
| 113 | Black Tern |
|
0.0% | 1.3% | 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 | Louisiana Waterthrush |
|
2.7% | 1.1% | 1.6% | |||
| 118 | Blue-winged Warbler |
|
0.0% | 1.1% | 1.1% | |||
| 119 | Graylag Goose |
|
1.0% | 1.1% | 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% | 0.8% | 6.3% | |||
| 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 | White-rumped Sandpiper |
|
0.0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | |||
| 132 | Baltimore Oriole |
|
0.1% | 0.6% | 0.5% | |||
| 133 | American Golden-Plover |
|
0% | 0.6% | 0.6% | |||
| 134 | Swallow-tailed Kite |
|
0.0% | 0.6% | 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% | 0.5% | 2.0% | |||
| 140 | Northern Bobwhite |
|
1.2% | 0.5% | 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 | Common Loon |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 200 | Willow Flycatcher |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 201 | Red-breasted Nuthatch |
|
0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 202 | Little Gull |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 203 | Sooty Tern |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 204 | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 205 | Dickcissel |
|
0.3% | 0.0% | 0.2% | |||
| 206 | Warbling Vireo |
|
0.5% | 0.0% | 0.5% | |||
| 207 | Black-throated Green Warbler |
|
0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | |||
| 208 | White-throated Sparrow |
|
0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | |||
| 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% |