Birds to See in Maine in August
158 bird species on our list for Maine are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, American Herring Gull, Song Sparrow, Blue Jay and Mourning Dove. New this month: Cape May Warbler, Pomarine Jaeger, Dickcissel and American Golden-Plover and 10 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
Cedar WaxwingBusiest month of the year · All year
Great Blue HeronBusiest month of the year · Mar–Jan
Ruby-throated HummingbirdBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
OspreyBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Semipalmated PloverBusiest month of the year · Jul–Nov
Semipalmated SandpiperBusiest month of the year · Jun–Oct
From Maine’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 158 birds in August
158 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.73% in Aug
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 3.50% in Aug
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.77% in Aug
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Aug
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.20% in Aug
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.96% in Aug- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.88% in Aug
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.73% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Aug- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.63% in Aug
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 1.56% in Aug- OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.52% in Aug
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Aug
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Aug
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Aug
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.33% in Aug
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.31% in Aug
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.18% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Aug- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantCommon17–19 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 1.15% in Aug
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Aug
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Aug- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 1.08% in Aug
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.06% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.05% in Aug
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.02% in Aug
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.00% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.92% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.90% in Aug
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaSummer visitorCommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.88% in Aug
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentCommon30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.79% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.73% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Aug
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Aug
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.66% in Aug
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.65% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Aug
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Aug
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.60% in Aug
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Aug
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.56% in Aug
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.55% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorCommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.53% in Aug
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Aug
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Aug
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly May–Dec · 0.47% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.46% in Aug
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Aug
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.45% in Aug
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.41% in Aug
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.36% in Aug
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.34% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusSummer visitorCommon87–100 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.32% in Aug
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.32% in Aug
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.31% in Aug
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.30% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.30% in Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.29% in Aug
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorCommon24–33 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.28% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Feb · 0.27% in Aug
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Atlantic PuffinFratercula arcticaSummer visitorUncommon28–34 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.25% in Aug
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.24% in Aug
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.23% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Aug
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.22% in Aug
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.19% in Aug
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.19% in Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.19% in Aug
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.19% in Aug
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.18% in Aug
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.17% in Aug
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.17% in Aug
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.16% in Aug
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.15% in Aug
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorCommon34–38 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.15% in Aug
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.14% in Aug
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.14% in Aug
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.14% in Aug
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.14% in Aug
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.13% in Aug
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carboWinter visitorCommon80–100 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.13% in Aug
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.12% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorUncommon33–39 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.11% in Aug
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Aug
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaSummer visitorUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.11% in Aug
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousSummer visitorUncommon18–21 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.10% in Aug
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.10% in Aug
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Sep · 0.09% in Aug
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in Aug
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaSummer visitorUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.08% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.07% in Aug
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.07% in Aug
RazorbillAlca tordaResidentUncommon38–43 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.07% in Aug
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusSummer visitorUncommon18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.05% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.05% in Aug
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.05% in Aug
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantUncommon30–38 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.04% in Aug
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaWinter visitorUncommon37–41 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.04% in Aug
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorUncommon80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.03% in Aug
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaPassage migrantRare40–50 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.02% in Aug
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorRare40–51 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusResidentRare46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorUncommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Evening GrosbeakHesperiphona vespertinaWinter visitorUncommon16–22 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.02% in Aug
Arctic JaegerStercorarius parasiticusPassage migrantRare41–46 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Mar · 0.02% in Aug
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantUncommon46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusPassage migrantUncommon15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolniiSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorRare22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusSummer visitorUncommon50–90 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.01% in Aug
Grey PhalaropePhalaropus fulicariusPassage migrantRare20–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusSummer visitorRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentRare25–30 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentRare33–36 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantUncommon36–42 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.00% in Aug
Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudusPassage migrantRare48–58 cmRegularly Aug · 0.00% in Aug
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorPassage migrantRare140–160 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.00% in Aug
ChukarAlectoris chukarSummer visitorRare32–38 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Aug
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made