Birds to See in New Hampshire in August
141 bird species on our list for New Hampshire are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Blue Jay, American Crow, Mourning Dove, Gray Catbird and Song Sparrow. New this month: Eurasian Teal, Cape May Warbler, Lesser Black-backed Gull and Dickcissel and 10 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
Gray CatbirdBusiest month of the year · May–Oct
Ruby-throated HummingbirdBusiest month of the year · May–Sep
Cedar WaxwingBusiest month of the year · All year
Great Blue HeronBusiest month of the year · Mar–Jan
Broad-winged HawkBusiest month of the year · Apr–Oct
Least SandpiperBusiest month of the year · May
From New Hampshire’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 141 birds in August
141 birds
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.20% in Aug
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.99% in Aug
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.78% in Aug- Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 2.69% in Aug
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Aug
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.44% in Aug- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.39% in Aug
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.36% in Aug- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Aug
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.08% in Aug
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.01% in Aug
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.00% in Aug
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 1.70% in Aug- Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.45% in Aug
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.23% in Aug
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.22% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.12% in Aug
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Aug
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.94% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.93% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.91% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Aug
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Aug
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Aug
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.81% in Aug
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Aug
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.72% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.70% in Aug
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Aug- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorCommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.65% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Aug
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Aug
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Aug
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.63% in Aug
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.60% in Aug- Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.60% in Aug
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.59% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.57% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Aug
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.55% in Aug
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.53% in Aug
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.53% in Aug
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Aug
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.46% in Aug
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.46% in Aug
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.44% in Aug
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.41% in Aug
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.40% in Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.40% in Aug
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.38% in Aug
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Aug
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.37% in Aug
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.36% in Aug
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.36% in Aug
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.34% in Aug
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Aug
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.33% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.33% in Aug
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.31% in Aug
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.30% in Aug
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.27% in Aug
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.26% in Aug
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.24% in Aug
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.21% in Aug
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.21% in Aug
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.21% in Aug
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.17% in Aug
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.16% in Aug
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Aug
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.14% in Aug
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.13% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Aug
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.11% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.11% in Aug
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.11% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.10% in Aug
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.10% in Aug
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Aug
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Aug
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaSummer visitorUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Aug
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.09% in Aug
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.08% in Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.07% in Aug
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.07% in Aug
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.06% in Aug
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Northern GannetMorus bassanusPassage migrantUncommon87–100 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.06% in Aug
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.05% in Aug
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.05% in Aug
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.04% in Aug
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.03% in Aug
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.02% in Aug
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.02% in Aug
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Forster's TernSterna forsteriResidentRare33–36 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusPassage migrantRare15–17 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantRare22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorRare17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantRare30–38 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorRare80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorRare16–25 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.01% in Aug
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
DickcisselSpiza americanaWinter visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Aug–Feb · 0.01% in Aug
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataWinter visitorUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.01% in Aug
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorRare40–51 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.01% in Aug
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisResidentRare53–63 cmRegularly Aug · 0.00% in Aug
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Aug–Jan · 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