Birds to See in Ohio in August
132 bird species on our list for Ohio are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Mourning Dove, Blue Jay, American Robin and Song Sparrow. New this month: Magnolia Warbler, Bay-breasted Warbler, Tennessee Warbler and Nashville Warbler and 20 more.
On the move in August
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At their peak
From Ohio’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 132 birds in August
132 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.68% in Aug
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.43% in Aug
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.13% in Aug
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.70% in Aug
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.37% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 2.22% in Aug
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 2.19% in Aug
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 2.11% in Aug
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Aug
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.98% in Aug
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.91% in Aug
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.81% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Aug
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.63% in Aug
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.58% in Aug
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.52% in Aug
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.47% in Aug
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.45% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.27% in Aug
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Aug
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.21% in Aug
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.19% in Aug
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Jan · 1.14% in Aug
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Aug
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.91% in Aug
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Aug
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.84% in Aug
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Aug
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.78% in Aug
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.68% in Aug
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentCommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.65% in Aug
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.64% in Aug
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantCommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.62% in Aug
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.62% in Aug
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Aug
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.51% in Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.46% in Aug
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.46% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon31–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Aug
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Aug
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.38% in Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.38% in Aug
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.35% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.35% in Aug
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Aug
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentUncommon139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Aug
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsWinter visitorCommon31–38 cmRecorded all year · 0.29% in Aug
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.28% in Aug
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.23% in Aug
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisResidentUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.20% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.19% in Aug
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.18% in Aug
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.16% in Aug
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaResidentCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Aug
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon91–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.12% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Aug
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Aug
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Aug
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.12% in Aug
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.11% in Aug
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantCommon28–38 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.11% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.11% in Aug
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.11% in Aug
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorCommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Aug
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantCommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.10% in Aug
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.09% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.09% in Aug
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.09% in Aug
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Aug
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantCommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Aug
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaPassage migrantCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaWinter visitorUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Aug–May · 0.05% in Aug
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.05% in Aug
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Aug
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Aug
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.04% in Aug
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.04% in Aug
MerlinFalco columbariusWinter visitorUncommon24–33 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Aug
Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollisPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorRare15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.04% in Aug
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorPassage migrantRare22–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.03% in Aug
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.03% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorRare22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Jan–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Aug
Red KnotCalidris canutusPassage migrantRare23–26 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusPassage migrantRare27–30 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaSummer visitorRare40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Aug
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Aug
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalisPassage migrantRare20–24 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentRare36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorRare58–85 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxWinter visitorRare54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantRare14–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
Greylag GooseAnser anserWinter visitorRare75–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Aug
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoWinter visitorRare30–32 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.00% in Aug
Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcanSummer visitorRare32–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Aug
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacusSummer visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.00% in Aug
Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemasticaPassage migrantRare36–42 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.00% in Aug
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataResidentRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiacaResidentRare63–73 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