Birds to See in Vermont in August
124 bird species on our list for Vermont are recorded regularly in August
Of these, the most often recorded are American Crow, Blue Jay, Song Sparrow, American Robin and Gray Catbird. New this month: American Black Duck, Eurasian Teal, Tennessee Warbler and Bay-breasted Warbler and 15 more.
On the move in August
GBIF · AugArriving
At their peak
From Vermont’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 124 birds in August
124 birds
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 3.93% in Aug
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 3.79% in Aug
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaSummer visitorCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.14% in Aug
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Aug
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 2.67% in Aug
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 2.59% in Aug
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.57% in Aug
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.47% in Aug
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.41% in Aug
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisWinter visitorCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 2.22% in Aug
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.73% in Aug
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 1.60% in Aug
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.57% in Aug
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.54% in Aug
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Aug
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Aug
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.17% in Aug
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.10% in Aug
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisResidentCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Aug
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.07% in Aug
Canada GooseBranta canadensisSummer visitorCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.05% in Aug
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.02% in Aug
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.92% in Aug
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.91% in Aug
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.90% in Aug
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.84% in Aug
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.80% in Aug
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.79% in Aug
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.66% in Aug
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.60% in Aug
Rock DoveColumba liviaWinter visitorCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Aug
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Aug
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Aug
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.56% in Aug
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.55% in Aug
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.54% in Aug
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWinter visitorCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Aug
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Aug
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.51% in Aug
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.50% in Aug
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.49% in Aug
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 0.48% in Aug
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.44% in Aug
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.44% in Aug
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.44% in Aug
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Aug
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.40% in Aug
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.37% in Aug
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.35% in Aug
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Aug
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.34% in Aug
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.34% in Aug
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.32% in Aug
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.31% in Aug
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.31% in Aug
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.31% in Aug
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.30% in Aug
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.30% in Aug
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.30% in Aug
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.30% in Aug
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.28% in Aug
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.28% in Aug
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.28% in Aug
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Aug
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.25% in Aug
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.25% in Aug
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusWinter visitorUncommon64–79 cmRegularly Jun–Apr · 0.24% in Aug
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Aug
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.24% in Aug
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Aug
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.19% in Aug
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorCommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.19% in Aug
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.19% in Aug
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.19% in Aug
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.15% in Aug
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.11% in Aug
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Aug
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaPassage migrantUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Aug
Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrinaPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.11% in Aug
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusResidentUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Aug
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.10% in Aug
SanderlingCalidris albaPassage migrantUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.09% in Aug
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Aug
Eurasian TealAnas creccaPassage migrantUncommon34–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.09% in Aug
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaPassage migrantUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.08% in Aug
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Aug
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.08% in Aug
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Aug
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentUncommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Aug
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.06% in Aug
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Aug
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.06% in Aug
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.06% in Aug
Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdiiPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.05% in Aug
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Aug
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.04% in Aug
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.04% in Aug
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusPassage migrantUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Aug
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaPassage migrantUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.04% in Aug
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Aug
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarumSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.03% in Aug
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.03% in Aug
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantRare23–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresPassage migrantRare21–24 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Aug
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.02% in Aug
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Northern PintailAnas acutaWinter visitorUncommon59–76 cmRegularly Aug–Apr · 0.02% in Aug
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Aug
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorRare80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.02% in Aug
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Aug
American Golden-PloverPluvialis dominicaPassage migrantUncommon24–28 cmRegularly Aug–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Black TernChlidonias nigerSummer visitorRare22–26 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Aug
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Aug
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeataPassage migrantUncommon44–51 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
Little GullHydrocoloeus minutusResidentRare25–30 cmRegularly Aug–Nov · 0.01% in Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusResidentRare40–46 cmRegularly Aug–Sep · 0.01% in Aug
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Aug
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly May–Aug · 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