American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
1 Photo
Birds by month › August
2026
Birds in August
A calendar view of my own photographed records. It shows what I documented, not a complete guide to regional seasonality.
91Species
624Photos
22Photo days
1Years represented
This is a personal photographic record from a limited observation period. Missing species and months should not be read as absence, abundance or advice on the best time to visit.
Places with secure records
San Juan Islands31 dated records11 August 2026 – 14 August 2026Nordende des Zürichsees19 dated records29 August 2026 – 30 August 2026Kenai Fjords16 dated records23 August 2026Denali National Park15 dated records16 August 2026 – 19 August 2026Girdwood13 dated records24 August 2026 – 26 August 2026Union Bay Natural Area4 dated records1 August 2026Packwood3 dated records4 August 2026 – 5 August 2026Port Townsend–Coupeville Ferry3 dated records10 August 2026Salt Creek Recreation Area3 dated records9 August 2026Anacortes Ferry Terminal2 dated records10 August 2026Lyre Conservation Area2 dated records8 August 2026Mount Rainier1 dated record6 August 2026Oak Harbor1 dated record10 August 2026Rosario Beach1 dated record10 August 2026
Only first records, unambiguous single-place outings and manually reviewed assignments are counted here.
Species photographed
American RobinTurdus migratorius
4 Photos
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalus
24 Photos
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
14 Photos
Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
9 Photos
Black OystercatcherHaematopus bachmani
3 Photos
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticus
6 Photos
Black-billed MagpiePica hudsonia
10 Photos
Black-capped ChickadeePoecile atricapillus
7 Photos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
8 Photos
Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
9 Photos
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
1 Photo
Boreal ChickadeePoecile hudsonicus
6 Photos
Brandt's CormorantUrile penicillatus
1 Photo
Brewer's BlackbirdEuphagus cyanocephalus
10 Photos
Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
8 August 2026
1 Photo
California GullLarus californicus
13 Photos
Canada JayPerisoreus canadensis
24 Photos
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
3 Photos
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
2 Photos
Chestnut-backed ChickadeePoecile rufescens
2 Photos
Common MurreUria aalge
15 Photos
Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
4 August 2026 · 5 August 2026
4 Photos
Common RavenCorvus corax
17 August 2026 · 20 August 2026
7 Photos
Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
3 Photos
Cooper's HawkAstur cooperii
1 Photo
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalis
12 Photos
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
18 Photos
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescens
3 Photos
Eurasian Collared-DoveStreptopelia decaocto
7 Photos
Eurasian CootFulica atra
6 Photos
European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
2 Photos
European StarlingSturnus vulgaris
2 Photos
Fox SparrowPasserella iliaca
4 Photos
Glaucous-winged GullLarus glaucescens
22 Photos
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
5 Photos
Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
3 Photos
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
4 Photos
Great TitParus major
3 Photos
Green-winged TealAnas crecca
2 Photos
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
1 Photo
Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosus
4 Photos
Harlequin DuckHistrionicus histrionicus
8 August 2026 · 23 August 2026
3 Photos
Heermann's GullLarus heermanni
8 Photos
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
4 Photos
Horned PuffinFratercula corniculata
20 Photos
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
1 Photo
House SparrowPasser domesticus
6 Photos
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
8 August 2026
2 Photos
Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
1 Photo
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
14 Photos
Marbled MurreletBrachyramphus marmoratus
5 Photos
Mute SwanCygnus olor
5 Photos
Northern FlickerColaptes auratus
3 Photos
Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
19 Photos
OspreyPandion haliaetus
2 Photos
Pelagic CormorantUrile pelagicus
34 Photos
Pigeon GuillemotCepphus columba
28 Photos
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatus
4 Photos
Pine SiskinSpinus pinus
7 Photos
Purple MartinProgne subis
15 Photos
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
1 Photo
Red KiteMilvus milvus
2 Photos
Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
10 Photos
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruber
6 Photos
Red-crested PochardNetta rufina
3 Photos
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
4 Photos
Rhinoceros AukletCerorhinca monocerata
10 Photos
Rock PigeonColumba livia
3 Photos
Ruby-crowned KingletCorthylio calendula
10 Photos
Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
4 August 2026 · 5 August 2026 · 6 August 2026
13 Photos
Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
5 Photos
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
6 Photos
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
2 Photos
Short-billed GullLarus brachyrhynchus
8 August 2026
3 Photos
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
2 Photos
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna grisea
3 Photos
Spotted TowheePipilo maculatus
2 Photos
Steller's JayCyanocitta stelleri
1 Photo
Tufted PuffinFratercula cirrhata
7 Photos
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
5 August 2026 · 13 August 2026
3 Photos
Varied ThrushIxoreus naevius
2 Photos
Violet-green SwallowTachycineta thalassina
11 Photos
Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
8 August 2026
2 Photos
White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
9 Photos
White-winged CrossbillLoxia leucoptera
14 Photos
White-winged ScoterMelanitta deglandi
2 Photos
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavo
5 Photos
Willow PtarmiganLagopus lagopus
5 Photos
Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
7 Photos
Yellow-legged GullLarus michahellis
4 Photos
Journal entries
29–30 August 2026
A first weekend of birding in Zurich
Nordende des Zürichsees
18 species photographed
24–26 August 2026
Between old forest and wetlands
Girdwood
11 species photographed
23 August 2026
A day among glaciers, orcas and sea otters
Kenai Fjords
16 species photographed
16–19 August 2026
Four days in the rain shadow of the Alaska Range
Denali National Park
11 species photographed
13–14 August 2026
Between forest and shore
San Juan Islands
15 species photographed
11–12 August 2026
Two days in the island forests
San Juan Islands
15 species photographed
10 August 2026
Olympic Peninsula to the San Juan Islands
Port Townsend · Port Townsend–Coupeville Ferry · Oak Harbor · Rosario Beach · Anacortes Ferry Terminal
19 species photographed
9 August 2026
Juan de Fuca Strait
Lyre Conservation Area · Salt Creek Recreation Area
9 species photographed
6 August 2026
Mount Rainier
Packwood · Mount Rainier
5 species photographed
4 August 2026
Packwood
Packwood
2 species photographed
1 August 2026
Union Bay, quiet evening
Union Bay Natural Area
4 species photographed