2018 June Monthly Challenge

[Jamie]

Migration slows down in June, but June is a relatively active month. Some species will arrive in June such as the Gray Catbird. Cheam Wetlands and Chehalis Estuary have been consistent locations to view Catbirds. June is also a great time to venture north in our checklist area to Boston Bar to see a rich diversity of songbirds including breeding Nashville Warbler, American Redstart and Veery.

Breakdown by year for June

2008 – 134 species recorded
2009 – 132 species recorded
2010 – 140 species recorded
2011 - 138 species recorded
2012 - 133 species recorded
2013 - 136 species recorded
2014 - 138 species recorded
2015 - 127 species recorded
2016 - 126 species recorded

2017 - 111 species recorded

Average species for June 132

Last updated July 1

Species seen to date 122

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Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Gadwall
Northern Pintail
American Wigeon
Green-winged Teal
Common Merganser
Hooded Merganser
Ring-necked Duck
Bufflehead
Cinnamon Teal
Barrow's Goldeneye
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Spruce Grouse
Sooty Grouse
Ruffed Grouse
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Osprey
Red-tailed Hawk
Bald Eagle
Turkey Vulture
Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk
Peregrine Falcon
Virginia Rail
Spotted Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Rock Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Barred Owl
Common Nighthawk
Vaux's Swift
Black Swift
Anna's Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Northern Flicker
Western Wood-Pewee
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Pacific-Slope Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Dusky Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Cassin's Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
American Dipper
Steller's Jay
Clark's Nutcracker
Gray Jay
Northwestern Crow
American Crow
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Barn Swallow
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Purple Martin
Black-capped Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Bushtit
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Pacific Wren
Marsh Wren
House Wren
Bewick's Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Veery
Gray Catbird
Townsend's Solitaire
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Common Yellowthroat
Yellow Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Black-throated Gray-Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
MacGillvray's Warbler
Nashville Warbler
American Redstart
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Spotted Towhee
Red-winged Blackbird
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Western Tanager
Black-headed Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Bullockk's Oriole
Evening Grosbeak
Purple Finch
House Finch
Red Crossbill
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

[birder1942]

For the June list: I had House Wren on Sumas Prairie and Red-eyed Vireos (2) today at Browne Creek Wetlands. Good birding everyone, John Vooys, Abbotsford.

[butterfly]

From Manning Park:
Clark's Nutcracker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Gray Jay
Lincoln's Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
MacGillivray's Warbler
Dark-eyed Junco

from GBHNR
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Common Merganser
Savannah Sparrow

[expiallyd]

I can add a couple of ducks: green-winged and blue-winged teal in a flooded field along Matsqui Trail. Gadwall and a northern pintail from Willband.

[paulos]

I can add Nashville Warbler, Townsend's Warbler and Dusky Flycatcher from North Bend, Hammond's Flycatcher from Ryder Lake.

[Randy]

Gord and I had 2 buffleheads at Willband on the 9th.

[KevinC]

Denis and I both saw a Black Phoebe at the GBHNR today.

[nickinthegarden]

Several of us saw a Green Heron at GBHNR on Thursday morning.

[Randy]

Gord and I had a beautiful male cinnamon teal at Willband yesterday.

[birder1942]

We may add Dusky Flycatcher to our June list. I had one in the large clear-cut area at the low part of Elk Mountain. John Vooys

[bandj]

A few more birds from the BCFO conference at the beginning of the month. Mostly from Silver Lake:

Barrow's Goldeneye
Spotted Sandpiper
Sooty Grouse
Ruffed Grouse
Turkey Vulture
Belted Kingfisher
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
American Dipper

Bryan

[nickinthegarden]

I got a Townsend's Solitaire at Manning Park this morning.

[KevinC]

I don't see these on this list, but some of them appear on your spreadsheet, so I'm just going to list them here just in case...

Bewick's Wren - at the Great Blue Heron Reserve and also in my backyard here in Abbotsford
American Crow - at the Manning Park Resort restaurant (this is a bit of an assumption - since I'm not experienced enough to tell the difference between an American Crow and a Northwestern Crow, I am basing this on the typical ranges of these birds)
Spruce Grouse - one landed on my head at Manning Park on the Strawberry Flats Trail. Unfortunately I did not get that on camera, but I do have some footage of it chasing me...
Hermit Thrush - heard these singing a couple times in Manning Park, both on the Strawberry Flats Trail and on the trail from Lone Duck Campground/Lightning Lake to Twenty-Minute Lake

There is also a possibility of a Scrub Jay in Chilliwack, but this has not been confirmed yet......

[paulos]

From Willband Creek:
American Wigeon, Green-winged Teal

From Ryder Lake:
Hooded Merganser, Barred Owl, Cooper's Hawk, Golden-Crowned Kinglet, Red Crossbill

From Coquihalla Lakes and summit
Common Loon, Lincoln's Sparrow

From the Chehalis Estuary:
Purple Martin

From Strawberry Flats:
Ruby-Crowned Kinglet

From Hope Airport:
Gray Catbird

[Randy]

With Gord at Willband this month I can add:

Bank swallow
Cliff swallow
Gadwall
Northern pintail