June 2023 Monthly Challenge

[Gord]

Where did May go? All of our expected migrants have arrived with Willow Flycatcher and Red-eyed Vireo bringing up the rear as they usually do each spring. Later June can get a bit quiet when birds are busy feeding young but the odd surprise still pops up in June. I find a trip up to Boston Bar is well-timed for mid June and, with earlier snow melt, higher elevation hikes can be productive with earlier than average access.

I'll get the month going with what I noted today in my travels.

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
2018 - 122 species recorded
2019 - 115 species recorded
2020 - 125 species recorded
2021 - 120 species recorded
2022 - 128 species recorded

Average species for June 128

To view the missing species for the month please click here

Species seen to date 119

Last updated: June 29, 2023

Tundra Swan
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
American Wigeon
Mallard
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Lesser Scaup
Ring-necked Duck
Barrow's Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Hooded Merganser
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Osprey
Merlin
American Kestrel
Sooty Grouse
Ruffed Grouse
White-tailed Ptarmigan
Killdeer
Spotted Sandpiper
Band-tailed Pigeon
Rock Pigeon
Eurasian-collared Dove
Mourning Dove
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Common Nighthawk
Black Swift
Vaux's Swift
Rufous Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Three-toed Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Belted Kingfisher
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Warbling Vireo
Cassin's Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Canada Jay
Clark's Nutcracker
Steller's Jay
American Crow
Common Raven
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Bank Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Purple Martin
Mountain Chickadee
Black-capped Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Bushtit
Brown Creeper
Red-breasted Nuthatch
House Wren
Pacific Wren
Bewick's Wren
Grey Catbird
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Veery
Townsend's Solitaire
American Robin
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
American Pipit
Northern Waterthrush
American Redstart
Yellow Warbler
Black-throated Gray warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Nashville Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Western Tanager
Lazuli Bunting
Spotted Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Black-headed Grosbeak
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Bullock's Oriole
Evening Grosbeak
House Finch
Purple Finch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
House Sparrow

[Chris]

From today

Northern Shoveler (pair off of Ballam Dyke)
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Bank Swallow
Yellow Warbler

[Bentley]

American Kestrel (Agassiz)
Gray Catbird (Eagle Point)
Purple Martin (---)
Pileated Woodpecker (---)
Red-breasted Nuthatch (---)
Canada Jay (Chilliwack Lake)
Yellow-rumped Warbler (---)
Hammond's Flycatcher (---)
Red-breasted Sapsucker (---)
Townsend's Warbler (---)
Hermit Thrush (---)

[Chris]

Black Swift from Dragon's Back trail in Hope.

[expiallyd]

I had a mourning dove on Matsqui Prairie on the 1st of June.

[Gord]

Thanks, Anne. Mourning Dove a nice find

Bentley, good to hear of Grey Catbird at Eagle Point. There's been a few there over the years off and on.

I also added Veery (North Bend, Cheam Lake), Chipping Sparrow (North Bend) Nashville Warbler (North Bend) and American Redstart (Island 22 and North Bend). A little higher elevation at North Bend were Fox Sparrows. I think hybrid between Sooty and Slate-coloured. He was singing Slate-coloured song though.

Thanks all.

[Chris]

Had my first Common Nighthawk last night

[Bentley]

Belted Kingfisher
Brewer's Blackbird
Ring-necked Duck
Osprey
Alder Flycatcher

[gabi]

My bad - posted twice and can’t find a delete

[gabi]

I can add Hairy Woodpecker (Sumas River - Abbotsford) and I believe a Sandhill Crane that flew overhead today in Abbotsford. Also Barred Owl in Abbotsford June 16th

Untitled by Gabi Cuff, on Flickr

[Chris]

Hi Gabi, looks like a Green Heron in the photo.

[gabi]

That is not likely - it was very large - very high up in the air and I was up the mountain…. It was calling and that is what had me look up….?

[Chris]

I agree Gabi, not a Green Heron. Looks like a Great Blue Heron. Can see the white around the face and yellow on the bill.

[ed]

On or near Needle Peak today, Clarke’s Nutcracker, Mountain Chickadee, and Townsends Solitaire.

[ed]

One lone Am. Pipit in the alpine as well.