July 2020 Monthly Challenge

[Jamie]

July presents a great opportunity to head up to higher elevations in our region such as Manning Park or the Coquihalla to see birds that we rarely encounter at lower elevations, such as Three-toed Woodpecker and Boreal Chickadee just to name a few. A hike up to Cheam Mtn or Needle Peak can produce White-tailed Ptarmigan or even the much rarer Rock Ptarmigan. During the middle/end of the month, some species, particularly shorebirds, begin to migrate through our region.

Breakdown by year for July

2008 – 124 species recorded
2009 – 122 species recorded
2010 – 123 species recorded
2011 - 131 species recorded
2012 - 125 species recorded
2013 - 120 species recorded
2014 - 134 species recorded
2015 - 136 species recorded
2016 - 124 species recorded
2017 - 127 species recorded
2018 - 115 species recorded

2019 - 99 species recorded

Average species for July 123

Last updated August 1

Species seen to date 111

Canada Goose
Trumpeter Swan

Wood Duck

Mallard

Gadwall

Green-winged Teal

Barrow's Goldeneye
Common Merganser

Redhead

White-tailed Ptarmigan

Sooty Grouse

Pied-billed Grebe

Rock Pigeon

Band-tailed Pigeon

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Mourning Dove

Vaux's Swift

Black Swift

Rufous Hummingbird

Anna's Hummingbird

Spotted Sandpiper

Solitary Sandpiper

Greater Yellowlegs

Glaucous-winged Gull

California Gull

Bonaparte's Gull

Great Blue Heron

Green Heron

Red-tailed Hawk

Cooper's Hawk

Bald Eagle

Turkey Vulture

Barn Owl

Barred Owl

Red-breasted Sapsucker

Downy Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Pileated Woodpecker

Northern Flicker

Peregrine Falcon

American Kestrel

Merlin

Willow Flycatcher

Hammond's Flycatcher

Western Wood-Pewee

Pacific-slope Flycatcher

Eastern Kingbird

Western Kingbird

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Warbling Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Cassin's Vireo

Canada Jay

Northwestern Crow

American Crow

Common Raven

Steller's Jay

Clark's Nutcracker

Black-capped Chickadee

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Mountain Chickadee

Boreal Chickadee

Bushtit

Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper

Horned Lark

Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow

Tree Swallow

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Bank Swallow

Violet-green Swallow

Bewick's Wren

Pacific Wren

Marsh Wren

House Wren

European Starling

Townsend's Solitaire
Varied Thrush

Swainson's Thrush

Hermit Thrush

Veery

American Robin
Cedar Waxwing

House Sparrow

American Pipit

Evening Grosbeak

American Goldfinch
House Finch
Purple Finch

Red Crossbill

Pine Siskin
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch

Brown-headed Cowbird
Brewer's Blackbird

Red-winged Blackbird

Fox Sparrow

Song Sparrow

Lincoln's Sparrow

Savannah Sparrow

White-crowned Sparrow
Spotted Towhee

Dark-eyed Junco

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Yellow Warbler

MacGillvray's Warbler

Black-throated Gray Warbler

American Redstart

Western Tanager

Black-headed Grosbeak

Lazuli Bunting

[Ben]

From today. Just filter out what's already on the list

Wood Duck - Aix sponsa
Mallard - Anas platyrhynchos
Spotted Sandpiper - Actitis macularius
Downy Woodpecker - Dryobates pubescens
Hairy Woodpecker - Dryobates villosus
Black-capped Chickadee - Poecile atricapillus
Violet-green Swallow - Tachycineta thalassina
Song Sparrow - Melospiza melodia
Yellow Warbler - Setophaga petechia
Yellow-rumped Warbler - Setophaga coronata
Black-throated Gray Warbler - Setophaga nigrescens
Eurasian Collared-Dove - Streptopelia decaocto
Mourning Dove - Zenaida macroura
Vaux's Swift - Chaetura vauxi
Rufous Hummingbird - Selasphorus rufus
Northern Flicker - Colaptes auratus
Willow Flycatcher - Empidonax traillii
Eastern Kingbird - Tyrannus tyrannus
Red-eyed Vireo - Vireo olivaceus
Northwestern Crow - Corvus caurinus
Common Raven - Corvus corax
Tree Swallow - Tachycineta bicolor
Barn Swallow - Hirundo rustica
European Starling - Sturnus vulgaris
Swainson's Thrush - Catharus ustulatus
American Robin - Turdus migratorius
Cedar Waxwing - Bombycilla cedrorum
Purple Finch - Haemorhous purpureus
Pine Siskin - Spinus pinus
American Goldfinch - Spinus tristis
White-crowned Sparrow - Zonotrichia leucophrys
Savannah Sparrow - Passerculus sandwichensis
Spotted Towhee - Pipilo maculatus
Brown-headed Cowbird - Molothrus ater
Lazuli Bunting - Passerina amoena

[Ben]

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Sooty Grouse
Cassin's Vireo
Western Tanager
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Pacific Wren

Can you guess where?

[Chris]

Jul 4, 2020 17:19:09 GMT -8 Ben said:

Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Sooty Grouse
Cassin's Vireo
Western Tanager
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Pacific Wren

Can you guess where?

Mount Cheam?

[Randy]

Black swift from my place today

[gabi]

Redhead and Green-winged Teal at Willband - July 2
And of course, Canada Goose 

[Ben]

Jul 4, 2020 17:24:09 GMT -8 Chris said:

Mount Cheam?

Ding ding ding! You win! I guess it was too easy considering Gord posted from Cheam a bunch of these

[imperialbirders]

Here is a list of some of our backyard birds that I do not see mentioned for July
Bandtailed Pigeons
Evening Grosbeaks
Blackheaded Grosbeaks
Purple Finches

[Chris]

Can add
Veery (North Bend)
MacGillvray's Warbler (Cheam Wetlands)

[Jamie]

Updated thank you for your contributions

[Harrier]

From Mt. McGuire today:
-Townsend’s Solitaire (my first in many years)
-Dark-Eyed Junco
-Hermit Thrush
-Horned Lark
-Olive-Sided Flycatcher

[Chris]

From Coquihalla Lakes, Barrow's Goldeneye and Lincoln's Sparrow.
Hammond's Flycatcher Alexandria Bridge
Western Kingbird Hope Airport

[Harrier]

Barred Owl on Liumchen Creek FSR today.

[Jamie]

Updated keep the contributions coming! please

[ed]

Am Pipit from Cheam-Lady peaks