June, 2021 Monthly Challenge

[Randy]

The first couple weeks of June can still be good for late migrants as well as often surprise species seem to often show up around then as well. The last half of the month can get a little dull when migration slows and the birds focus more on feeding their young than singing and displaying. This is a good time to check out sites a bit further from home and that are also a little further behind than in the valley. Manning Park, North Bend, Skagit Valley or a mountain hike is a worthwhile trip to consider taking.

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

Average species for June 129

To view the missing species for the month please click here

Species seen to date 120

Last updated: July 2, 2021

Tundra Swan
Canada Goose
Wood Duck
American Wigeon
Mallard
Green-winged Teal
Blue-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Harlequin Duck
Barrow's Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Merganser
Sooty Grouse
Ruffed Grouse
Pied-billed Grebe
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Great Egret
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Bald Eagle
Red-tailed Hawk
American Kestrel
Cooper's Hawk
Northern Harrier
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Spotted Sandpiper
Killdeer
Glaucous-winged Gull
Caspian Tern
Rock Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian-collared Dove
Mourning Dove
Barn Owl
Great-horned Owl
Barred Owl
Common Nighthawk
Vaux's Swift
Black Swift
Anna's Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-naped Sapsucker
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Hairy Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Pileated Woodpecker
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Least Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Eastern Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Cassin's Vireo
Canada Jay
Steller's Jay
Clark's Nutcracker
Northwestern/American Crow
Common Raven
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow
Bank Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Chesnut-backed Chickadee
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Bushtit
Brown Creeper
House Wren
Pacific Wren
Marsh Wren
Bewick's Wren
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Veery
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Gray Catbird
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow-breasted Chat
Orange-crowned Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black throated gray warbler
Townsend's Warbler
American Redstart
MacGillivray's Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Wilson's Warbler
Western Tanager
Spotted Towhee
Savannah Sparrow
Song Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Black-headed Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Bullock's Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Pine Grosbeak
Purple Finch
House Finch
Red Crossbill
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Evening Grosbeak
House Sparrow

[oldfulica]

Here is a list of birds from the Heron Reserve for June Challenge;

Great Blue Heron Nature Reserve, Fraser Valley, British Columbia, CA
Jun 4, 2021 10:00 AM - 10:45 AM
Protocol: Traveling
2.0 kilometer(s)
25 species (+1 other taxa)

Wood Duck 6
Mallard X
Mourning Dove 1
Anna's Hummingbird 2
Rufous Hummingbird 1
Great Blue Heron 1
Turkey Vulture 1
Great Horned Owl 1
Hairy Woodpecker 1
Northern Flicker (Red-shafted) 1
American/Northwestern Crow 1
Black-capped Chickadee 4
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 1
Tree Swallow 2
Bushtit 2
European Starling X
Swainson's Thrush 4
American Robin X
House Finch 3
Purple Finch 1
American Goldfinch 2
Song Sparrow 2
Spotted Towhee 3
Red-winged Blackbird 4
Common Yellowthroat 1
Black-headed Grosbeak 1

View this checklist online at ebird.org/checklist/S89624745

[Harrier]

I heard my first Common nighthawk of the year today, flying at high altitude above my house in Sardis.

[ed]

From Elk Mtn, Band-tailed Pigeon, Canada Jay, Sooty Grouse, Townsend’s Warbler, McGillvary’s Warbler, Olive-sided Flycatcher, and Hermit Thrush. Two lucky Caspian Terns and Am. Redstart at Island 22.

[ed]

Also Black-throated Gray Warbler, Wilson’s Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-rumpled Warbler, Marsh Wren, Western Tanager, Pine Siskin, Downy Woodpecker and Pileated Woodpecker.

[josterhold]

Hi Birders

Can add Black Swifts, Barn Owl and Barred Owl from the Ryder Lake area

Jason

[Randy]

Sorry about the delay everyone. I've updated the list and added a few that I've seen as well.

[birder1942]

I Can add a few: Green Heron, Canada goose, American Widgeon, Common Merganser, Bald Eagle, Northern HARRIER, Eurasian collared Dove,
Willow Flycatcher, Violet Green Swallow, Barn Swallow, Cedar Waxwing, Bewick's and Marsh Wrens, Veery, Warbling and red-eyed Vireos
Brown-headed cowbird, and Red Crossbill
John Vooys

[nickinthegarden]

Pair of Blue-winged Teal, Aldergrove Regional Park

[gabi]

I know some other folk have also seen these and will perhaps mention them: (or you have and I missed it!)
Willband:
Tundra Swan (it seems to have an injured leg/foot)
Ring-necked duck

Silverdale Creek:
Pied-billed Grebe

Chilliwack: dyke trail
House Wren
Lazuli Buntings
Savannah Sparrow

Matsqui Trail
Osprey
Eastern Kingbird


My backyard:
Orange-crowned warbler

[nickinthegarden]

Red-breasted Sapsucker at Aldergrove Regional Park

[Randy]

Good birds and thanks for the contributions so far everyone! Some notables misses so far are:

Vaux's Swifts - usually pretty regular at Willband
Green-winged Teal
American Kestrel
Rock Pigeon
Pacific Wren (anyone heard these singing yet this month?)
House Sparrow

[graeme45]

LOL...House Sparrows nesting here at GW Graham.

[imperialbirders]

We had an Eastern Kingbird eating the Red Elderberry berries in our back bush two days ago. Hopefully they will nest nearby as they did last year.

Mike

[josterhold]

Pacific Wren breeding here in Ryder Lake

Jason