July 2021 Monthly Challenge

[Randy]

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
2020 - 111 species recorded

Average species for July 122

Last updated July 30

Species seen to date 121

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Canada Goose
Wood Duck
Mallard
Gadwall
Northern Shoveler
Barrow's Goldeneye
Common Merganser
Hooded Merganser
Sooty Grouse
Ruffed Grouse
White-tailed Ptarmigan
Pied-billed Grebe
Common Loon
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Osprey
Turkey Vulture
Golden Eagle
Bald Eagle
Northern Harrier
Red-tailed Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Merlin
American Kestrel
Peregrine Falcon
Sora
Killdeer
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
California Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Glaucous-winged Gull
Eurasian-collared Dove
Rock Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Barred Owl
Barn Owl
Vaux's Swift
Black Swift
Common Nighthawk
Rufous Hummingbird
Anna's Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher
Red-breasted Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
Hammond's Flycatcer
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Western Wood Pewee
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Canada Jay
Steller's Jay
Clark's Nutcracker
Northwestern/American Crow
Common Raven
Purple Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee
Mountain Chickadee
Chestnut-backed Chickadee
Brown Creeper
Bushtit
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Pacific Wren
Bewicks Wren
Marsh Wren
American Dipper
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Townsend's Solitaire
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
American Robin
Varied Thrush
Gray Catbird
American Pipit
European Starling
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
MacGillvray's Warbler
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Western Tanager
Spotted Towhee
Chipping Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Black-headed Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Brown-headed Cowbird
Red-winged Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Bullock's Oriole
Pine Grosbeak
Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch
Purple Finch
Red Crossbill
House Finch
American Goldfinch
Pine Siskin
Evening Grosbeak
House Sparrow

[Randy]

Hi everyone,

Sorry about the delay. The thread is now going. I just need to wait for Chris to give me access to edit the Google Sheet then I can get that going as well.

For the life of me I could not find the July 2020 challenge to get the total. If someone can find that link just let me know!

[Randy]

List is started. I've added Len's observations from Willband and some things I've seen around. The highlight so far for me was 6 black swifts flying over Canada Day morning while I was having breakfast on the deck.

[Ben]

Jul 3, 2021 6:33:04 GMT -8 Randy said:

For the life of me I could not find the July 2020 challenge to get the total. If someone can find that link just let me know!

Yeah. Doesn't seem to exist

[Chris]

Here is the July 2020 challenge bcbirding.proboards.com/thread/12358/july-2020-monthly-challenge

For this month, I can add

Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Barn Swallow
Gray Catbird
Eastern Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Western Wood-Pewee
European Starling
Bushtit
Peregrine Falcon
Lazuli Bunting
Common Yellowthroat
Bulock's Oriole

[oldfulica]

Jul 3, 2021 6:42:38 GMT -8 Randy said:

List is started. I've added Len's observations from Willband and some things I've seen around. The highlight so far for me was 6 black swifts flying over Canada Day morning while I was having breakfast on the deck.

Green heron by the s.w. bridge in tree July 3 Wilband. (Not the newest bridge)
Osprey

[ed]

White-tailed Ptarmigan, American Pipit, Red Crossbill, Townsends Solitaire, Hermit Thrush, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Flatiron. Least Flycatcher , GBH Reserve.

[Dave]

If Alpine Meadows Road in Manning is included, then I can add Sooty Grouse, Townsends Warbler, Clarks Nutcracker, Canada Jay, Pine Grosbeak, Chipping Sparrow, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Mountain Chickadee, Varied Thrush, and Fox Sparrow.

Lightning Lake had a nice family of Barrows Goldeneye and Vaux’s Swift overhead.

[josterhold]

Can add Pacific Wren, Band-tailed Pigeon, Evening Grosbeak, Pine Siskin and Golden-crowned Kinglet from Elk-Thurston hike this morning/afternoon.
Dave and Ed beat to it with some of the birds they saw on their hikes.
Hope to head to Flatiron next week.

Jason.

[Chris]

Had a Sora Tuyttens Rd on Wednesday.

[Randy]

Great posts everyone! Glad people are getting some of the mountain species. Sorry about the delay, the list is now updated. I was surprised to have a young junco under my feeder this morning.

I've also updated the links. Thanks to Jon for taking care of that issue.

[imperialbirders]

The following have visited our back woods this week and are not yet on your list for July.

Pileated Woodpecker
Rufous Hummingbirds (more than any year in the past 10 years)
Chestnut backed Chickadees
Purple Finch

[josterhold]

Can add Black-throated Grey Warbler, Red-breasted Sapsucker, Spotted Sandpiper, Northern Rough-winged Swallow from some recent wandering along Rotary and Karver trails.

Jason

[josterhold]

Forgot Killdeer!

Jason

[Chris]

A few I can add, Olive-sided Flycatcher, Yellow Warbler, Canada Goose, Mallard, Wood Duck and Ruffed Grouse.