Here are the birds observed at the Hermits’ Rest in August 2024. This only goes up to August 17, because I went to Colorado for the last two weeks of the month. There were four new birds, though! I’d seen a turkey before, but it had never registered on Merlin until this month.
Total Birds: 61
- American Robin
- Barn Swallow
- Barred Owl
- Belted Kingfisher
- Black Vulture
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck
- Black-chinned Hummingbird
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue Jay
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Carolina Chickadee
- Carolina Wren
- Cave Swallow
- Cliff Swallow
- Common Grackle
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Diskcissel
- Downy Woodpecker
- Eastern Bluebird
- Eastern Meadowlark
- Eastern Phoebe
- Eastern Wood-pewee
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- European Starling
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Egret
- Great-tailed Grackle
- Green Heron
- House Finch
- House Sparrow
- Killdeer
- Lark Sparrow
- Lesser Yellowlegs
- Little Blue Heron*
- Loggerhead Shrike
- Mourning Dove
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Mockingbird
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow*
- Orchard Oriole
- Osprey
- Painted Bunting
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Purple Martin
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Red-eyed vireo
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Scissor-tailed flycatcher
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Summer Tanager
- Tree Swallow*
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- Upland Sandpiper
- Warbling Vireo
- White-eyed Vireo
- White-winged Dove
- Wild Turkey*
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo
The Hermits' Rest 