Here are the bird species observed at the Hermits’ Rest in June 2026. There was a lot of rain his month, too, which made all of us happy.
Total Birds: 74 (in contrast to 126 species last month). New species was a Neotropic Cormorant, which had never been heard here, so far from big water.
- Acadian Flycatcher
- American Crow
- American Kestrel
- American Robin
- Barn Swallow
- Barred Owl
- Belted Kingfisher
- Bewick’s Wren
- Black Vulture
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck
- Black-crowned Night Heron
- Blue-winged Teal
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue Jay
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Carolina Chickadee
- Carolina Wren
- Cattle Egret
- Cave Swallow
- Chimney Swift
- Cliff Swallow
- Common Grackle
- Common Ground Dove
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Crested Caracara
- Dickcissel
- Downy Woodpecker
- Eastern Bluebird
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Meadowlark
- European Starling
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Egret
- Great Horned Owl
- Greater Roadrunner
- Great-tailed Grackle
- Green Heron
- House Finch
- House Sparrow
- Inca Dove
- Indigo Bunting
- Killdeer
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker
- Lark Sparrow
- Least Sandpiper
- Mississippi Kite
- Mourning Dove
- Neotropic Cormorant
- Northern Bobwhite Quail
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Mockingbird
- Painted Bunting
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Purple Martin
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Red-eyed Vireo
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Ring-billed Gull
- Rough-winged Swallow
- Ruby-throated Hummimgbird
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
- Summer Tanager
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- Western Kingbird
- White-eyed Vireo
- White-winged Dove
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron
- Yellow-throated Vireo
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