Birds May 2024

Here are the birds observed at the Hermits’ Rest in May 2024. They were either identified by Merlin Bird ID or by sight. There continued to be many migratory birds this month, particularly warblers and vireos.

Yellow Warbler, courtesy of AI

Total birds: 96

  • Alder Flycatcher
  • American Crow
  • American Goldfinch
  • American Kestrel
  • Baltimore Oriole
  • Barn Swallow
  • Barred Owl
  • Belted Kingfisher
  • Black-bellied Whistling Duck
  • Black Tern
  • Black Vulture
  • Blue Grosbeak
  • Blue Jay
  • Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
  • Blue-headed Warbler
  • Blue-winged Teal
  • Brown-headed Cowbird
  • Canada Goose
  • Carolina Chickadee
  • Carolina Wren
  • Cassin’s Sparrow
  • Cattle Egret
  • Cedar Waxwing
  • Chestnut-sided Warbler
  • Chimney Swift
  • Clay-colored Sparrrow
  • Cliff Swallow
  • Common Grackle
  • Common Nighthawk
  • Common Yellowthroat
  • Crested Caracara
  • Diskcissel
  • Downy Woodpecker
  • Eastern Bluebird
  • Eastern Meadowlark
  • Eastern Kingbird
  • Eastern Phoebe
  • Eastern Wood-pewee
  • Eurasian Collared Dove
  • European Starling
  • Field Sparrow
  • Grasshopper Sparrow
  • Gray Catbird
  • Great Blue Heron
  • Great Crested Flycatcher
  • Great Egret 
  • Greater Roadrunner
  • Greater Yellowlegs
  • Green Heron
  • House Finch
  • House Sparrow
  • House Wren
  • Indigo Bunting
  • Killdeer
  • Ladder-backed Woodpecker
  • Lark Sparrow
  • Least Flycatcher
  • Least Sandpiper
  • Loggerhead Shrike
  • Mallard
  • Mourning Dove
  • Northern Bobwhite
  • Northern Cardinal
  • Northern Mockingbird
  • Orchard Oriole
  • Ovenbird
  • Painted Bunting
  • Pileated Woodpecker
  • Pine Siskin
  • Purple Martin
  • Red-bellied Woodpecker
  • Red-shouldered Hawk
  • Red-tailed Hawk
  • Red-eyed vireo
  • Red-winged Blackbird
  • Rock Pigeon
  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak
  • Ruby-crowned Kinglet
  • Savannah Sparrow
  • Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
  • Solitary Sandpiper
  • Song Sparrow
  • Summer Tanager
  • Swainson’s Thrush
  • Tennessee Warbler
  • Tufted Titmouse
  • Turkey Vulture
  • Upland Sandpiper
  • Warbling Vireo
  • White-eyed Vireo
  • White-winged Dove
  • Wood Duck
  • Yellow-billed Cuckoo
  • Yellow-breasted Chat
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler
  • Yellow-throated Warbler
  • Yellow-throated Vireo
  • Yellow Warbler