Here are the birds observed at the Hermits’ Rest in May 2026. I was out of town for a while, and we had a lot of very welcome rain. Still, there were many fun birds to see.
Total Birds: 126 (this will be the last month of big numbers for a while, since summer is the slow season). New species included the Canada Warbler, Rough-winged Warbler, and one I can’t remember.
- Acadian Flycatcher
- American Crow
- American Goldfinch
- American Kestrel
- American Redstart
- Bald Eagle
- Baltimore Oriole
- Barn Swallow
- Barred Owl
- Belted Kingfisher
- Bewick’s Wren
- Black Vulture
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck
- Black-chinned Hummingbird
- Blue-winged Teal
- Blue Grosbeak
- Blue Jay
- Blue-headed Vireo
- Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
- Blue-headed Warbler
- Brown-headed Cowbird
- Canada Warbler
- Carolina Chickadee
- Carolina Wren
- Cave Swallow
- Cedar Waxwing
- Chimney Swift
- Chipping Sparrow
- Cliff Swallow
- Common Grackle
- Common Ground Dove
- Common Nighthawk
- Common Yellowthroat
- Crested Caracara
- Dickcissel
- Downy Woodpecker
- Eastern Bluebird
- Eastern Kingbird
- Eastern Meadowlark
- Eastern Phoebe
- Eastern Wood-pewee
- Eurasian Collared Dove
- European Starling
- Field Sparrow
- Grasshopper Sparrow
- Gray Catbird
- Great Blue Heron
- Great Crested Flycatcher
- Great Egret
- Great Horned Owl
- Greater Roadrunner
- Greater Yellowlegs
- Great-tailed Grackle
- Green Heron
- Greylag Goose
- Hooded Warbler
- Horned Lark
- House Finch
- House Sparrow
- House Wren
- Inca Dove
- Indigo Bunting
- Killdeer
- Ladder-backed Woodpecker
- Lark Sparrow
- Laughing Gull
- Least Flycatcher
- Least Sandpiper
- Little Blue Heron
- Loggerhead Shrike
- Long-billed Dowitcher
- Magnolia Warbler
- Mourning Dove
- Nashville Warbler
- Northern Cardinal
- Northern Mockingbird
- Orchard Oriole
- Ovenbird
- Painted Bunting
- Pileated Woodpecker
- Pine Siskin
- Pine Warbler
- Purple Martin
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- Red-eyed Vireo
- Red-headed Woodpecker
- Red-shouldered Hawk
- Red-tailed Hawk
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Rock Pigeon
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Rough-winged Swallow
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet
- Ruby-throated Hummimgbird
- Savannah Sparrow
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
- Solitary Sandpiper
- Song Sparrow
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Summer Tanager
- Swainson’s Hawk
- Swainson’s Thrush
- Swainson’s Warbler
- Tennessee Warbler
- Tufted Titmouse
- Turkey Vulture
- Upland Sandpiper
- Warbling Vireo (Eastern)
- Western Kingbird
- White-crowned Sparrow
- White-eyed Vireo
- White-throated Sparrow
- White-winged Dove
- Wild Turkey
- Willet
- Willow Flycatcher
- Yellow Warbler
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo
- Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron
- Yellow-headed Blackbird
- Yellow-rumped Warbler
- Yellow-throated Vireo
- Yellow-throated Warbler
The Hermits' Rest 