Summer birds
Half of identification is knowing what is even possible on the date you are looking. These 91 birds are ones to expect in summer — ranges are wide, so check each species page for where it applies.
91 birds
Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
Cattle EgretBubulcus ibis
Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
Eastern PhoebeSayornis phoebe
Eastern Wood-PeweeContopus virens
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
House WrenTroglodytes aedon
Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
OspreyPandion haliaetus
Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
Yellow WarblerSetophaga petechia
American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
Ash-throated FlycatcherMyiarchus cinerascens
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
Black-chinned HummingbirdArchilochus alexandri
Black-headed GrosbeakPheucticus melanocephalus
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
Broad-tailed HummingbirdSelasphorus platycercus
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
Brown ThrasherToxostoma rufum
Bullock's OrioleIcterus bullockii
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
Common LoonGavia immer
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
Green HeronButorides virescens
Hooded OrioleIcterus cucullatus
Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustris
Mountain BluebirdSialia currucoides
Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
Purple MartinProgne subis
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
Snowy EgretEgretta thula
Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni
Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
DickcisselSpiza americana
Lazuli BuntingPasserina amoena
Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
VeeryCatharus fuscescens
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Brown-headed CowbirdMolothrus ater
Common GrackleQuiscalus quiscula
KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
Great EgretArdea alba
Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
Western MeadowlarkSturnella neglecta
White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
Wood DuckAix sponsa
Black-crowned Night-HeronNycticorax nycticorax
Eastern TowheePipilo erythrophthalmus
Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
Say's PhoebeSayornis saya
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
Vermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus obscurus
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
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