Summer birds
Half of identification is knowing what is even possible on the date you are looking. These 133 birds are ones to expect in summer — ranges are wide, so check each species page for where it applies.
133 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
Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
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
WilletTringa semipalmata
Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus
Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
Black SkimmerRynchops niger
Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
Common TernSterna hirundo
DickcisselSpiza americana
Forster's TernSterna forsteri
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
Lazuli BuntingPasserina amoena
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
Least TernSternula antillarum
Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
Pacific-slope FlycatcherEmpidonax difficilis
Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
Red-naped SapsuckerSphyrapicus nuchalis
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
SoraPorzana carolina
VeeryCatharus fuscescens
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineus
Violet-green SwallowTachycineta thalassina
White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
Yellow-crowned Night-HeronNyctanassa violacea
Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
Cassin's KingbirdTyrannus vociferans
Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
Sage ThrasherOreoscoptes montanus
Sedge WrenCistothorus stellaris
Virginia RailRallus limicola
Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
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
American WoodcockScolopax minor
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
Common GallinuleGallinula galeata
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
Rock WrenSalpinctes obsoletus
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
Vermilion FlycatcherPyrocephalus obscurus
Lewis's WoodpeckerMelanerpes lewis
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalus
White-throated SwiftAeronautes saxatalis
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensis
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