Birds of Summer: July List

Nest on a Utility Pole - Southern Wyoming

We spent quite a bit of time away from home in July so I will attempt to break the list down by location.

Backyard/Local

1. European Starlings
2. House Finches
3. Lesser Goldfinches - they sound like they are laughing
4. White-Breasted Nuthatch
5. Oak Titmouse
6. American Robins
7. Mourning Doves - our constant companions, everyday under the feeders, always a pair
8. California Towhee
9. Steller's Jay
10. Western Scrub Jay
11. Acorn Woodpecker
12. Great Horned Owl - early morning
13. Anna's Hummingbird - males chasing each other, not so many in the feeders but in the flower garden
14. House Sparrows
15. Canada Goose
16. American Crow
17. Turkey Vultures
18. Red-tail Hawk
19. Mountain Chickadee
20. Black-headed Grosbeak
21. California Quail
22. Brewer's blackbirds

Santa Cruz

1. Brown Pelicans
2. California Gulls

Grand Tetons/Utah Trip

1. Osprey
2. Trumpeter Swans
3. American White Pelicans
4. Lots of gulls - not sure what kind
5. Killdeer
6. Barn Swallows
7. Red-winged blackbirds
8. Western meadowlark

If I ever go back to Yellowstone, I will print this bird list. 

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