July is a month of rich growth: baby birds grow rapidly! By the time we see most of them, they are often nearly adults. It’s a amazing how some come into adult plumage patterns, while others spend a season or even years in juvenile colors (looking at you, id-resistant young hawks).
July Bird List
- Downy Woodpecker
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak
- Mourning Dove
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird
- American Goldfinch
- Red-bellied Woodpecker
- Red-breasted Nuthatch
- Blue Jay
- Hairy Woodpecker
- Tufted Titmouse
- Common Grackle (July 5, 2 interacting with Red-bellied Woodpecker)
- Northern Cardinal (pair, male and female)
- Eastern Phoebe (heard)
- White-breasted Nuthatch
- Black-capped Chickadee
- Red-winged Blackbird
- Purple Finch
- Dark-eyed Junco
- Gray Catbird
- Chipping Sparrow
- Chestnut-sided Warbler
- Scarlet Tanager
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
- Broad-winged Hawk (we heard Broad-winged (and observed a Blue Jay’s imitation also!) as well as seeing a juvenile in the rain.)
- Red-shouldered Hawk
(Bold items in this list are species not recorded in June 2026)
Other wildlife: Clearwing Sphinx moth (Hummingbird Moth)
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Below is a link for all official eBird observations on the Museum’s property — from the viewing window and elsewhere, across all years of observations: https://ebird.org/hotspot/L282687 .
Just for fun and cross-reference, this next link brings you to the iNaturalist records of birds at the Birds of Vermont Museum : https://www.inaturalist.org/places/199495#taxon=3
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The “Through the Window” series is an informal record of observations made by staff, volunteers, and visitors. Anyone at the Museum may add to this list. Observations are usually through our viewing window: a large window with a film covering that helps hide watchers from the birds. We have chairs and binoculars to try, a white board, and many identification guides. Outdoors, several feeders are attached on a single, 8′ steel pole. A small pond, flowers and water plants, shrubs and trees add cover and (seasonally) other food choices.