Birds to See in Maryland in July
117 bird species on our list for Maryland are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, Mourning Dove, American Robin, Blue Jay and American Crow. New this month: Ring-billed Gull, Common Merganser, Least Sandpiper and Lesser Yellowlegs and 12 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From Maryland’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 117 birds in July
117 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 4.19% in Jul
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.21% in Jul
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 2.96% in Jul
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.34% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 2.20% in Jul
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.96% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.86% in Jul
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.85% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.80% in Jul
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.78% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.71% in Jul
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.68% in Jul
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.65% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.60% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.42% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.37% in Jul
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.28% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.26% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.08% in Jul
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.03% in Jul
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.99% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.88% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jul
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.80% in Jul
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.64% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.57% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.55% in Jul
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.54% in Jul
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.53% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.45% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.33% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.31% in Jul
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Jul
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.27% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.21% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.18% in Jul
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Jul
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jul
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.14% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.11% in Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.11% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaWinter visitorUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.10% in Jul
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.10% in Jul
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.10% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.10% in Jul
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.08% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.07% in Jul
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRegularly Nov–Aug · 0.05% in Jul
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.05% in Jul
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.03% in Jul
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.03% in Jul
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentRare139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.03% in Jul
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorRare43–51 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.02% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataWinter visitorUncommon48–60 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.02% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantRare36–41 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Dec · 0.01% in Jul
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorRare17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoPassage migrantRare30–32 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatusPassage migrantRare18–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorRare27–30 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.00% in Jul
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaPassage migrantRare40–50 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.00% in Jul
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorRare33–42 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.00% in Jul
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantRare33–41 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.00% in Jul
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorRare80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorRare22–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Jul
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentRare41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.00% in Jul
Swan GooseAnser cygnoidesWinter visitorRare81–94 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Jul
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made