Birds to See in Maryland in June
111 bird species on our list for Maryland are recorded regularly in June
Of these, the most often recorded are Northern Cardinal, American Robin, Mourning Dove, Red-winged Blackbird and American Crow. New this month: Great Shearwater, Sandwich Tern, Eurasian Collared Dove and Leach's Storm-petrel and 3 more.
On the move in June
GBIF · JunArriving
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 111 birds in June
111 birds
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 3.89% in Jun
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.02% in Jun
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.88% in Jun
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.27% in Jun
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.24% in Jun
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.21% in Jun
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Jun
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.09% in Jun
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 2.06% in Jun
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 2.03% in Jun
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 2.02% in Jun
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.87% in Jun
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.83% in Jun
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.71% in Jun
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 1.69% in Jun
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.64% in Jun
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.61% in Jun
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.54% in Jun
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.53% in Jun
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.53% in Jun
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.43% in Jun
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.39% in Jun
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jun
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusResidentCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jun
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.11% in Jun
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 1.01% in Jun
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.99% in Jun
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumResidentCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.82% in Jun
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.81% in Jun
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.77% in Jun
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.76% in Jun
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.75% in Jun
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.70% in Jun
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.66% in Jun
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.54% in Jun
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.49% in Jun
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.49% in Jun
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jun
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jun
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.35% in Jun
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.32% in Jun
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Mar–Dec · 0.28% in Jun
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.28% in Jun
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.26% in Jun
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.22% in Jun
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusWinter visitorCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.19% in Jun
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jun
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jun
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.15% in Jun
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.14% in Jun
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jun
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.11% in Jun
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jun
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisResidentUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jun
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.09% in Jun
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jun
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.09% in Jun
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jun
Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorUncommon33–36 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisResidentUncommon10–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jun
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.08% in Jun
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Jun
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Jun
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jun
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Sep–Jun · 0.06% in Jun
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.06% in Jun
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaPassage migrantCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.05% in Jun
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorUncommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jun
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.05% in Jun
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jun
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorUncommon46–56 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Jun
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorRare14–16 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.04% in Jun
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.04% in Jun
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.03% in Jun
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.03% in Jun
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jun
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Jun
Trumpeter SwanCygnus buccinatorResidentRare139–157 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jun
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisPassage migrantUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.02% in Jun
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusPassage migrantUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentRare140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.01% in Jun
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jun
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantRare15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaSummer visitorRare43–51 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.01% in Jun
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorRare17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.01% in Jun
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorRare23–26 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Jun
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorRare80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantRare43–51 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantRare36–41 cmRegularly Jun–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentRare41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaoctoPassage migrantRare30–32 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jun
Leach's Storm-petrelHydrobates leucorhousPassage migrantRare18–21 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.00% in Jun
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 0.00% in Jun
Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorRare33–42 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.00% in Jun
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorRare40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorRare22–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaPassage migrantRare10–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.00% in Jun
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraWinter visitorRare15–17 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.00% in Jun
Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinusPassage migrantRare46–51 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.00% in Jun
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiPassage migrantRare33–41 cmRegularly Jun–Aug · 0.00% in Jun
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaPassage migrantRare40–51 cmRegularly May–Jun · 0.00% in Jun
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