Birds to See in New Hampshire in July
129 bird species on our list for New Hampshire are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are American Robin, Song Sparrow, Blue Jay, American Crow and Gray Catbird. New this month: Least Sandpiper, Semipalmated Sandpiper, Semipalmated Plover and Greater Yellowlegs and 13 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
From New Hampshire’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
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All 129 birds in July
129 birds
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.66% in Jul
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 3.25% in Jul
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.54% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 2.49% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 2.45% in Jul
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 2.43% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 2.23% in Jul
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.10% in Jul
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 2.06% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 1.98% in Jul
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–16 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusSummer visitorCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 1.74% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.70% in Jul
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.44% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaSummer visitorCommon28–34 cmRegularly Feb–Nov · 1.19% in Jul
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 1.10% in Jul
Hermit ThrushCatharus guttatusSummer visitorCommon14–18 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 1.07% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasSummer visitorCommon91–137 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 1.01% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.01% in Jul
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.94% in Jul
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.94% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.91% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentCommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.86% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusSummer visitorCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.84% in Jul
Blue-headed VireoVireo solitariusSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.79% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraSummer visitorCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 0.78% in Jul
Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virensSummer visitorCommon11–12 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.76% in Jul
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.75% in Jul
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.73% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jul
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.71% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.69% in Jul
Common LoonGavia immerResidentCommon66–91 cmRecorded all year · 0.68% in Jul
Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus variusSummer visitorCommon19–22 cmRecorded all year · 0.67% in Jul
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorCommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.65% in Jul
Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescensSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.64% in Jul
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Dec · 0.63% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.62% in Jul
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.62% in Jul
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.60% in Jul
Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronataSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.60% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 0.59% in Jul
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.52% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.51% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentCommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.47% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.46% in Jul
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.41% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.38% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.37% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorUncommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.35% in Jul
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.34% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.34% in Jul
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.33% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.33% in Jul
Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnoliaSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.30% in Jul
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.24% in Jul
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentUncommon43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.24% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaPassage migrantCommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.23% in Jul
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorCommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.23% in Jul
EiderSomateria mollissimaResidentCommon50–71 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.21% in Jul
Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striataSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.18% in Jul
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorUncommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.18% in Jul
Red CrossbillLoxia curvirostraResidentUncommon15–17 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapillaSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.16% in Jul
Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatusWinter visitorCommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.16% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.15% in Jul
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.15% in Jul
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorUncommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.13% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaPassage migrantUncommon29–40 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.13% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaPassage migrantCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.13% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.13% in Jul
Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.12% in Jul
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.12% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesPassage migrantUncommon23–27 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.12% in Jul
Common MerganserMergus merganserWinter visitorCommon58–68 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
MerlinFalco columbariusSummer visitorUncommon24–33 cmRecorded all year · 0.10% in Jul
Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventrisSummer visitorUncommon13–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.09% in Jul
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusResidentUncommon41–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.09% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.08% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusPassage migrantUncommon23–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.07% in Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorUncommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensisSummer visitorUncommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.06% in Jul
Virginia RailRallus limicolaSummer visitorUncommon20–27 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.06% in Jul
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsSummer visitorUncommon31–38 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.06% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorUncommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.06% in Jul
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.05% in Jul
Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon28–38 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.05% in Jul
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusSummer visitorUncommon58–85 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.05% in Jul
Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorRare18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatusWinter visitorUncommon24–34 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Black GuillemotCepphus grylleResidentUncommon30–32 cmRegularly May–Mar · 0.04% in Jul
Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.04% in Jul
Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphiaSummer visitorUncommon10–15 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.04% in Jul
Northern GannetMorus bassanusPassage migrantUncommon87–100 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.03% in Jul
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.02% in Jul
Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castaneaSummer visitorUncommon14–14 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Fox SparrowPasserella iliacaWinter visitorUncommon15–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jul · 0.02% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantRare18–23 cmRegularly Jul–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorRare17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Aug · 0.02% in Jul
Black-backed WoodpeckerPicoides arcticusResidentRare21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrinaPassage migrantUncommon10–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresSummer visitorUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Vesper SparrowPooecetes gramineusSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Arctic TernSterna paradisaeaSummer visitorRare33–39 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusPassage migrantRare30–38 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.01% in Jul
Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicusSummer visitorUncommon11–13 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorWinter visitorUncommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaWinter visitorUncommon18–20 cmRegularly Jul–Mar · 0.01% in Jul
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisPassage migrantUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaSummer visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.01% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Jul–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorRare40–51 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.01% in Jul
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisSummer visitorRare80–122 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaSummer visitorRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantRare40–46 cmRegularly Jul–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioWinter visitorRare16–25 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.00% in Jul
Northern Saw-whet OwlAegolius acadicusWinter visitorRare17–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusSummer visitorRare19–23 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusWinter visitorRare50–90 cmRegularly Sep–Jul · 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