Heatwaves, floods, lockdown, football and Olympics. It’s a wonder that any of the beats managed to get out and wave their binoculars at birds this July.

Yet, 79 checklists were submitted by 8 beats, accounting for 366 species in 5 countries.

1 American Avocet – Recurvirostra americana
2 Neotropic Cormorant – Phalacrocorax brasilianus
3 White-tailed Hawk – Geranoaetus albicaudatus
4 Common Ground Dove – Columbina passerina
5 Violet-crowned Hummingbird – Amazilia violiceps
6 Loggerhead Shrike – Lanius ludovicianus
7 Cactus Wren – Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus
8 Black-vented Oriole – Icterus wagleri
9 Fulvous Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna bicolor
10 Mexican Duck – Anas diazi
11 Black-necked Stilt – Himantopus mexicanus
12 Baird’s Sandpiper – Calidris bairdii
13 Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis
14 White-faced Ibis – Plegadis chihi
15 Orchard Oriole – Icterus spurius
16 Garganey – Spatula querquedula
17 Little Grebe – Tachybaptus ruficollis
18 Black-winged Stilt – Himantopus himantopus
19 Northern Lapwing – Vanellus vanellus
20 Little Ringed Plover – Charadrius dubius
21 Ruff – Calidris pugnax
22 Common Sandpiper – Actitis hypoleucos
23 Green Sandpiper – Tringa ochropus
24 Wood Sandpiper – Tringa glareola
25 Black-headed Gull – Chroicocephalus ridibundus
26 Yellow-legged Gull – Larus michahellis
27 Whiskered Tern – Chlidonias hybrida
28 Black Stork – Ciconia nigra
29 White Stork – Ciconia ciconia
30 Pygmy Cormorant – Microcarbo pygmaeus
31 Great Cormorant – Phalacrocorax carbo
32 Gray Heron – Ardea cinerea
33 Little Egret – Egretta garzetta
34 Squacco Heron – Ardeola ralloides
35 White-tailed Eagle – Haliaeetus albicilla
36 Common Buzzard – Buteo buteo
37 European Bee-eater – Merops apiaster
38 Eurasian Kestrel – Falco tinnunculus
39 Eurasian Golden Oriole – Oriolus oriolus
40 Red-backed Shrike – Lanius collurio
41 Hooded Crow – Corvus cornix
42 Common House-Martin – Delichon urbicum
43 Eurasian Tree Sparrow – Passer montanus
44 White Wagtail – Motacilla alba
45 European Greenfinch – Chloris chloris
46 European Goldfinch – Carduelis carduelis
47 Louisiana Waterthrush – Parkesia motacilla
48 Common Snipe – Gallinago gallinago
49 Lesser Gray Shrike – Lanius minor
50 Eurasian Moorhen – Gallinula chloropus
51 Eurasian Coot – Fulica atra
52 Black-tailed Godwit – Limosa limosa
53 Little Bittern – Ixobrychus minutus
54 Purple Heron – Ardea purpurea
55 Eurasian Marsh-Harrier – Circus aeruginosus
56 Rook – Corvus frugilegus
57 Whinchat – Saxicola rubetra
58 Red-shouldered Hawk – Buteo lineatus
59 Barred Owl – Strix varia
60 Western Sandpiper – Calidris mauri
61 Long-billed Dowitcher – Limnodromus scolopaceus
62 Broad-winged Hawk – Buteo platypterus
63 Hairy Woodpecker – Dryobates villosus
64 Roseate Spoonbill – Platalea ajaja
65 Fiery-throated Hummingbird – Panterpe insignis
66 Purple-throated Mountain-gem – Lampornis calolaemus
67 Volcano Hummingbird – Selasphorus flammula
68 Southern Lapwing – Vanellus chilensis
69 Short-tailed Hawk – Buteo brachyurus
70 Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium costaricanum
71 Spot-crowned Woodcreeper – Lepidocolaptes affinis
72 Ochraceous Wren – Troglodytes ochraceus
73 Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush – Catharus gracilirostris
74 Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush – Catharus frantzii
75 Mountain Thrush – Turdus plebejus
76 Sooty Thrush – Turdus nigrescens
77 Black-and-yellow Silky-flycatcher – Phainoptila melanoxantha
78 Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher – Ptiliogonys caudatus
79 Golden-browed Chlorophonia – Chlorophonia callophrys
80 Sooty-capped Chlorospingus – Chlorospingus pileatus
81 Rufous-collared Sparrow – Zonotrichia capensis
82 Yellow-thighed Brushfinch – Atlapetes tibialis
83 Wrenthrush – Zeledonia coronata
84 Flame-throated Warbler – Oreothlypis gutturalis
85 Black-cheeked Warbler – Basileuterus melanogenys
86 Collared Redstart – Myioborus torquatus
87 Slaty Flowerpiercer – Diglossa plumbea
88 Red-billed Pigeon – Patagioenas flavirostris
89 Brown Violetear – Colibri delphinae
90 Lesser Violetear – Colibri cyanotus
91 Green Thorntail – Discosura conversii
92 Green-crowned Brilliant – Heliodoxa jacula
93 White-bellied Mountain-gem – Lampornis hemileucus
94 Violet Sabrewing – Campylopterus hemileucurus
95 Black-bellied Hummingbird – Eupherusa nigriventris
96 Coppery-headed Emerald – Elvira cupreiceps
97 Rufous-tailed Hummingbird – Amazilia tzacatl
98 Swallow-tailed Kite – Elanoides forficatus
99 White Hawk – Pseudastur albicollis
100 Prong-billed Barbet – Semnornis frantzii
101 Northern Emerald-Toucanet – Aulacorhynchus prasinus
102 Crimson-fronted Parakeet – Psittacara finschi
103 Common Tody-Flycatcher – Todirostrum cinereum
104 Gray-breasted Wood-Wren – Henicorhina leucophrys
105 Black-faced Solitaire – Myadestes melanops
106 Clay-colored Thrush – Turdus grayi
107 Melodious Blackbird – Dives dives
108 Tropical Parula – Setophaga pitiayumi
109 Crimson-collared Tanager – Ramphocelus sanguinolentus
110 Scarlet-rumped Tanager – Ramphocelus passerinii
111 Blue-gray Tanager – Thraupis episcopus
112 Palm Tanager – Thraupis palmarum
113 Silver-throated Tanager – Tangara icterocephala
114 Bananaquit – Coereba flaveola
115 Yellow-faced Grassquit – Tiaris olivaceus
116 Buff-throated Saltator – Saltator maximus
117 Black-headed Saltator – Saltator atriceps
118 American Coot – Fulica americana
119 Sharp-shinned Hawk – Accipiter striatus
120 Elegant Trogon – Trogon elegans
121 Mountain Trogon – Trogon mexicanus
122 White-striped Woodcreeper – Lepidocolaptes leucogaster
123 Tufted Flycatcher – Mitrephanes phaeocercus
124 Greater Pewee – Contopus pertinax
125 Pine Flycatcher – Empidonax affinis
126 Buff-breasted Flycatcher – Empidonax fulvifrons
127 Dusky-capped Flycatcher – Myiarchus tuberculifer
128 Chestnut-sided Shrike-Vireo – Vireolanius melitophrys
129 Hutton’s Vireo – Vireo huttoni
130 Transvolcanic Jay – Aphelocoma ultramarina
131 White-throated Thrush – Turdus assimilis
132 Hooded Grosbeak – Coccothraustes abeillei
133 Yellow-eyed Junco – Junco phaeonotus
134 Rufous-crowned Sparrow – Aimophila ruficeps
135 Crescent-chested Warbler – Oreothlypis superciliosa
136 Painted Redstart – Myioborus pictus
137 Hepatic Tanager – Piranga flava
138 Blue Grosbeak – Passerina caerulea
139 Virginia Rail – Rallus limicola
140 Tricolored Heron – Egretta tricolor
141 Eastern Meadowlark – Sturnella magna
142 Northern Pintail – Anas acuta
143 Merlin – Falco columbarius
144 Northern Rough-winged Swallow – Stelgidopteryx serripennis
145 White-winged Dove – Zenaida asiatica
146 White Ibis – Eudocimus albus
147 American White Pelican – Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
148 American Kestrel – Falco sparverius
149 Violet-green Swallow – Tachycineta thalassina
150 Sandhill Crane – Antigone canadensis
151 Pacific-slope Flycatcher – Empidonax difficilis
152 Chestnut-backed Chickadee – Poecile rufescens
153 Bewick’s Wren – Thryomanes bewickii
154 White-crowned Sparrow – Zonotrichia leucophrys
155 Great Spotted Woodpecker – Dendrocopos major
156 Carrion Crow – Corvus corone
157 Pectoral Sandpiper – Calidris melanotos
158 Caspian Tern – Hydroprogne caspia
159 Peregrine Falcon – Falco peregrinus
160 Eastern Kingbird – Tyrannus tyrannus
161 Dark-eyed Junco – Junco hyemalis
162 American Redstart – Setophaga ruticilla
163 Rose-breasted Grosbeak – Pheucticus ludovicianus
164 West Mexican Chachalaca – Ortalis poliocephala
165 Eurasian Collared-Dove – Streptopelia decaocto
166 White-tipped Dove – Leptotila verreauxi
167 Groove-billed Ani – Crotophaga sulcirostris
168 Chestnut-collared Swift – Streptoprocne rutila
169 Plain-capped Starthroat – Heliomaster constantii
170 Black Vulture – Coragyps atratus
171 Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium brasilianum
172 Russet-crowned Motmot – Momotus mexicanus
173 Golden-cheeked Woodpecker – Melanerpes chrysogenys
174 Rose-throated Becard – Pachyramphus aglaiae
175 Great Kiskadee – Pitangus sulphuratus
176 Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher – Myiodynastes luteiventris
177 Tropical Kingbird – Tyrannus melancholicus
178 Thick-billed Kingbird – Tyrannus crassirostris
179 Sinaloa Martin – Progne sinaloae
180 Banded Wren – Thryophilus pleurostictus
181 Curve-billed Thrasher – Toxostoma curvirostre
182 Rufous-backed Robin – Turdus rufopalliatus
183 Stripe-headed Sparrow – Peucaea ruficauda
184 Black-chested Sparrow – Peucaea humeralis
185 Yellow-winged Cacique – Cassiculus melanicterus
186 Streak-backed Oriole – Icterus pustulatus
187 Great-tailed Grackle – Quiscalus mexicanus
188 Gray-crowned Yellowthroat – Geothlypis poliocephala
189 Red-breasted Chat – Granatellus venustus
190 Orange-breasted Bunting – Passerina leclancherii
191 Blue-black Grassquit – Volatinia jacarina
192 Stilt Sandpiper – Calidris himantopus
193 Little Blue Heron – Egretta caerulea
194 Bald Eagle – Haliaeetus leucocephalus
195 Great Crested Flycatcher – Myiarchus crinitus
196 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck – Dendrocygna autumnalis
197 Sora – Porzana carolina
198 Common Eider – Somateria mollissima
199 California Quail – Callipepla californica
200 Acorn Woodpecker – Melanerpes formicivorus
201 California Scrub-Jay – Aphelocoma californica
202 Brown Creeper – Certhia americana
203 Swainson’s Thrush – Catharus ustulatus
204 Purple Finch – Haemorhous purpureus
205 Spotted Towhee – Pipilo maculatus
206 Wilson’s Warbler – Cardellina pusilla
207 Western Tanager – Piranga ludoviciana
208 Lazuli Bunting – Passerina amoena
209 Blue-winged Teal – Spatula discors
210 Hudsonian Godwit – Limosa haemastica
211 Semipalmated Sandpiper – Calidris pusilla
212 Roseate Tern – Sterna dougallii
213 Eurasian Blackcap – Sylvia atricapilla
214 Black-bellied Plover – Pluvialis squatarola
215 Semipalmated Plover – Charadrius semipalmatus
216 Bonaparte’s Gull – Chroicocephalus philadelphia
217 Lesser Black-backed Gull – Larus fuscus
218 Royal Tern – Thalasseus maximus
219 Wilson’s Storm-Petrel – Oceanites oceanicus
220 Bank Swallow – Riparia riparia
221 Brown Thrasher – Toxostoma rufum
222 Field Sparrow – Spizella pusilla
223 Greater Scaup – Aythya marila
224 Lesser Scaup – Aythya affinis
225 Red-breasted Merganser – Mergus serrator
226 Clapper Rail – Rallus crepitans
227 Least Sandpiper – Calidris minutilla
228 Short-billed Dowitcher – Limnodromus griseus
229 Solitary Sandpiper – Tringa solitaria
230 Purple Martin – Progne subis
231 Piping Plover – Charadrius melodus
232 Sanderling – Calidris alba
233 Least Tern – Sternula antillarum
234 Black Skimmer – Rynchops niger
235 Pied-billed Grebe – Podilymbus podiceps
236 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker – Sphyrapicus varius
237 Least Flycatcher – Empidonax minimus
238 Eastern Phoebe – Sayornis phoebe
239 Blue-headed Vireo – Vireo solitarius
240 Veery – Catharus fuscescens
241 Hermit Thrush – Catharus guttatus
242 Ovenbird – Seiurus aurocapilla
243 Winter Wren – Troglodytes hiemalis
244 Inca Dove – Columbina inca
245 Squirrel Cuckoo – Piaya cayana
246 Broad-billed Hummingbird – Cynanthus latirostris
247 Berylline Hummingbird – Amazilia beryllina
248 Red-tailed Hawk – Buteo jamaicensis
249 Golden-fronted Woodpecker – Melanerpes aurifrons
250 Ladder-backed Woodpecker – Dryobates scalaris
251 Western Wood-Pewee – Contopus sordidulus
252 Cordilleran Flycatcher – Empidonax occidentalis
253 Black Phoebe – Sayornis nigricans
254 Vermilion Flycatcher – Pyrocephalus rubinus
255 Cliff Swallow – Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
256 Bushtit – Psaltriparus minimus
257 Canyon Wren – Catherpes mexicanus
258 Spotted Wren – Campylorhynchus gularis
259 Blue Mockingbird – Melanotis caerulescens
260 Brown-backed Solitaire – Myadestes occidentalis
261 Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush – Catharus aurantiirostris
262 Gray Silky-flycatcher – Ptiliogonys cinereus
263 Elegant Euphonia – Euphonia elegantissima
264 Lesser Goldfinch – Spinus psaltria
265 Rusty-crowned Ground-Sparrow – Melozone kieneri
266 Canyon Towhee – Melozone fusca
267 Rusty Sparrow – Aimophila rufescens
268 Bronzed Cowbird – Molothrus aeneus
269 Slate-throated Redstart – Myioborus miniatus
270 Black-headed Grosbeak – Pheucticus melanocephalus
271 Cinnamon-rumped Seedeater – Sporophila torqueola
272 Eastern Bluebird – Sialia sialis
273 Chipping Sparrow – Spizella passerina
274 Chimney Swift – Chaetura pelagica
275 Turkey Vulture – Cathartes aura
276 Common Raven – Corvus corax
277 House Finch – Haemorhous mexicanus
278 American Crow – Corvus brachyrhynchos
279 Black-capped Chickadee – Poecile atricapillus
280 Tufted Titmouse – Baeolophus bicolor
281 Black-and-white Warbler – Mniotilta varia
282 Blackburnian Warbler – Setophaga fusca
283 Wood Duck – Aix sponsa
284 Common Gallinule – Gallinula galeata
285 Green Heron – Butorides virescens
286 Belted Kingfisher – Megaceryle alcyon
287 Red-bellied Woodpecker – Melanerpes carolinus
288 Pileated Woodpecker – Dryocopus pileatus
289 Eastern Wood-Pewee – Contopus virens
290 Warbling Vireo – Vireo gilvus
291 Wood Thrush – Hylocichla mustelina
292 Baltimore Oriole – Icterus galbula
293 Brown-headed Cowbird – Molothrus ater
294 Ruby-throated Hummingbird – Archilochus colubris
295 Red-eyed Vireo – Vireo olivaceus
296 White-breasted Nuthatch – Sitta carolinensis
297 European Robin – Erithacus rubecula
298 Rock Pigeon – Columba livia
299 Blue Jay – Cyanocitta cristata
300 Northern Shoveler – Spatula clypeata
301 Common Wood-Pigeon – Columba palumbus
302 Eurasian Jay – Garrulus glandarius
303 Eurasian Magpie – Pica pica
304 Eurasian Blue Tit – Cyanistes caeruleus
305 Great Tit – Parus major
306 Common Chiffchaff – Phylloscopus collybita
307 Eurasian Wren – Troglodytes troglodytes
308 Mistle Thrush – Turdus viscivorus
309 Song Thrush – Turdus philomelos
310 Eurasian Blackbird – Turdus merula
311 Dunnock – Prunella modularis
312 Brant – Branta bernicla
313 Canada Goose – Branta canadensis
314 Mute Swan – Cygnus olor
315 Gadwall – Mareca strepera
316 Mallard – Anas platyrhynchos
317 American Black Duck – Anas rubripes
318 Green-winged Teal – Anas crecca
319 Ruddy Duck – Oxyura jamaicensis
320 Mourning Dove – Zenaida macroura
321 Purple Gallinule – Porphyrio martinica
322 American Oystercatcher – Haematopus palliatus
323 Killdeer – Charadrius vociferus
324 Spotted Sandpiper – Actitis macularius
325 Greater Yellowlegs – Tringa melanoleuca
326 Willet – Tringa semipalmata
327 Lesser Yellowlegs – Tringa flavipes
328 Laughing Gull – Leucophaeus atricilla
329 Ring-billed Gull – Larus delawarensis
330 Herring Gull – Larus argentatus
331 Great Black-backed Gull – Larus marinus
332 Gull-billed Tern – Gelochelidon nilotica
333 Common Tern – Sterna hirundo
334 Forster’s Tern – Sterna forsteri
335 Double-crested Cormorant – Phalacrocorax auritus
336 Great Blue Heron – Ardea herodias
337 Great Egret – Ardea alba
338 Snowy Egret – Egretta thula
339 Black-crowned Night-Heron – Nycticorax nycticorax
340 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron – Nyctanassa violacea
341 Glossy Ibis – Plegadis falcinellus
342 Osprey – Pandion haliaetus
343 Downy Woodpecker – Dryobates pubescens
344 Northern Flicker – Colaptes auratus
345 Willow Flycatcher – Empidonax traillii
346 Fish Crow – Corvus ossifragus
347 Tree Swallow – Tachycineta bicolor
348 Barn Swallow – Hirundo rustica
349 House Wren – Troglodytes aedon
350 Marsh Wren – Cistothorus palustris
351 Carolina Wren – Thryothorus ludovicianus
352 European Starling – Sturnus vulgaris
353 Gray Catbird – Dumetella carolinensis
354 Northern Mockingbird – Mimus polyglottos
355 American Robin – Turdus migratorius
356 Cedar Waxwing – Bombycilla cedrorum
357 House Sparrow – Passer domesticus
358 American Goldfinch – Spinus tristis
359 Song Sparrow – Melospiza melodia
360 Eastern Towhee – Pipilo erythrophthalmus
361 Red-winged Blackbird – Agelaius phoeniceus
362 Common Grackle – Quiscalus quiscula
363 Boat-tailed Grackle – Quiscalus major
364 Common Yellowthroat – Geothlypis trichas
365 Yellow Warbler – Setophaga petechia
366 Northern Cardinal – Cardinalis cardinalis

Written by Redgannet
Redgannet worked for more than 35 years as a flight attendant for an international airline. He came to birding late in his career but, considering the distractions, doesn't regret the missed opportunities. He was paid to visit six continents and took full advantage of the chance to bird the world. He adopted the nom de blog, Redgannet, to avoid remonstrations from his overbearing employer, but secretly hoped that the air of mystery would make him more attractive to women. Now grounded, he is looking forward to seeing the seasons turn from a fixed point.