Bird Sightings 2009

View and search bird sightings in Highland Park, NJ from 2002-present.
(Primarily Donaldson and Johnson Parks)
by Joanne Williams

2022 – 2021 – 2020 – 2019 – 2018 – 2017 – 2016 – 2015 – 2014 – 2013 – 2012 – 2011 – 2010 – 2009 – 2008 – 2007 – 2006 – 2005 – 2004 – 2003 – 2002

2009	J	F	M	A	My	Jn	Jy	Au	S	O	N	D
Red-throated Loon			3/10
Common Loon			3/19
Pied-billed Grebe	1/4	X									11/6	X
Horned Grebe
Double-crest. Cormorant	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Great Cormorant	X	X	X	X	X						11/16	X
Great Blue Heron	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Great Egret				4/6	X	X	X	X	X	X		12/12
Little Blue Heron
Snowy Egret						6/23	X	X	X	X
Cattle Egret						6/1
Green Heron				4/23				8/30
Blk-crowned Night Heron				4/4		X		X	X	X
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Glossy Ibis
Black Vulture		2/14		4/23				8/14				12/21
Turkey Vulture	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Mute Swan			3/19	X			7/21
Snow Goose	1/4	X	X
Cackling Goose		2/13										12/16
Canada Goose	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Brant										10/17	X
Wood Duck				4/18						10/17
American Wigeon											11/27
Gadwall
Green-winged Teal		2/28	X	X						10/17
Mallard	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
American Black Duck	X	X	X	X	X						11/27	X
Northern Pintail
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck	1/10	X	X
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup												12/19
Surf Scoter
Common Goldeneye	X	X	X								11/27	X
Bufflehead	X	X	X	X							11/1	X
Hooded Merganser	X	X	X									12/3
Red-breasted Merganser
Common Merganser	X	X	X	X	X			8/30			11/27	X
Ruddy Duck											11/5
Osprey				4/6	X	X	X	X	X	X
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned hawk	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X
Cooper's hawk	X	X	X	X	X					10/11	X	X
Bald Eagle	1/2	X	X	X		X			9/16	X	X	X
Broad-winged Hawk					5/2
Red-tail Hawk	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Rough-legged Hawk	1/14
American Kestrel
Merlin		2/22										12/5
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine Falcon	1/2	X										12/31
Ruffed Grouse
Wild Turkey			3/26
American Coot
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer		2/17	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
American Oystercatcher
American Woodcock
Short-billed Dowitcher
Greater Yellowlegs				4/15	X					10/17
Lesser Yellowlegs				4/14	X			8/14
Solitary Sandpiper					5/2
Spotted Sandpiper					5/8		X
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper					5/2		X		X
White-rumped Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Iceland Gull	1/5
Ring-billed Gull	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Herring Gull	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Great Black-backed Gull	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Lesser Black-backed Gull	1/4											12/5
Laughing Gull					5/3			8/19	X	X
Bonaparte's Gull
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Least Tern
Black Skimmer
Rock Pigeon	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Mourning Dove	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Great Horned Owl		2/15
Common Nighthawk					5/18
Chimney Swift				4/26	X	X	X	X
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird				4/27			7/9	X
Belted Kingfisher	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker		2/14	X	X						10/9		12/27
Downy Woodpecker	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Hairy Woodpecker	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Northern Flicker	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee					5/29	X	X	X	X	X
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe			3/21	X		X			9/25	X
Great Crested Flycatcher					5/8	X	X	X	X
Eastern Kingbird				4/26	X	X	X	X
White-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo				4/24						10/10
Yellow-throated Vireo					5/8
Warbling Vireo				4/27	X	X	X	X	X
Red-eyed Vireo					5/8
Blue jay	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
American Crow	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Fish Crow	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Horned lark
Tree Swallow			3/27	X	X	X	X	X
No. Rough-winged Swallow				4/4	X	X	X
Cliff Swallow					5/24	X	X
Bank Swallow
Barn Swallow				4/26	X	X	X	X
Carolina Chickadee
Blk-capped Chickadee	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Tufted Titmouse	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Red-breasted Nuthatch	1/4									10/21
White-breasted Nuthatch	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Brown Creeper		2/14								10/23		12/5
Carolina Wren	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
House Wren				4/25	X	X	X	X	X
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet										10/17
Ruby-crowned Kinglet				4/12						10/6	X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher				4/18	X	X		X
Eastern Bluebird		2/14
Veery					5/2
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush				4/19
Wood Thrush					5/2	X	X
American Robin	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Gray Catbird				4/27	X	X	X	X	X	X		12/5
Northern Mockingbird	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Brown Thrasher
European Starling	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
American Pipit
Cedar Waxwing					5/9	X		X		X	X
Blue-winged Warbler								8/28
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula
Yellow Warbler					5/1	X	X
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler					5/16			8/28
Blk-throat. Blue Warbler					5/7
Yellow-rumped Warbler			3/7	X	X					10/10	X	X
Blk-throat. Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler					5/7
Pine Warbler				4/15						10/2
Prairie Warbler				4/29
Palm Warbler				4/12	X					10/9
Blackpoll Warbler					5/18
Black & white Warbler					5/7			8/28	X	X
American Redstart					5/9			8/4	X
Prothonotary Warbler
Ovenbird					5/2			8/29
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat					5/2			8/28		10/2		12/31
Hooded Warbler				4/19
Canada Warbler								8/28
Yellow-breasted Chat
Scarlet Tanager					5/7
Summer Tanager									9/11
Eastern Towhee				4/23	X					10/11
Amer. Tree Sparrow	1/22
Chipping Sparrow				4/11	X	X				10/9
Field Sparrow				4/23	X					10/25
Savannah Sparrow				4/18	X					10/20
Fox Sparrow												12/12
Song Sparrow	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow				4/20						10/10	X
White-throated Sparrow	X	X	X	X	X				9/25	X	X	X
White-crowned Sparrow										10/20
Dark-eyed Junco	X	X	X	X	X					10/18	X	X
Northern Cardinal	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak					5/3
Indigo Bunting					5/9
Dickcissel
Red-winged Blackbird		2/5	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Eastern Meadowlark											11/18
Rusty Blackbird												12/31
Common Grackle		2/2	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Brown-headed Cowbird	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X		X
Orchard Oriole					5/18	X
Baltimore Oriole				4/29	X	X	X
Purple Finch	1/21
House Finch	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin	X	X	X	X	X
Amer. Goldfinch	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
House Sparrow	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X

Bar-headed Goose
Egyptian Goose	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X

# of species	55	60	59	82	91	60	57	65	53	71	54	62