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Bird Sightings 2004

Bird Sightings 2004

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

2004 J F M A My Jn Jy Au S O N D
Red-throated Loon            
Common Loon     5/15       
Pied-billed Grebe    4/15        
Horned Grebe           11/7 
Double-crest. Cormorant X X X X X X X X X X X X
Great Cormorant X X X X        12/16
Great Blue Heron X X X  X X X X X X X X
Great Egret   3/20 X X X X X X X X 
Little Blue Heron            
Snowy Egret     5/14  X X X   
Cattle Egret     5/27       
Green Heron       7/28 X X X  
Blk-crowned Night Heron   3/21 X X X X X X   
Glossy Ibis            
Black Vulture           11/5 
Turkey Vulture X X X X X X X X X X X X
Mute Swan   3/12   X      
Snow Goose X X        10/7  
Canada Goose X X X X X X X X X X X X
Brant          10/17 X 
Wood Duck   3/7 X X     10/17  
American Wigeon            
Gadwall            
Green-winged Teal            
Mallard X X X X X X X X X X X X
American Black Duck  X       9/12 X  X
Northern Pintail            
Blue-winged Teal            
Northern Shoveler            
Canvasback            
Redhead            
Ring-necked Duck   3/6         
Greater Scaup            
Surf Scoter             
Common Goldeneye  X          12/25
Bufflehead  X     7/17    11/13 
Hooded Merganser  X X         
Red-breasted Merganser  X X X       11/13 
Common Merganser X X X X X    9/26   12/15
Ruddy Duck          10/24  
Osprey    4/18 X X X X X X  
Northern Harrier   3/13         
Sharp-shinned hawk X X X X  X    X X X
Cooper's hawk          10/24  
Bald Eagle   2/14  4/20 5/23 6/16      
Broad-winged Hawk            
Red-tail Hawk X X X X X X X X X X X X
Rough-legged Hawk            
American Kestrel            
Merlin            
Peregrine Falcon            
Wild Turkey    X  X X X X X  
American Coot            
Semipalmated Plover            
Killdeer   3/3 X X X X X X X X X
American Oystercatcher            
American Woodcock             
Short-billed Dowitcher            
Greater Yellowlegs    4/30 X  X X  X  
Lesser Yellowlegs    4/24   X     
Solitary Sandpiper    4/28 X  X     
Spotted Sandpiper     5/28       
Semipalmated Sandpiper        8/12 X   
Western Sandpiper         9/5   
Least Sandpiper       7/20 X X X  
White-rumped Sandpiper            
Buff-breasted Sandpiper            
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      6/12  X X X X 
Laughing Gull       X X X X X 
Bonaparte's Gull            
Caspian Tern            
Least Tern            
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   X X        11/14 
Common Nighthawk        8/27 X   
Chimney Swift      5/4 X X X X   
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird       7/17 X    
Belted Kingfisher  X X X X X X X X X X X
Red-headed Woodpecker          10/23  
Red-bellied Woodpecker X X X X X X X X X X X X
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker X  X X      10/22 X 
Downy Woodpecker X X X X X X X X X X X X
Hairy Woodpecker X X X   X    X X X
Northern Flicker  X X X X X X X X X X 
Eastern Wood-Pewee            
Least Flycatcher            
Eastern Phoebe   3/16 X X X   9/11 X  
Great Crested Flycatcher     5/2 X  8/8    
Eastern Kingbird    4/29 X X X X    
White-eyed Vireo            
Blue-headed Vireo    4/17        
Yellow-throated Vireo            
Warbling Vireo    4/25 X X X X    
Red-eyed Vireo        8/28 X   
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
Tree Swallow   3/9 X X X X X    
No. Rough-winged Swallow    4/9 X X X X    
Cliff Swallow       7/13     
Barn Swallow    4/29 X X X X    
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         9/11   
White-breasted Nuthatch   X X X X X X X X X X
Brown Creeper X X X       10/18 X X
Carolina Wren X X X X X X X X X X X X
House Wren    4/24 X X X X X X  
Winter Wren            
Golden-crowned Kinglet    4/3      10/13 X X
Ruby-crowned Kinglet    4/14      10/23  
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher    4/20 X X  X    
Eastern Bluebird           11/2 
Veery            
Swainson's Thrush            
Hermit Thrush            
Wood Thrush    4/19 X  X X    
American Robin X X X X X X X X X X X X
Gray Catbird 1/12   4/23 X X X X X X  
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     5/15 X X X  X  
Nashville Warbler            
Northern Parula     5/5    9/19   
Yellow Warbler    4/3 X X X X    
Chestnut-sided Warbler          10/4  
Magnolia Warbler          10/7  
Blk-throat. Blue Warbler     5/16     10/7  
Yellow-rumped Warbler  2/10 X X X     10/7  X
Blk-throat. Green Warbler     5/9    9/1   
Blackburnian Warbler            
Pine Warbler            
Palm Warbler    4/17      10/10  
Blackpoll Warbler     5/19       
Black & white Warbler    4/25 X   8/11 X X  
American Redstart        8/28 X X  
Prothonotary Warbler            
Northern Waterthrush            
Common Yellowthroat     5/1       
Canada Warbler            
Yellow-breasted Chat            
Scarlet Tanager    4/29 X       
Summer Tanager     5/2       
Eastern Towhee    4/22      10/6  
Amer. Tree Sparrow            
Chipping Sparrow    4/11    8/21  10/4  
Field Sparrow       ?7/23 X  10/22  
Savannah Sparrow            
Fox Sparrow            
Song Sparrow X X X X X X X X X X X X
Swamp Sparrow            
White-throated Sparrow X X X X 5/16     10/3 X X
White-crowned Sparrow            
Dark-eyed Junco X X X 4/12      10/20 X X
Northern Cardinal X X X X X X X X X X X X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak     5/1  X  9/11   
Indigo Bunting            
Dickcissel            
Red-winged Blackbird  X X X X X X X  X X 
Rusty Blackbird             
Common Grackle  X X X X X X X X X X 
Brown-headed Cowbird   3/13 X X X X X X X  
Orchard Oriole      6/3      
Baltimore Oriole     5/1 X  X    
Purple Finch            
House Finch X X X X X X X X X X X X
Common Redpoll            
Pine Siskin            
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   3/1 X X X X X  X X X

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