Bird Sightings 2005

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

2005	J	F	M	A	My	Jn	Jy	Au	S	O	N	D
Red-throated Loon		2/24	X	X
Common Loon				4/27	X
Pied-billed Grebe				4/8								12/2
Horned Grebe
Double-crest. Cormorant	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Great Cormorant	X	X	X	X				8/30	X			12/2
Great Blue Heron	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Great Egret			3/30	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Little Blue Heron								8/31
Snowy Egret					5/4		X	X	X
Cattle Egret								8/16
Green Heron					5/12	X		X	X
Blk-crowned Night Heron			3/25	X	X	X	X	X
Glossy Ibis
Black Vulture				4/4
Turkey Vulture	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Mute Swan		2/1					7/26					12/31
Snow Goose	1/13
Canada Goose	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Brant
Wood Duck			3/26					8/17	X	X	X
American Wigeon									?9/5
Gadwall
Green-winged Teal
Mallard	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
American Black Duck		X									11/12	X
Northern Pintail
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler			3/15	X
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck				4/2								12/6
Greater Scaup
Surf Scoter
Common Goldeneye	X											12/31
Bufflehead	X		X							10/20		12/31
Hooded Merganser		2/11	X	X						10/23		12/4
Red-breasted Merganser	X	X	X
Common Merganser	X	X	X	X			7/14					12/18
Ruddy Duck
Osprey				4/24	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned hawk	X	X	X	X							11/5	X
Cooper's hawk												12/23
Bald Eagle	1/6		3/11		5/18					10/3
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				4/30					9/3
American Coot
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
American Oystercatcher
American Woodcock
Short-billed Dowitcher
Greater Yellowlegs				4/20	X
Lesser Yellowlegs				4/9	X					10/15
Solitary Sandpiper					5/14
Spotted Sandpiper					5/3			8/6	X
Semipalmated Sandpiper					5/14			8/4
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper					5/12		X	X	X
White-rumped Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Iceland Gull			3/6
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										10/11
Laughing Gull								8/10	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					5/17	X
Great Horned Owl				4/10
Common Nighthawk					5/28
Chimney Swift				4/24	X	X	X	X
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird						6/24		8/27
Belted Kingfisher	X	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										10/7	X	X
Downy Woodpecker	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Hairy Woodpecker			3/20	X	X			8/29	X	X	X	X
Northern Flicker		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Eastern Wood-Pewee					5/27	X			9/16
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe			3/25				7/12		9/24	X
Great Crested Flycatcher					5/15	X	X
Eastern Kingbird					5/5	X	X	X
White-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo				4/23
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo				4/28	X	X	X	X	X
Red-eyed Vireo					5/10				9/14
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			3/31	X	X	X	X	X	X
No. Rough-winged Swallow			3/31	X	X	X	X
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow				4/3	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
White-breasted Nuthatch	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Brown Creeper	X	X	X							10/3	X	X
Carolina Wren	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X
House Wren					5/12		X	X	X
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet	X			4/2						10/23
Ruby-crowned Kinglet				4/2						10/17	X	X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher				4/26					9/3
Eastern Bluebird				4/28
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush										10/29		12/31
Wood Thrush					5/8	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	X
Northern Mockingbird	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Brown Thrasher				4/27
European Starling	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
American Pipit
Cedar Waxwing					5/14	X				10/24	X
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula									9/10
Yellow Warbler				4/24	X					10/1
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler								8/26		10/1
Blk-throat. Blue Warbler					5/17					10/30
Yellow-rumped Warbler	X	X	X	X	X					10/15	X	X
Blk-throat. Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Pine Warbler				4/10
Palm Warbler				4/21						10/24
Blackpoll Warbler
Black & white Warbler					5/11				9/10
American Redstart									9/3
Prothonotary Warbler					5/15
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat					5/31				9/10
Hooded Warbler				4/29
Canada Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Scarlet Tanager					5/15
Summer Tanager
Eastern Towhee				4/20						10/3		X
Amer. Tree Sparrow	1/28
Chipping Sparrow				4/6	X	X				10/25
Field Sparrow										10/17
Savannah Sparrow					5/11
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Swamp Sparrow										10/20
White-throated Sparrow	X	X	X	X	X					10/2	X	X
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco	X	X	X	X						10/21	X	X
Northern Cardinal	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak						6/12	X
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel
Red-winged Blackbird		2/16	X	X	X	X	X		X	X		X
Rusty Blackbird											11/5
Common Grackle		2/18	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Brown-headed Cowbird		2/22	X	X	X	X	X	X				12/10
Orchard Oriole					5/27	X			9/9
Baltimore Oriole				4/30	X	X	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		2/14	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X