Bird Sightings 2006

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

2006	J	F	M	A	My	Jn	Jy	Au	S	O	N	D
Red-throated Loon	1/2		3/19
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe			3/11	X						10/29
Horned Grebe										10/5
Double-crest. Cormorant	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Great Cormorant	X	X	X						9/19			12/4
Great Blue Heron	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Great Egret	X			4/16	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Little Blue Heron								8/9
Snowy Egret									9/7	X
Cattle Egret
Green Heron					5/13			8/13	X
Blk-crowned Night Heron				4/16	X	X	X	X	X
Glossy Ibis
Black Vulture		2/4		X
Turkey Vulture	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Mute Swan				4/17
Snow Goose				4/23
Canada Goose	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Brant
Wood Duck	X			4/15				8/13		10/5	X
American Wigeon			3/22
Gadwall			3/5
Green-winged Teal
Mallard	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
American Black Duck			3/5								11/14	X
Northern Pintail
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Surf Scoter
Common Goldeneye	X	X										12/22
Bufflehead	X	X	X	X							11/1	X
Hooded Merganser		2/26	X								11/21	X
Red-breasted Merganser			3/8
Common Merganser	X	X	X	X	X							12/18
Ruddy Duck										10/22	X	X
Osprey				4/15	X	X	X	X	X	X
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned hawk	X	X	X								11/2	X
Cooper's hawk			3/21							10/9	X	X
Bald Eagle		X	3/22			6/10	X
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tail Hawk	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Rough-legged Hawk
American Kestrel									9/1
Merlin	1/4										11/29
Peregrine Falcon	1/25	X	X		X	X	X				11/14
Ruffed Grouse									9/1
Wild Turkey		X		X			X	X
American Coot
Semipalmated Plover									9/3
Killdeer	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
American Oystercatcher
American Woodcock			3/9
Short-billed Dowitcher
Greater Yellowlegs				4/15	X
Lesser Yellowlegs				4/15	X				9/15
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper									9/16
Semipalmated Sandpiper					5/24		X	X
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper					5/9		X	X	X
White-rumped Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Iceland Gull
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
Laughing Gull				4/23				8/9	X	X
Bonaparte's Gull
Caspian Tern
Common Tern									9/2
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	1/28	X	X	X							11/17	X
Common Nighthawk				4/12
Chimney Swift						6/10
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird								8/1
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	X	X	X							10/8		X
Downy Woodpecker	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Hairy Woodpecker		2/2								10/22	X
Northern Flicker	X			X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Pileated Woodpecker			3/13
Eastern Wood-Pewee					5/26	X	X	X	X	X
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe							7/5	X	X	X	X
Great Crested Flycatcher					5/7	X	X
Eastern Kingbird					5/7	X	X	X
White-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo				4/16
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo				4/27	X	X			9/4
Red-eyed Vireo					5/14				9/4
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			3/19	X	X	X	X	X	X
No. Rough-winged Swallow				4/9	X	X	X
Cliff Swallow					5/23			8/5
Barn Swallow				4/18	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	1/23	X
White-breasted Nuthatch	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Brown Creeper	X	X								10/9	X
Carolina Wren	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
House Wren					5/17	X	X	X	X
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet			3/31	X					9/7	X	X
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	X		X	X						10/1	X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher				4/13	X
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush		2/11								10/23	X
Wood Thrush				4/27	X
American Robin	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Gray Catbird				4/28	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			3/13		X	X	X	X		10/8
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula									9/12	X
Yellow Warbler					5/7		X	X	X	X
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Blk-throat. Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler	X		X	X	X					10/7	X
Blk-throat. Green Warbler										10/2
Blackburnian Warbler
Pine Warbler
Palm Warbler				4/15
Blackpoll Warbler
Black & white Warbler					5/11				9/7
American Redstart								8/27	X	X
Prothonotary Warbler
Northern Waterthrush					5/16
Common Yellowthroat									9/22
Hooded Warbler
Canada Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Scarlet Tanager									9/22
Summer Tanager
Eastern Towhee	X	X	X	X			7/10			10/31	X
Amer. Tree Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow				X	X	X	X			10/7
Field Sparrow										10/24
Savannah Sparrow
Fox Sparrow			3/12
Song Sparrow	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow	X	X	X	X	5/4					10/6	X	X
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco	X	X	X	4/25						10/16	X	X
Northern Cardinal	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak									9/22
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel
Red-winged Blackbird			X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle	X	X	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					5/2	X
Baltimore Oriole					5/2	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	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X

# of species	52	49	62	66	66	53	56	57	64	63	55	45