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
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Red-throated Loon | 2/28 | |
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Common Loon | 10/16 | |
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Pied-billed Grebe | 3/18 | |
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Horned Grebe | |
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Double-crest. Cormorant | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
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Great Cormorant | X | X | 11/23 | X |
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Great Blue Heron | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Great Egret | 4/13 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
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Little Blue Heron | |
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Snowy Egret | 6/5 | 8/22 | |
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Cattle Egret | |
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Green Heron | 4/21 | 6/2 | X | X | |
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Blk-crowned Night Heron | 4/12 | 7/2 | 9/2 | X | |
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Yellow-crowned Night Heron | 8/26 | |
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Glossy Ibis | 6/22 | 9/19 | |
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Black Vulture | 3/8 | 12/30 |
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Turkey Vulture | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Mute Swan | 2/28 | 10/15 | X |
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Snow Goose | 1/29 | 11/4 | |
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Canada Goose | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Brant | 11/2 | |
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Wood Duck | 5/2 | 9/21 | X | X | |
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American Wigeon | 2/27 | |
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Gadwall | |
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Green-winged Teal | 10/10 | X | X |
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Mallard | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
American Black Duck | 4/22 | 10/11 | X | X |
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Northern Pintail | |
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Blue-winged Teal | |
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Northern Shoveler | |
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Canvasback | |
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Redhead | |
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Ring-necked Duck | 2/13 | X | |
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Greater Scaup | 12/3 |
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Surf Scoter | |
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Common Goldeneye | X | X | X | 12/3 |
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Bufflehead | X | X | 11/19 | |
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Hooded Merganser | X | X | X | 11/11 | X |
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Red-breasted Merganser | 2/24 | X | 12/12 |
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Common Merganser | X | X | X | X | 12/4 |
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Ruddy Duck | 11/4 | |
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Osprey | 4/21 | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
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Northern Harrier | 2/19 | 12/26 |
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Sharp-shinned hawk | X | X | X | X | X | 9/28 | X | X | X |
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Cooper's hawk | X | X | X | X | 9/3 | X | X |
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Bald Eagle | 2/1 | 4/15 | X | X | X | 9/10 | X | X | X |
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Broad-winged Hawk | |
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Red-tail Hawk | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Rough-legged Hawk | 2/11 | |
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American Kestrel | |
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Merlin | 12/30 |
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Gyrfalcon | ?12/25 |
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Peregrine Falcon | 2/20 | 8/1 | 12/6 |
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Ruffed Grouse | |
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Wild Turkey | 4/1 | |
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American Coot | 3/10 | X | 11/17 | |
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Semipalmated Plover | 8/3 | |
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Killdeer | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
American Oystercatcher | |
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American Woodcock | |
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Short-billed Dowitcher | |
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Greater Yellowlegs | 4/17 | X | |
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Lesser Yellowlegs | 3/29 | X | X | |
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Solitary Sandpiper | 4/30 | X | 8/22 | |
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Spotted Sandpiper | 6/2 | 8/10 | X | |
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Semipalmated Sandpiper | 8/3 | X | |
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Western Sandpiper | |
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Least Sandpiper | 5/5 | X | X | X | |
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White-rumped Sandpiper | |
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Buff-breasted Sandpiper | |
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Iceland Gull | 12/18 |
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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 | 2/13 | 7/29 | |
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Laughing Gull | 4/17 | 7/29 | X | X | X | |
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Bonaparte's Gull | |
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Caspian Tern | |
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Common Tern | |
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Least Tern | |
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Black Skimmer | 6/4 | |
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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 | 5/13 | X | |
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Great Horned Owl | 9/21 | |
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Common Nighthawk | 9/13 | |
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Chimney Swift | 5/13 | X | X | X | X | |
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Ruby-thr. Hummingbird | 8/10 | X | |
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Belted Kingfisher | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
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Red-headed Woodpecker | |
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Red-bellied Woodpecker | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 10/8 | X |
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Downy Woodpecker | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Hairy Woodpecker | 1/27 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
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Northern Flicker | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
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Pileated Woodpecker | |
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Eastern Wood-Pewee | 5/17 | X | X | X | X | |
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Least Flycatcher | |
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Eastern Phoebe | 3/20 | X | 10/14 | X | |
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Great Crested Flycatcher | 5/1 | X | X | X | |
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Eastern Kingbird | 5/1 | X | X | X | X | |
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White-eyed Vireo | |
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Blue-headed Vireo | 5/2 | 10/8 | |
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Yellow-throated Vireo | |
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Warbling Vireo | 5/2 | X | X | X | X | |
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Red-eyed Vireo | 5/5 | |
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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 | 12/30 |
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Tree Swallow | 4/4 | X | X | X | X | |
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No. Rough-winged Swallow | 4/9 | X | X | X | |
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Cliff Swallow | 5/7 | |
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Barn Swallow | 4/19 | X | X | X | X | |
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Carolina Chickadee | 9/6 | 12/30 |
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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 | 9/8 | X | X | |
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White-breasted Nuthatch | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Brown Creeper | 10/4 | X | X |
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Carolina Wren | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
House Wren | 5/1 | X | X | X | X | |
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Winter Wren | |
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Golden-crowned Kinglet | 4/7 | 10/16 | X | X |
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Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 4/22 | X | 7/29 | 10/9 | |
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Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 5/1 | |
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Eastern Bluebird | |
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Veery | |
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Swainson's Thrush | 5/14 | |
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Hermit Thrush | 10/18 | |
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Wood Thrush | 5/17 | X | 10/9 | |
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American Robin | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Gray Catbird | 5/1 | X | X | X | X | X | |
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Northern Mockingbird | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Brown Thrasher | |
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European Starling | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
American Pipit | |
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Cedar Waxwing | 5/19 | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
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Blue-winged Warbler | 5/2 | |
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Nashville Warbler | |
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Northern Parula | 5/2 | 9/19 | |
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Yellow Warbler | 4/12 | X | X | 9/7 | |
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Chestnut-sided Warbler | |
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Magnolia Warbler | 9/13 | |
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Blk-throat. Blue Warbler | 5/2 | |
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Yellow-rumped Warbler | 3/24 | X | X | 10/9 | X | X |
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Blk-throat. Green Warbler | |
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Blackburnian Warbler | |
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Pine Warbler | 3/24 | |
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Palm Warbler | 10/6 | |
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Blackpoll Warbler | |
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Black & white Warbler | 5/2 | 9/8 | X | |
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American Redstart | 5/2 | 8/22 | X | |
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Prothonotary Warbler | |
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Northern Waterthrush | |
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Common Yellowthroat | 5/12 | 8/10 | X | |
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Hooded Warbler | |
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Canada Warbler | 8/22 | |
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Yellow-breasted Chat | |
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Scarlet Tanager | |
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Summer Tanager | 5/6 | |
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Eastern Towhee | 5/2 | 10/13 | |
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Amer. Tree Sparrow | 12/30 |
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Chipping Sparrow | 3/21 | X | X | X | X | 8/3 | X | X | |
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Field Sparrow | 3/17 | X | 10/21 | |
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Savannah Sparrow | 4/20 | X | 9/17 | |
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Fox Sparrow | 3/17 | |
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Song Sparrow | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Swamp Sparrow | |
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White-throated Sparrow | X | X | X | X | 5/8 | 10/13 | X | X |
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White-crowned Sparrow | 10/13 | |
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Dark-eyed Junco | X | X | X | X | 10/13 | X | X |
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Northern Cardinal | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 4/28 | X | 7/29 | |
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Indigo Bunting | 5/7 | |
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Dickcissel | |
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Red-winged Blackbird | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Rusty Blackbird | |
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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 | X |
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Orchard Oriole | |
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Baltimore Oriole | 5/1 | X | X | |
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Purple Finch | 11/14 | |
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House Finch | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
Common Redpoll | |
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Pine Siskin | |
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Amer. Goldfinch | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
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House Sparrow | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
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Bar-headed Goose | |
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Egyptian Goose | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
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# of species | 45 | 48 | 54 | 64 | 80 | 58 | 57 | 59 | 67 | 68 | 57 | 61 |