Bird Sightings 2014

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

2014	J	F	M	Ap	My	Jn	Jy	Au	S	O	N	D
Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Brant
Cackling Goose												12/5
Canada Goose	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Mute Swan		2/24	X	X			7/10			10/28
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck	X	X
Gadwall											11/7
American Wigeon			3/16							10/15	X	X
American Black Duck	X	X	X							10/27	X	X
Mallard	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail		2/23
Green-winged Teal			3/11
Canvasback	X	X
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck	X	X	X	X							11/9	X
Greater Scaup	1/15	X	X	X
Lesser Scaup		2/24									11/30
Surf Scoter
Bufflehead	X	X	X	X							11/2	X
Common Goldeneye	X	X	X	X							11/9	X
Hooded Merganser	1/3	X	X	X							11/22	X
Common Merganser	X	X	X	X							11/29	X
Red-breasted Merganser		2/17	X	X
Ruddy Duck
Ruffed Grouse
Wild Turkey				4/4				8/7	X	X	X
Red-throated Loon	1/14		X
Common Loon					5/19					10/6
Pied-billed Grebe	1/13			4/7
Horned Grebe	1/13			4/5
Double-crested Cormorant	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Great Cormorant	X	X	X	X	X	X				10/11	X	X
Great Blue Heron	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Great Egret				4/28	X	X	X	X	X	X
Snowy Egret								8/6
Little Blue Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Blk-crowned Night Heron								8/1
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Glossy Ibis
Black Vulture	1/17	X		X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X
Turkey Vulture	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Osprey				4/4	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Bald Eagle	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X
Northern Harrier			3/20									12/5
Sharp-shinned Hawk	X	X	X	X	X					10/25	X	X
Cooper's Hawk	X	X	X	X		X				10/27	X	X
Northern Goshawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Rough-legged Hawk
American Coot											11/2
American Oystercatcher
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer		2/24	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X
Spotted Sandpiper					5/2			8/6
Solitary Sandpiper					5/2
Greater Yellowlegs				4/14	X
Lesser Yellowlegs				4/14
Least Sandpiper					5/2			8/11
White-rumped Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
American Woodcock
Bonaparte's Gull
Laughing Gull							7/29	X	X	X	X
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
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X
Least Tern
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Forster's 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					5/12			8/16
Black-billed Cuckoo					5/22
Eastern Screech-Owl									9/30
Great Horned Owl					5/25
Barred Owl
Common Nighthawk
Chimney Swift				4/15	X	X	X	X
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird					5/22		X
Belted Kingfisher	X			4/10				8/11	X	X	X	X
Red-headed Woodpecker	1/10
Red-bellied Woodpecker	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	X	X	X							10/10	X	X
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		2/24	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Pileated Woodpecker
American Kestrel	1/2	X								10/20
Merlin	1/18											12/28
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine Falcon	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Eastern Wood-Pewee					5/14	X	X	X	X	X
Acadian Flycatcher					5/30
Alder Flycatcher					5/22
Willow Flycatcher					5/26	X	X
Least Flycatcher					5/22				9/9
Eastern Phoebe				4/9					9/19	X
Great Crested Flycatcher					5/2	X	X	X	X
Eastern Kingbird				4/28	X	X	X	X	X
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo										10/17
Warbling Vireo					5/1	X	X	X
Philadelphia Vireo									9/19
Red-eyed Vireo					5/3		X	X	X	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
Fish Crow	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Common Raven
Horned Lark
Purple Martin				4/28	X
Tree Swallow			3/24	X	X	X	X
No. Rough-winged Swallow				4/7	X	X	X
Bank Swallow				4/16	X
Cliff Swallow					5/10
Barn Swallow				4/7	X	X	X	X
Carolina Chickadee	X		X		X	X	X		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		3/6	X						10/10	X	X
House Wren				4/26	X	X	X	X	X	X
Winter Wren											11/10	X
Sedge Wren										10/20
Marsh Wren									9/22
Carolina Wren	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher				4/15	X		X	X	X
Golden-crowned Kinglet	X			4/8						10/8	X
Ruby-crowned Kinglet				4/28	X				9/15	X	X
Eastern Bluebird	1/19							8/13			11/23
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush					5/16
Swainson's Thrush					5/11					10/6
Hermit Thrush				4/4						10/10
Wood Thrush					5/20	X	X
American Robin	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Gray Catbird					5/2	X	X	X	X	X		X
Brown Thrasher								8/16
Northern Mockingbird	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
European Starling	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
American Pipit										10/28
Cedar Waxwing	X				5/12	X	X	X	X	X	X
Ovenbird					5/9				9/3
Worm-eating Warbler					5/14
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush					5/5
Blue-winged Warbler					5/5
Black & white Warbler					5/5			8/16	X	X
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennessee Warbler					5/14
Orange-crowned Warbler										10/24	X
Nashville Warbler					5/9
Common Yellowthroat					5/5		X	X	X	X	X
Hooded Warbler					5/5
American Redstart					5/5			8/4	X
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler					5/25
Northern Parula					5/5					10/3
Magnolia Warbler					5/6			8/16	X	X
Bay-breasted Warbler					5/14
Blackburnian Warbler					5/20
Yellow Warbler				4/3	X	X	X	X	X
Chestnut-sided Warbler					5/9			8/27
Blackpoll Warbler					5/7
Blk-throat. Blue Warbler					5/5				9/19
Palm Warbler									9/19	X	X
Pine Warbler				4/4	X			8/1
Yellow-rumped Warbler	X	X		X	X					10/1	X	X
Prairie Warbler								8/27		X
Blk-throat. Green Warbler					5/7
Canada Warbler					5/5			8/27
Wilson's Warbler					5/5
Yellow-breasted Chat
Eastern Towhee				4/26	X			8/16		X
Amer. Tree Sparrow		2/16	X									12/28
Chipping Sparrow				4/7	X					10/10	X
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow				4/7						10/3
Savannah Sparrow				4/21	X					10/3
Grasshopper Sparrow
Fox Sparrow											11/21	X
Song Sparrow	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Lincoln's Sparrow										10/27
Swamp Sparrow					5/5					10/1	X
White-throated Sparrow	X	X	X	X	X				9/19	X	X	X
White-crowned Sparrow											11/5
Dark-eyed Junco	X	X	X	X						10/10	X	X
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager					5/10			8/16	X
Northern Cardinal	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak					5/3
Blue Grosbeak					5/4
Indigo Bunting					5/3	X	X	X
Dickcissel
Bobolink					5/22
Red-winged Blackbird	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Eastern Meadowlark
Rusty Blackbird		2/5	X									12/28
Common Grackle	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Brown-headed Cowbird		2/16	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Orchard Oriole					5/6
Baltimore Oriole					5/3	X	X	X
House Finch	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Purple Finch										10/19	X
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin
Amer. Goldfinch	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Evening Grosbeak
House Sparrow	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X

Bar-headed Goose
Egyptian Goose					5/3							12/14

# of species	62	60	60	79	112	57	61	73	66	82	73	63