Bird Sightings 2015

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

2015	J	F	M	Ap	My	Jn	Jy	Au	S	O	N	D
Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Brant
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Mute Swan	1/19	X	X	X
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck					5/27					10/19		X
Gadwall												12/27
American Wigeon	X	X	X	X
American Black Duck	X		X	X					9/27	X	X	X
Mallard	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Blue-winged Teal								8/26
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck	X	X	X
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter
Bufflehead	X	X	X	X							11/14	X
Common Goldeneye	X	X	X									12/7
Hooded Merganser	X	X	X	X							11/23	X
Common Merganser	X	X	X	X								12/27
Red-breasted Merganser			3/7	X
Ruddy Duck
Ruffed Grouse
Wild Turkey			3/31	X	X		X			10/26	X
Red-throated Loon	1/25			4/16	X	X
Common Loon											11/12
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Great Cormorant	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Great Blue Heron	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Great Egret				4/15	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Snowy Egret								8/9
Little Blue Heron								8/18
Cattle Egret
Green Heron				4/23	X	X		X		X
Blk-crowned Night Heron
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Glossy Ibis
Black Vulture	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Turkey Vulture	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Osprey			3/30	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Bald Eagle	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk	X	X	X	X	X		X			10/22	X	X
Cooper's Hawk	X	X		X		X		X	X	X		X
Northern Goshawk
Red-shouldered Hawk		2/11	X
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Rough-legged Hawk
American Coot				4/8
American Oystercatcher
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer			3/10	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Spotted Sandpiper					5/16
Solitary Sandpiper					5/15					10/2
Greater Yellowlegs				4/21	X
Lesser Yellowlegs
Least Sandpiper					5/6		X	X	X
White-rumped Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
American Woodcock			3/17
Bonaparte's Gull
Laughing Gull								8/26	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					5/6
Black-billed Cuckoo					5/5
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Common Nighthawk										10/7
Chimney Swift				4/25	X	X	X	X	X
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird						6/29		X
Belted Kingfisher	X	X	X	X	X			8/20	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		2/10								10/6	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
Northern Flicker	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Pileated Woodpecker				4/18
American Kestrel				4/3					9/25
Merlin									9/25	X		X
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine Falcon	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Eastern Wood-Pewee					5/30			8/9
Acadian Flycatcher				4/29
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher					5/25	X	X	X
Least Flycatcher								8/28	X
Eastern Phoebe			3/29	X				8/4	X	X
Ash-throated Flycatcher												12/27
Great Crested Flycatcher					5/5	X	X	X	X
Eastern Kingbird					5/6	X	X	X
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo				4/27	X					10/8
Warbling Vireo				4/21	X	X	X	X	X
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo					5/5	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
Common Raven										10/26	X	X
Horned Lark
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow			3/26	X	X	X	X		X
No. Rough-winged Swallow				4/18	X	X
Bank Swallow					5/19
Cliff Swallow				4/27	X		X
Barn Swallow				4/23	X	X	X	X	X
Carolina Chickadee	X	X	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	X	X	X
House Wren				4/19	X	X	X	X	X	X
Winter Wren	X		X	X
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren					5/21
Carolina Wren	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher				4/10	X	X	X	X	X
Golden-crowned Kinglet	X	X		X						10/8
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	X			4/5	X					10/6	X	X
Eastern Bluebird		2/4
Veery					5/5
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush					5/12				9/16
Hermit Thrush				4/21						10/21
Wood Thrush					5/5
American Robin	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Gray Catbird				4/26	X	X	X	X	X	X
Brown Thrasher
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
Cedar Waxwing					5/12	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Ovenbird						6/10
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush					5/19				9/4
Blue-winged Warbler									9/2
Black & white Warbler				4/21	X		X	X
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler									9/15	X
Common Yellowthroat					5/5	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart					5/6			8/19	X	X
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Northern Parula					5/6				9/8
Magnolia Warbler					5/15			8/27	X
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler								8/27
Yellow Warbler				4/21	X	X	X	X	X
Chestnut-sided Warbler					5/6			8/27	X
Blackpoll Warbler					5/5				9/8
Blk-throat. Blue Warbler					5/6					10/9
Palm Warbler				4/3	X					10/8
Pine Warbler			3/24	X						10/12
Yellow-rumped Warbler	X			4/21	X					10/4	X	X
Prairie Warbler								8/27
Blk-throat. Green Warbler					5/22
Canada Warbler					5/6				9/1
Wilson's Warbler					5/19
Yellow-breasted Chat
Eastern Towhee				4/10					9/15	X
Amer. Tree Sparrow		X										12/22
Chipping Sparrow		2/2		X	X	X		X		X
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow		2/11		X						10/19
Lark Sparrow										10/6
Savannah Sparrow		2/5		X					9/16	X	X
Grasshopper Sparrow
Fox Sparrow			3/31	X
Song Sparrow	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Lincoln's Sparrow										10/6
Swamp Sparrow				4/6	X					10/6	X
White-throated Sparrow	X	X	X	X	X					10/6	X	X
White-crowned Sparrow										10/22
Dark-eyed Junco	X	X	X	X						10/7	X	X
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager					5/3
Northern Cardinal	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak					5/5				9/15
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting					5/5	X	X	X		X
Dickcissel
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Eastern Meadowlark										10/8
Rusty Blackbird			3/23
Common Grackle			3/3	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Brown-headed Cowbird	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Orchard Oriole					5/6	X
Baltimore Oriole					5/4	X	X	X	X
House Finch	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Purple Finch
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										10/8

# of species	54	56	63	85	98	65	60	75	75	82	56	58