Bird Sightings 2017

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

2017	J	F	M	Ap	My	Jn	Jy	Au	S	O	N	D
Greater White-fronted Goose		2/19
Snow Goose	1/22											12/17
Brant
Cackling Goose		2/14
Canada Goose	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Mute Swan
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck				4/6	X					10/13	X
Gadwall											11/1
American Wigeon	X
American Black Duck	X	X	X							10/4	X	X
Mallard	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal			3/16
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck		2/19
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter
Bufflehead	X	X	X	X							11/7	X
Common Goldeneye	X	X										12/23
Hooded Merganser		2/4										12/14
Common Merganser	X	X	X	X							11/10	X
Red-breasted Merganser		2/5
Ruddy Duck										10/18
Ruffed Grouse
Wild Turkey	1/16		X	X	X						11/14
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe			3/21
Double-crested Cormorant	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Great Cormorant	1/6	X	X	X	X		X			10/19		X
Great Blue Heron	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Great Egret		2/4		X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Snowy Egret				4/28	X
Little Blue Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Blk-crowned Night Heron
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Glossy Ibis
Black Vulture	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X
Turkey Vulture	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Osprey			3/26	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Bald Eagle	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk	X	X	X	X	X						11/17	X
Cooper's Hawk	X	X	X					8/27		X	X	X
Northern Goshawk
Red-shouldered Hawk			3/29
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk	X	X	X	X	X			8/10	X		X	X
Rough-legged Hawk
American Coot
American Oystercatcher
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer		2/11	X	X	X	X	X	X				12/10
Spotted Sandpiper					5/4	X			9/12
Solitary Sandpiper				4/30
Greater Yellowlegs				4/19	X
Lesser Yellowlegs				4/16	X
Least Sandpiper					5/4		X	X	X
White-rumped Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper				4/30				8/10	X
Western Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe				4/5
American Woodcock			3/16
Bonaparte's Gull
Laughing Gull				4/13	X				9/3	X
Ring-billed Gull	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X
Herring Gull	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull			3/8
Great Black-backed Gull	X	X	X	X	X				9/3	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					5/19
Black-billed Cuckoo
Eastern Screech-Owl	1/1				5/26
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Common Nighthawk
Chimney Swift				4/19	X	X	X	X	X	X
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird					5/1		X	X	X	X
Belted Kingfisher	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Red-headed Woodpecker				4/27
Red-bellied Woodpecker	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker				4/7							11/14	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
American Kestrel											11/18	X
Merlin	1/6	X	X						9/26	X	X	X
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine Falcon	X	X	X		X	X	X			10/11	X	X
Eastern Wood-Pewee					5/19			8/19
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher					5/23
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher					5/23
Willow Flycatcher					5/23	X	X
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe			3/3	X	X				9/26	X
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher					5/2	X	X		X
Eastern Kingbird					5/4	X	X	X
White-eyed Vireo					5/26
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo									9/22
Warbling Vireo				4/23	X	X	X	X	X
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo					5/2	X	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	X	X	X	X	X	X
Horned Lark
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow			3/29	X	X	X	X
No. Rough-winged Swallow			3/29	X	X	X	X
Bank Swallow
Cliff Swallow					5/6	X
Barn Swallow				4/19	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
Tufted Titmouse	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Red-breasted Nuthatch	X	X	X	X
White-breasted Nuthatch	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Brown Creeper	1/13	X	X	X							11/14	X
House Wren				4/17	X	X	X	X	X	X
Winter Wren	X	X	X							10/21	X	X
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren										10/11
Carolina Wren	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher				4/11	X	X	X	X	X
Golden-crowned Kinglet	X		X	X						10/11	X	X
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	X	X	X	X	X					10/6	X	X
Eastern Bluebird		2/1
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush					5/10				9/22
Hermit Thrush				4/14						10/21	X
Wood Thrush					5/31	X	X
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
Ovenbird				4/27
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush				4/27	X				9/5
Blue-winged Warbler								8/30
Black & white Warbler				4/27	X			8/15	X
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennessee Warbler					5/10				9/29
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler									9/29
Common Yellowthroat				4/26	X	X	X	X	X	X
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart					5/4			8/25	X	X
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler					5/30
Northern Parula				4/28	X			8/29	X
Magnolia Warbler								8/25	X
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler				4/26	X	X	X	X
Chestnut-sided Warbler					5/4
Blackpoll Warbler					5/2	X
Blk-throat. Blue Warbler				4/27	X
Palm Warbler				4/12	X					10/6
Pine Warbler				4/9	X			8/30	X
Yellow-rumped Warbler				4/12	X					10/13	X
Prairie Warbler					5/10
Blk-throat. Green Warbler				4/26	X				9/28
Canada Warbler								8/30
Wilson's Warbler					5/15				9/26
Yellow-breasted Chat
Eastern Towhee							7/22			10/13
Amer. Tree Sparrow	X	X	X	X							11/29	X
Chipping Sparrow				4/3	X	X	X	X		X	X
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow				4/5						10/13
Lark Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow				4/16	X					10/19
Grasshopper Sparrow										10/19
Fox Sparrow	1/27	X	X								11/14
Song Sparrow	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Lincoln's Sparrow										10/4
Swamp Sparrow	X	X		X	X				9/29	X	X	X
White-throated Sparrow	X	X	X	X	X					10/4	X	X
White-crowned Sparrow										10/4
Dark-eyed Junco	X	X	X	X						10/21	X	X
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager							7/22			10/13
Northern Cardinal	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting					5/2	X	X	X
Painted Bunting												12/26
Dickcissel
Bobolink
Red-winged Blackbird	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Eastern Meadowlark
Rusty Blackbird			3/17
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
Orchard Oriole					5/11
Baltimore Oriole				4/28	X	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

# of species	61	64	67	89	101	59	63	65	68	71	61	58