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
| 2016 | J | F | M | Ap | My | Jn | Jy | Au | S | O | N | D |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greater White-fronted Goose | 12/1 | |||||||||||
| Snow Goose | 1/15 | |||||||||||
| Brant | ||||||||||||
| Cackling Goose | 1/6 | X | ||||||||||
| Canada Goose | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Mute Swan | ||||||||||||
| Tundra Swan | ||||||||||||
| Wood Duck | 12/12 | |||||||||||
| Gadwall | 12/30 | |||||||||||
| American Wigeon | 10/25 | X | X | |||||||||
| American Black Duck | X | X | X | 11/17 | X | |||||||
| Mallard | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Blue-winged Teal | ||||||||||||
| Northern Shoveler | ||||||||||||
| Northern Pintail | ||||||||||||
| Green-winged Teal | ||||||||||||
| Canvasback | ||||||||||||
| Redhead | ||||||||||||
| Ring-necked Duck | 1/20 | |||||||||||
| Greater Scaup | ||||||||||||
| Lesser Scaup | ||||||||||||
| Surf Scoter | ||||||||||||
| Bufflehead | X | X | X | 11/21 | X | |||||||
| Common Goldeneye | X | X | 12/26 | |||||||||
| Hooded Merganser | X | X | X | 11/10 | X | |||||||
| Common Merganser | X | X | X | X | X | 9/6 | X | X | ||||
| Red-breasted Merganser | 2/13 | |||||||||||
| Ruddy Duck | ||||||||||||
| Ruffed Grouse | ||||||||||||
| Wild Turkey | X | 4/8 | X | X | ||||||||
| Red-throated Loon | 2/22 | |||||||||||
| Common Loon | ||||||||||||
| Pied-billed Grebe | ||||||||||||
| Horned Grebe | ||||||||||||
| Double-crested Cormorant | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Great Cormorant | 2/18 | 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 | 4/26 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Snowy Egret | 7/20 | X | ||||||||||
| Little Blue Heron | ||||||||||||
| Cattle Egret | ||||||||||||
| Green Heron | 4/19 | X | ||||||||||
| Blk-crowned Night Heron | ||||||||||||
| Yellow-crowned Night Heron | ||||||||||||
| Glossy Ibis | 5/9 | |||||||||||
| Black Vulture | 3/23 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Turkey Vulture | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Osprey | 2/20 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
| Bald Eagle | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Northern Harrier | 3/15 | |||||||||||
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |
| Cooper's Hawk | X | X | X | 9/7 | X | X | X | |||||
| Northern Goshawk | ||||||||||||
| Red-shouldered Hawk | ||||||||||||
| Broad-winged Hawk | 8/20 | |||||||||||
| Red-tailed Hawk | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Rough-legged Hawk | ||||||||||||
| American Coot | ||||||||||||
| American Oystercatcher | ||||||||||||
| Semipalmated Plover | ||||||||||||
| Killdeer | 1/20 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
| Spotted Sandpiper | 4/29 | X | 9/22 | |||||||||
| Solitary Sandpiper | 5/5 | |||||||||||
| Greater Yellowlegs | 4/21 | X | 9/2 | |||||||||
| Lesser Yellowlegs | 4/5 | X | ||||||||||
| Least Sandpiper | 5/9 | X | X | |||||||||
| White-rumped Sandpiper | ||||||||||||
| Buff-breasted Sandpiper | ||||||||||||
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | 5/12 | 8/30 | ||||||||||
| Western Sandpiper | ||||||||||||
| Short-billed Dowitcher | ||||||||||||
| Wilson's Snipe | 3/23 | |||||||||||
| American Woodcock | 2/20 | X | ||||||||||
| Bonaparte's Gull | ||||||||||||
| Laughing Gull | 5/30 | 8/16 | 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 | 1/20 | X | ||||||||||
| Great Black-backed Gull | X | 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 | 5/9 | X | ||||||||||
| Black-billed Cuckoo | ||||||||||||
| Eastern Screech-Owl | 5/14 | 9/15 | ||||||||||
| Great Horned Owl | 9/15 | |||||||||||
| Barred Owl | ||||||||||||
| Common Nighthawk | 8/30 | |||||||||||
| Chimney Swift | 4/22 | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||
| Ruby-thr. Hummingbird | 5/9 | X | X | |||||||||
| Belted Kingfisher | X | X | X | X | 9/18 | X | X | X | ||||
| Red-headed Woodpecker | 9/26 | 12/7 | ||||||||||
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | 4/2 | X | 10/7 | 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 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Pileated Woodpecker | ||||||||||||
| American Kestrel | ||||||||||||
| Merlin | X | X | 10/13 | |||||||||
| Gyrfalcon | ||||||||||||
| Peregrine Falcon | X | X | 5/5 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | 5/19 | X | X | X | X | |||||||
| Acadian Flycatcher | ||||||||||||
| Alder Flycatcher | ||||||||||||
| Willow Flycatcher | 6/7 | X | X | |||||||||
| Least Flycatcher | ||||||||||||
| Eastern Phoebe | 3/17 | 9/22 | X | |||||||||
| Ash-throated Flycatcher | ||||||||||||
| Great Crested Flycatcher | 5/8 | X | X | X | X | |||||||
| Eastern Kingbird | 5/8 | X | X | X | ||||||||
| White-eyed Vireo | ||||||||||||
| Yellow-throated Vireo | ||||||||||||
| Blue-headed Vireo | 5/7 | 10/17 | ||||||||||
| Warbling Vireo | 4/15 | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Philadelphia Vireo | ||||||||||||
| Red-eyed Vireo | 5/10 | 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 | X | X | 9/6 | X | X | X | ||||||
| Horned Lark | ||||||||||||
| Purple Martin | ||||||||||||
| Tree Swallow | 3/16 | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| No. Rough-winged Swallow | 4/13 | X | X | X | ||||||||
| Bank Swallow | 4/29 | X | ||||||||||
| Cliff Swallow | 5/14 | X | ||||||||||
| Barn Swallow | 4/29 | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Carolina Chickadee | X | 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 | 9/10 | X | X | X | ||||||||
| White-breasted Nuthatch | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Brown Creeper | 2/25 | X | 10/18 | X | X | |||||||
| House Wren | 1/1 | 4/20 | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||
| Winter Wren | 10/4 | X | X | |||||||||
| Sedge Wren | ||||||||||||
| Marsh Wren | 10/14 | |||||||||||
| Carolina Wren | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | 4/13 | X | X | X | ||||||||
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | 10/14 | X | X | |||||||||
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | 3/31 | X | 10/6 | X | ||||||||
| Eastern Bluebird | 8/20 | X | ||||||||||
| Veery | 5/5 | |||||||||||
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | ||||||||||||
| Swainson's Thrush | 5/19 | |||||||||||
| Hermit Thrush | 2/18 | 10/25 | X | |||||||||
| Wood Thrush | 5/13 | X | ||||||||||
| American Robin | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Gray Catbird | 4/22 | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||
| Brown Thrasher | 9/13 | |||||||||||
| 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 | X | 5/10 | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||
| Ovenbird | 5/10 | 8/20 | ||||||||||
| Worm-eating Warbler | ||||||||||||
| Louisiana Waterthrush | ||||||||||||
| Northern Waterthrush | 5/10 | |||||||||||
| Blue-winged Warbler | ||||||||||||
| Black & white Warbler | 5/8 | 8/20 | X | |||||||||
| Prothonotary Warbler | ||||||||||||
| Tennessee Warbler | ||||||||||||
| Orange-crowned Warbler | ||||||||||||
| Nashville Warbler | 10/13 | |||||||||||
| Common Yellowthroat | 5/5 | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Hooded Warbler | 8/23 | |||||||||||
| American Redstart | 5/5 | 8/18 | X | X | ||||||||
| Cape May Warbler | ||||||||||||
| Cerulean Warbler | ||||||||||||
| Northern Parula | 5/9 | 9/21 | X | |||||||||
| Magnolia Warbler | 5/17 | 9/7 | ||||||||||
| Bay-breasted Warbler | 9/23 | |||||||||||
| Blackburnian Warbler | 8/23 | |||||||||||
| Yellow Warbler | 4/28 | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | ||||||||||||
| Blackpoll Warbler | 5/4 | 9/23 | X | |||||||||
| Blk-throat. Blue Warbler | 5/12 | 10/11 | ||||||||||
| Palm Warbler | 4/8 | X | 10/17 | X | ||||||||
| Pine Warbler | 10/10 | |||||||||||
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | X | 4/10 | X | 10/4 | X | |||||||
| Prairie Warbler | 5/20 | X | ||||||||||
| Blk-throat. Green Warbler | 5/9 | 9/22 | ||||||||||
| Canada Warbler | 5/17 | |||||||||||
| Wilson's Warbler | ||||||||||||
| Yellow-breasted Chat | ||||||||||||
| Eastern Towhee | 5/12 | X | X | 11/5 | ||||||||
| Amer. Tree Sparrow | 4/19 | 12/30 | ||||||||||
| Chipping Sparrow | 4/6 | X | X | X | 10/13 | X | ||||||
| Clay-colored Sparrow | ||||||||||||
| Field Sparrow | 10/10 | |||||||||||
| Lark Sparrow | ||||||||||||
| Savannah Sparrow | X | X | X | X | 10/6 | |||||||
| Grasshopper Sparrow | ||||||||||||
| Fox Sparrow | 1/7 | |||||||||||
| Song Sparrow | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | 10/25 | |||||||||||
| Swamp Sparrow | 4/13 | X | 10/6 | X | X | |||||||
| White-throated Sparrow | X | X | X | X | X | 10/4 | X | X | ||||
| White-crowned Sparrow | 10/25 | |||||||||||
| Dark-eyed Junco | X | X | X | X | 10/7 | X | X | |||||
| Summer Tanager | ||||||||||||
| Scarlet Tanager | 6/15 | |||||||||||
| Northern Cardinal | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | 4/28 | X | 8/16 | |||||||||
| Blue Grosbeak | ||||||||||||
| Indigo Bunting | 4/29 | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Dickcissel | ||||||||||||
| Bobolink | 5/19 | |||||||||||
| Red-winged Blackbird | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Eastern Meadowlark | ||||||||||||
| Rusty Blackbird | 10/10 | |||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||
| Baltimore Oriole | 5/2 | X | X | X | ||||||||
| House Finch | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| Purple Finch | 3/31 | 10/26 | X | |||||||||
| Common Redpoll | ||||||||||||
| Pine Siskin | 10/25 | |||||||||||
| 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 | 57 | 58 | 56 | 72 | 99 | 67 | 63 | 73 | 75 | 83 | 63 | 61 |