Bird Sightings 2008

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

2008	J	F	M	A	My	Jn	Jy	Au	S	O	N	D
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon	1/6											12/3
Pied-billed Grebe						6/1					11/20
Horned Grebe												12/21
Double-crest. Cormorant	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Great Cormorant	X	X	X								11/15	X
Great Blue Heron	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Great Egret				4/2	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Little Blue Heron						6/30
Snowy Egret
Cattle Egret
Green Heron										10/12
Blk-crowned Night Heron			3/23	X	X	X	X			10/16
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Glossy Ibis
Black Vulture	X						7/13					12/28
Turkey Vulture	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Mute Swan		2/8					7/9
Snow Goose	1/20			4/17						10/24
Canada Goose	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Brant
Wood Duck						6/15		X		X		X
American Wigeon
Gadwall
Green-winged Teal		2/16										12/28
Mallard	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
American Black Duck	X	X	X							10/15	X	X
Northern Pintail
Blue-winged Teal			3/29		5/27
Northern Shoveler												12/7
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck	1/7	X
Greater Scaup
Surf Scoter
Common Goldeneye	X	X	X									12/5
Bufflehead	1/21	X	X	X							11/2	X
Hooded Merganser	X	X									11/2	X
Red-breasted Merganser			3/11
Common Merganser	X	X	X	X	X		X				11/24	X
Ruddy Duck										10/13	X
Osprey				4/23	X	X	X	X	X	X
Northern Harrier									9/9		X
Sharp-shinned hawk	X	X	X	X							11/2	X
Cooper's hawk	X	X								10/1	X	X
Bald Eagle	X	X	X		X							12/12
Broad-winged Hawk											11/16
Red-tail Hawk	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Rough-legged Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin												12/4
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine Falcon		2/23			5/27						11/16	X
Ruffed Grouse
Wild Turkey						6/16			9/26
American Coot
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
American Oystercatcher
American Woodcock
Short-billed Dowitcher
Greater Yellowlegs				4/1	X
Lesser Yellowlegs				4/29	X
Solitary Sandpiper					5/9
Spotted Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper								8/29	X
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper					5/6		X	X		X
White-rumped Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Iceland Gull
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	1/6	X							9/28			12/9
Laughing Gull							7/19	X	X
Bonaparte's Gull	1/30
Caspian Tern
Common Tern							7/31
Least 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
Great Horned Owl		2/3	X	X		X		X
Common Nighthawk					5/23
Chimney Swift				4/26	X	X	X	X
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird						6/10	X	X	X
Belted Kingfisher	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	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		2/8	X							10/3
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
Eastern Wood-Pewee					5/23	X	X	X
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe			3/25
Great Crested Flycatcher					5/1	X	X	X
Eastern Kingbird					5/2	X	X	X
White-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo					5/4					10/7
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo					5/1	X		X
Red-eyed Vireo									9/28
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					12/4
Horned lark		2/10	X
Tree Swallow			3/25	X	X	X	X	X
No. Rough-winged Swallow				4/11	X	X	X	X
Cliff Swallow
Bank Swallow					5/19
Barn Swallow				4/25	X	X	X	X
Carolina Chickadee	1/25	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	1/1			4/18
White-breasted Nuthatch	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Brown Creeper	X	X	X	4/2						10/4		X
Carolina Wren	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
House Wren				4/23	X	X	X	X	X	X
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet	1/16		X		X					10/20	X
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	1/20	X		X						10/3	X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher				4/14	X		X	X
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush		2/15							9/17	X
Wood Thrush					5/25	X	X
American Robin	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Gray Catbird				4/23	X	X	X	X	X
Northern Mockingbird	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Brown Thrasher
European Starling	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
American Pipit		2/23
Cedar Waxwing					5/24	X				X	X
Blue-winged Warbler
Nashville Warbler										10/5
Northern Parula					5/15				9/20
Yellow Warbler					5/1	X	X	X	X
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Blk-throat. Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler	X	X	X	X	X					10/7	X
Blk-throat. Green Warbler									9/11	X
Blackburnian Warbler
Pine Warbler				4/3
Palm Warbler				4/14
Blackpoll Warbler
Black & white Warbler								8/21
American Redstart					5/19				9/22
Prothonotary Warbler						6/1
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat					5/2
Hooded Warbler
Canada Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Scarlet Tanager
Summer Tanager									9/11
Eastern Towhee				4/12
Amer. Tree Sparrow	1/2	X	X
Chipping Sparrow				4/11	X	X	X				11/3
Field Sparrow				4/12
Savannah Sparrow		2/23		X	X
Fox Sparrow			3/14
Song Sparrow	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Lincoln's Sparrow									9/30
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow	X	X	X	X	X				9/30	X	X	X
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco	X	X	X	4/15						10/21	X	X
Northern Cardinal	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak					5/14
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel
Red-winged Blackbird	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle	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	X
Orchard Oriole						6/1
Baltimore Oriole					5/1	X	X	X	X
Purple Finch											11/11
House Finch	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin												12/31
Amer. Goldfinch	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
House Sparrow	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X

Bar-headed Goose
Egyptian Goose	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X

# of species	60	63	59	66	73	62	60	57	55	58	56	57