Bird Sightings 2002

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

2002	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe	X	X									11/28	X
Double-crest. Cormorant	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Great Cormorant	X	X	X								11/7	X
Great Blue Heron	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Great Egret			3/29	X	X	X	X	X	X	10/27
Snowy Egret							7/18	X	X	X
Little Blue Heron								8/21
Green Heron				4/26	?X			8/18	X
Blk-crowned Night Heron				4/3	X	X		X	9/27
Black Vulture				X
Turkey Vulture	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Mute Swan	X			4/11
Snow Goose						X	X	X
Canada Goose	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Wood Duck			?	4/13					9/2
American Wigeon												12/16
Gadwall	1/5
Green-winged Teal
Mallard	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
American Black Duck	X	X	X	X							X	X
Northern Pintail
Blue-winged Teal				4/7
Northern Shoveler	1/26	X
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck	X		X
Greater Scaup
Surf Scoter											11/16
Common Goldeneye	1/12											12/29
Bufflehead	X		X							10/27	X
Hooded Merganser		2/15
Red-breasted Merganser		2/8	X
Common Merganser	X	X	X	X								12/4
Ruddy Duck											11/1
Osprey				4/27				8/19	X	X
Northern Harrier	X		X			?
Sharp-shinned hawk	X	X	X								X	X
Cooper's hawk	X	X	X						?9/1		X
Bald Eagle			3/29
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tail Hawk	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Rough-legged Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin
Peregrine Falcon
Wild Turkey			X					X			X
American Coot
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
American Woodcock
Short-billed Dowitcher
Greater Yellowlegs				4/26	X			8/18			X
Lesser Yellowlegs				4/20	X			8/18			X
Solitary Sandpiper				4/30	X
Spotted Sandpiper					5/11				9/18	?X
Semipalmated Sandpiper								8/4	X
Western Sandpiper							?7/26
Least Sandpiper								8/3	X	X
White-rumped Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
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			3/2
Laughing Gull				4/4			7/18	X	X	X
Bonaparte's Gull
Caspian Tern								8/18
Least Tern								8/17
Rock Dove (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
Great Horned Owl		2/18	X
Common Nighthawk
Chimney Swift				4/27	X	X			9/2
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Red-headed Woodpecker											11/9	X
Red-bellied Woodpecker	X	X	X	X	X	X			X	X	X	X
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	X	X	X	X						10/20	X	X
Downy Woodpecker	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X
Hairy Woodpecker		X								X
Northern Flicker	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Eastern Wood-Pewee					5/26
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe			3/25						9/13	X
Great Crested Flycatcher					5/27	X
Eastern Kingbird					5/4	X	X	8/5
White-eyed Vireo						?6/26
Blue-headed Vireo				4/27					9/29
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo				4/26	X	X		X
Red-eyed Vireo
Blue jay	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
Tree Swallow			3/24	X	X		X
No. Rough-winged Swallow			3/28	X	X	X	X	8/6
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow				4/12	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
Red-breasted Nuthatch
White-breasted Nuthatch	X	X	X	X						10/9	X	X
Brown Creeper	X	X	X								11/9
Carolina Wren		X	X	X	X	X			X	X	X	X
House Wren					5/30
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet	X		X									X
Ruby-crowned Kinglet		X	X		?					10/27	X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Eastern Bluebird									9/29		11/14
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush						?6/20
American Robin	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Gray Catbird				4/26	X	X	X	X	9/30
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
Cedar Waxwing					5/25							12/1
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula					5/27	?
Yellow Warbler				4/27	X	?
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Blk-throat. Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler	X	X	X	X						10/9	X	X
Blk-throat. Green Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Pine Warbler				4/7					9/29
Palm Warbler				4/8
Blackpoll Warbler
Black & white Warbler					?5/25				9/25
American Redstart
Prothonotary Warbler					5/26
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat				4/27	X	X
Canada Warbler					5/27
Yellow-breasted Chat
Scarlet Tanager
Eastern Towhee
Amer. Tree Sparrow											11/3	X
Chipping Sparrow				4/14	X	X
Field Sparrow		2/24		X
Savannah Sparrow				4/28	X
Fox Sparrow												12/25
Song Sparrow	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Swamp sparrow				4/27
White-throated Sparrow	X	X	X	X	5/11					10/27	X	X
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco	X	X	X	4/3						10/28	X	X
Northern Cardinal	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak					5/26
Indigo Bunting					5/26
Dickcissel
Red-winged Blackbird		X	X	X	X	X	X			X
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Brown-headed Cowbird			3/22	X	X	X	X	X				X
Orchard Oriole					?5/23
Baltimore Oriole				4/30	X	X
Purple Finch
House Finch	X	X	X		X		X	X	X		X	X
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin
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					5/6	X				10/30	X