Bird Sightings 2003

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

2003	J	F	M	A	My	J	Jy	Au	S	O	N	D
Red-throated Loon			3/19	X	X
Common Loon			?3/29								11/10
Pied-billed Grebe			3/15							10/17		X
Horned Grebe				4/6
Double-crest. Cormorant			3/14	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Great Cormorant	X		3/16								11/30	X
Great Blue Heron	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Great Egret			3/26	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Snowy Egret				4/30	X	X		X	X	X	X
Little Blue Heron									9/18	X
Green Heron					5/25		X	X
Blk-crowned Night Heron			3/27	X	X	X	X	X	9/18
Glossy Ibis								8/7
Black Vulture		?2/19
Turkey Vulture	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Mute Swan							X
Snow Goose						6/3				10/25
Canada Goose	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Brant										10/31	X
Wood Duck			3/16	X		X
American Wigeon
Gadwall
Green-winged Teal
Mallard	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
American Black Duck												X
Northern Pintail
Blue-winged Teal			3/16
Northern Shoveler
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck			3/15
Greater Scaup					5/14	X
Surf Scoter
Common Goldeneye			3/16									12/28
Bufflehead
Hooded Merganser		2/19	X									12/28
Red-breasted Merganser			3/4	X								12/23
Common Merganser	X	X	X	X	X							12/19
Ruddy Duck			3/12
Osprey					5/25			8/23	X	X
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned hawk	X	X	X							X	X	X
Cooper's hawk		X	X	X
Bald Eagle										10/26	11/13
Broad-winged Hawk										X
Red-tail Hawk	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Rough-legged Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin									?9/19
Peregrine Falcon						?6/8				X
Wild Turkey					X
American Coot
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer		2/19	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
American Oystercatcher							X
American Woodcock
Short-billed Dowitcher
Greater Yellowlegs			3/29		X
Lesser Yellowlegs				4/6	X				X		X
Solitary Sandpiper							?
Spotted Sandpiper					5/14			8/27
Semipalmated Sandpiper								X	X
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper					5/14		?	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									9/26		?11/2
Laughing Gull			3/30		X		X	X	X	X
Bonaparte's Gull
Caspian Tern
Least Tern
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
Yellow-billed Cuckoo					5/25
Great Horned Owl				X	X
Common Nighthawk					5/17	X
Chimney Swift					5/25			X
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird
Belted Kingfisher	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			3/8	X								12/31
Downy Woodpecker	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X
Hairy Woodpecker									9/20
Northern Flicker	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Eastern Wood-Pewee					5/25			?8/28
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe			3/16	X	X					10/25
Great Crested Flycatcher					5/2
Eastern Kingbird					5/2	X	X	8/18
White-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo				4/30	X	X		X
Red-eyed Vireo					5/12
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
Tree Swallow				4/25	X	X
No. Rough-winged Swallow				4/6	X	X	X
Cliff Swallow						6/5
Barn Swallow					5/6	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
White-breasted Nuthatch			X	X	X			X			X	X
Brown Creeper											11/2
Carolina Wren		X	X	X	X			X	X	X		X
House Wren					X				?
Winter Wren
Golden-crowned Kinglet											11/1
Ruby-crowned Kinglet		2/28			X					10/18	X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher				4/20	X		X
Eastern Bluebird			3/23
Veery
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Wood Thrush					5/11
American Robin	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Gray Catbird					5/2	X	X	X	X	10/10
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					5/12
Nashville Warbler
Northern Parula					5/3	?			9/20
Yellow Warbler				4/27	X
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Magnolia Warbler									?9/20
Blk-throat. Blue Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler		2/19	X	X	X					10/11	X	X
Blk-throat. Green Warbler					5/11				9/28
Blackburnian Warbler					5/12
Pine Warbler				4/13
Palm Warbler				4/27
Blackpoll Warbler					5/12
Black & white Warbler					5/2
American Redstart
Prothonotary Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Common Yellowthroat					5/25				9/30
Canada Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Scarlet Tanager					5/11
Summer Tanager					5/11
Eastern Towhee
Amer. Tree Sparrow		?2/9	X
Chipping Sparrow			3/26	X	X	X				10/22
Field Sparrow			3/7							10/26
Savannah Sparrow				4/30	X
Fox Sparrow	X	X	3/14
Song Sparrow	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Swamp Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow	X	X	X	4/20						10/18	X	X
White-crowned Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco	X	X	X	X	5/12					10/23	X	X
Northern Cardinal	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak					5/25				9/20
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel
Red-winged Blackbird		X	X	X	X	X	X			X	X
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Brown-headed Cowbird			3/15	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Orchard Oriole					5/14
Baltimore Oriole					5/2	X
Purple Finch
House Finch	X	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			3/8	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X