Bird Sightings 2011

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

2011	J	F	M	A	My	Jn	Jy	Au	S	O	N	D
Red-throated Loon
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe				4/5							11/25
Horned Grebe			3/1
Double-crest. Cormorant	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Great Cormorant	1/4	X	X	X
Great Blue Heron	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Great Egret				4/7	X	X	X	X	X	X
Little Blue Heron
Snowy Egret								8/16	X
Cattle Egret
Green Heron				4/19	X
Blk-crowned Night Heron				4/10	X				9/23
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Glossy Ibis				4/12
Black Vulture		X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X
Turkey Vulture	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Mute Swan	1/8	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X
Snow Goose	X	X	X	X		X						12/27
Cackling Goose	1/8
Canada Goose	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Brant
Wood Duck		2/17										12/26
American Wigeon		2/27
Gadwall
Green-winged Teal		2/23		X						10/11
Mallard	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
American Black Duck	X	X							9/30	X	X
Northern Pintail										10/30
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck	1/2	X	X	X
Greater Scaup	1/8		X
Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter
Common Goldeneye	X	X	X	X							11/17	X
Bufflehead	X	X	X	X							11/11	X
Hooded Merganser		X
Red-breasted Merganser
Common Merganser	X	X	X	X						10/31	X	X
Ruddy Duck
Osprey				4/12	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Northern Harrier	1/14		X
Sharp-shinned Hawk	X	X	X						9/16	X	X	X
Cooper's Hawk	X	X		X					9/18	X	X	X
Northern Goshawk
Bald Eagle	1/6	X			5/6			8/28	X	X	X	X
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk				4/14					9/16
Red-tailed Hawk	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X
Rough-legged Hawk			3/18
American Kestrel				4/7
Merlin	1/13		3/22
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine Falcon	X	X		X		X		X		X		X
Ruffed Grouse
Wild Turkey	1/7			4/8						10/25		X
American Coot			3/13							10/20
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
American Oystercatcher
American Woodcock
Wilson's Snipe			3/24
Short-billed Dowitcher
Greater Yellowlegs				4/25	X
Lesser Yellowlegs								8/16	X	X
Solitary Sandpiper					5/6			8/14	X
Spotted Sandpiper				4/25	X	X		X	X	X
Semipalmated Sandpiper								8/13	X
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper					5/12		X	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			3/5	X								12/30
Laughing Gull	1/8							8/14	X	X	X
Bonaparte's Gull
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
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
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Eastern Screech-Owl		2/20
Great Horned Owl
Common Nighthawk									9/8
Chimney Swift				4/23	X	X	X	X	X	X
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird								8/25	X
Belted Kingfisher	X	X	X	X	X				9/11	X	X	X
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker		2/20								10/13	X	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
Eastern Wood-Pewee					5/21	X			9/16
Least Flycatcher										10/2
Eastern Phoebe				4/8						10/5	X
Great Crested Flycatcher				4/20	X	X	X		X
Eastern Kingbird				4/25	X	X	X	X	X
White-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo				4/11						10/21
Yellow-throated Vireo
Warbling Vireo				4/25	X	X	X		X
Red-eyed Vireo					5/5		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				4/17	X
Horned Lark
Purple Martin					5/6
Tree Swallow				4/6	X	X	X	X	X
No. Rough-winged Swallow				4/7	X	X	X	X
Cliff Swallow					5/16	X	X	X
Bank Swallow				4/27	X
Barn Swallow				4/7	X	X	X	X
Carolina Chickadee
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	X	X	X	X	X	X
Brown Creeper										10/18
Carolina Wren	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
House Wren				4/24	X	X	X	X
Winter Wren											11/8
Golden-crowned Kinglet		2/9								10/6	X
Ruby-crowned Kinglet				4/10	X					10/5	X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher				4/19	X	X			9/16	X
Eastern Bluebird						6/4	X			10/22
Veery					5/11
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush										10/31
Wood Thrush				4/26	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
Northern Mockingbird	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Brown Thrasher				4/26	X				9/16
European Starling	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
American Pipit
Cedar Waxwing				4/14	X	X				10/24	X
Blue-winged Warbler					5/11
Tennessee Warbler									9/16	X
Nashville Warbler					5/11					10/2
Northern Parula				4/11	X				9/16
Yellow Warbler				4/24	X	X
Chestnut-sided Warbler					5/9
Magnolia Warbler					5/11				9/16	X
Blk-throat. Blue Warbler					5/11				9/10	X
Yellow-rumped Warbler				4/11	X					10/5	X	X
Blk-throat. Green Warbler				4/21	X				9/16	X
Blackburnian Warbler					5/24				9/16
Pine Warbler			3/20	X
Prairie Warbler										10/2
Palm Warbler				4/10						10/5
Bay-breasted Warbler					5/12
Blackpoll Warbler					5/5
Black & white Warbler				4/20	X				9/6	X
American Redstart					5/11			8/23	X
Prothonotary Warbler					5/10
Worm-eating Warbler					5/11
Ovenbird				4/26	X				9/16
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush									9/2
Common Yellowthroat				4/27	X	X			9/14	X
Hooded Warbler
Canada Warbler										10/2
Yellow-breasted Chat
Scarlet Tanager					5/6				9/16
Summer Tanager
Eastern Towhee				4/15	X					10/21
Amer. Tree Sparrow	1/8	X
Chipping Sparrow				4/6	X	X			9/5	X	X
Field Sparrow				4/11						10/22	X
Savannah Sparrow				4/11	X					10/7
Grasshopper Sparrow				4/27
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow				4/12						10/7	X
White-throated Sparrow	X	X	X	X	X					10/2	X	X
White-crowned Sparrow		2/20
Dark-eyed Junco	X	X	X	X						10/18	X	X
Northern Cardinal	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak				4/20	X
Indigo Bunting					5/11
Dickcissel
Red-winged Blackbird	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Eastern Meadowlark
Rusty Blackbird			3/5	X
Common Grackle	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Brown-headed Cowbird		2/6	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Orchard Oriole				4/26	X	X
Baltimore Oriole				4/24	X	X	X	X
Purple Finch				4/25
House Finch	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Common Redpoll		2/15
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			3/13		X		X

# of species	55	60	57	98	95	59	53	55	77	83	57	49