Bird Sightings 2012

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

2012	J	F	M	A	My	Jn	Jy	Au	S	O	N	D
Greater White-fronted Goose	1/18											12/2
Snow Goose	X	X	X		X							12/18
Brant
Cackling Goose	1/5	X								10/30	X
Canada Goose	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Mute Swan		X	X	X							11/13
Wood Duck				4/17							11/25
Gadwall
American Wigeon
American Black Duck												12/30
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	1/7		X
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter
Bufflehead	X	X	X								11/17	X
Common Goldeneye	X	X									11/27	X
Hooded Merganser	1/8	X									11/30	X
Common Merganser	X	X	X	X								12/2
Red-breasted Merganser		2/19
Ruddy Duck											11/1
Ruffed Grouse
Wild Turkey							7/29	X		X		X
Red-throated Loon												12/6
Common Loon					5/6							12/11
Pied-billed Grebe											11/6	X
Horned Grebe				4/3
Double-crest. Cormorant	1/15	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Great Cormorant	1/10				5/29	X		X		X		X
Great Blue Heron	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Great Egret				4/10	X	X	X	X	X	X
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron									9/27
Blk-crowned Night Heron					5/23				9/3
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Glossy Ibis
Black Vulture	X	X		X	X	X	X			10/12		X
Turkey Vulture	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Osprey				4/6	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Bald Eagle	X	X	X	X		X			9/29	X	X	X
Northern Harrier										10/30		X
Sharp-shinned Hawk	X	X	X	X	X						11/11	X
Cooper's Hawk	X	X	X	X	X			8/28	X	X	X	X
Northern Goshawk
Red-shouldered Hawk		2/19
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X
Rough-legged Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin	1/6	X							9/10
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine Falcon	X	X			5/25	X			9/21	X	X	X
American Coot
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer		2/23	X	X	X		X		X		X	X
American Oystercatcher
Spotted Sandpiper				4/30	X		X
Solitary Sandpiper				4/28	X
Greater Yellowlegs					5/11			8/30	X		X
Lesser Yellowlegs				4/28					9/12
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper					5/10		X	X
White-rumped Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
American Woodcock		2/26									11/23
Bonaparte's Gull				4/11						10/15
Laughing Gull		2/11						8/15	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	X		X							10/5		X
Great Black-backed Gull	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Least Tern
Caspian Tern
Common 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
Black-billed Cuckoo
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl										10/26		X
Barred Owl											11/3
Common Nighthawk								8/25
Chimney Swift				4/17	X	X	X	X	X
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird					5/3	X			9/10
Belted Kingfisher	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	X	X							9/27	X	X
Downy Woodpecker	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Hairy Woodpecker	X	X	X	X	X	X			9/29	X	X	X
Northern Flicker	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Pileated Woodpecker								8/31			11/18
Eastern Wood-Pewee				4/14	X	X	X	X	X
Willow Flycatcher					5/24
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe					5/5	X			9/22	X
Great Crested Flycatcher					5/4	X	X	X
Eastern Kingbird				4/20	X	X	X	X
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo					5/1					10/7
Warbling Vireo				4/27	X	X		X
Red-eyed Vireo					5/1	X			9/20
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	X
Common Raven									9/13	X	X	X
Horned Lark
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow			3/24	X	X	X	X
No. Rough-winged Swallow			3/26	X	X	X	X
Bank Swallow				4/30
Cliff Swallow					5/11	X
Barn Swallow				4/11	X	X	X	X
Carolina Chickadee	1/7	X			5/6	X					11/16
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									9/15	X	X	X
White-breasted Nuthatch	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Brown Creeper	1/7	X	X							10/20	X	X
Carolina Wren	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
House Wren				4/20	X	X	X	X	X	X
Winter Wren											11/21
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher				4/30	X			8/8
Golden-crowned Kinglet			3/15							10/5	X	X
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	1/6	X			5/6				9/16	X
Eastern Bluebird
Veery
Swainson's Thrush					5/4
Hermit Thrush				4/14						10/8
Wood Thrush					5/13	X
American Robin	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Gray Catbird				4/20	X	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	1/6	X
Cedar Waxwing	1/7				5/7	X		X	X	X
Ovenbird					5/3
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush					5/6
Northern Waterthrush					5/6
Blue-winged Warbler
Black & white Warbler					5/2				9/15	X
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler									9/15
Common Yellowthroat					5/4	X			9/10
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart					5/4			8/14	X
Northern Parula					5/1				9/4	X
Magnolia Warbler					5/3				9/15	X
Bay-breasted Warbler					5/3
Blackburnian Warbler					5/3
Yellow Warbler				4/30	X		X	X		X
Chestnut-sided Warbler					5/6
Blackpoll Warbler					5/6
Blk-throat. Blue Warbler					5/4				9/26
Palm Warbler					5/6				9/10	X
Pine Warbler				4/7	X
Yellow-rumped Warbler	X	X	X	X	X					10/8	X
Prairie Warbler					5/6
Blk-throat. Green Warbler					5/3				9/29	X
Canada Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Eastern Towhee				4/6						10/15		X
Amer. Tree Sparrow											11/21	X
Chipping Sparrow				4/4	X	X				10/23		X
Field Sparrow											11/3
Savannah Sparrow				4/30	X				9/20	X
Grasshopper Sparrow
Fox Sparrow												12/2
Song Sparrow	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow					5/3				9/29	X
White-throated Sparrow	X	X	X	X	X				9/29	X	X	X
White-crowned Sparrow		2/19								10/5
Dark-eyed Junco	X	X	X	X						10/7	X	X
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager					5/6
Northern Cardinal	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak					5/3
Indigo Bunting					5/7			8/17
Dickcissel
Red-winged Blackbird	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Eastern Meadowlark
Rusty Blackbird		2/24								10/15
Common Grackle		2/8	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Brown-headed Cowbird		2/22	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Orchard Oriole					5/4		X
Baltimore Oriole					5/3	X	X	X
Purple Finch									9/29	X		X
House Finch	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Common Redpoll												12/2
Pine Siskin										10/8	X	X
Amer. Goldfinch	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Evening Grosbeak											11/8
House Sparrow	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X

Bar-headed Goose
Egyptian Goose

# of species	57	62	51	69	99	58	52	57	71	76	66	67