Bird Sightings 2013

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

2013	J	F	M	A	My	Jn	Jy	Au	S	O	N	D
Greater White-fronted Goose			3/20
Snow Goose		X	X
Brant
Cackling Goose		2/17										12/18
Canada Goose	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Mute Swan	X		X	X	X	X				10/1	X	X
Tundra Swan												12/18
Wood Duck									9/15	X	X	X
Gadwall
American Wigeon
American Black Duck	X	X	X								11/1	X
Mallard	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal									9/9
Canvasback												12/17
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck	1/13		X							10/31	X	X
Greater Scaup	1/16	X	X
Lesser Scaup			3/3									12/4
Surf Scoter
Bufflehead	X	X	X							10/31	X	X
Common Goldeneye	X	X									11/26	X
Hooded Merganser		X	X		X						11/24
Common Merganser	X	X	X	X				8/11			11/26	X
Red-breasted Merganser			3/2	X
Ruddy Duck		2/2										12/29
Ruffed Grouse
Wild Turkey	X	X		X				8/1			11/8
Red-throated Loon	1/5	X	X	X
Common Loon					5/23
Pied-billed Grebe		X	X	X
Horned Grebe										10/15
Double-crest. Cormorant	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Great Cormorant	X	X	X	X	X					10/3		X
Great Blue Heron	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Great Egret			3/31	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Snowy Egret
Little Blue Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron				4/25	X	X
Blk-crowned Night Heron				4/25		X
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Glossy Ibis
Black Vulture	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Turkey Vulture	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Osprey			3/29	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Bald Eagle	X	X	X			6/1	X	X	X	X	X	X
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk	X	X	X	X						10/9	X	X
Cooper's Hawk	X	X	X			6/4			9/9	X	X	X
Northern Goshawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk				4/20
Red-tailed Hawk	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Rough-legged Hawk
American Kestrel
Merlin									9/25
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine Falcon	X	X			5/6	X				10/16	X	X
American Coot											11/17	X
Semipalmated Plover								8/6
Killdeer	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X
American Oystercatcher
Spotted Sandpiper					5/14			8/11
Solitary Sandpiper				4/25	X
Greater Yellowlegs				4/9
Lesser Yellowlegs				4/28
Semipalmated Sandpiper								8/11
Western Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper					5/14			8/8	X
White-rumped Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
American Woodcock
Bonaparte's Gull			3/31	X							11/5
Laughing Gull								8/21	X
Ring-billed Gull	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
Great Black-backed Gull	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Least Tern								8/8
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Forster's Tern								8/5
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					5/16	X
Black-billed Cuckoo
Eastern Screech-Owl											11/8
Great Horned Owl	X									10/12	X
Barred Owl
Common Nighthawk
Chimney Swift				4/13	X	X	X	X		X
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird							7/3	X	X
Belted Kingfisher	X	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X
Red-headed Woodpecker								8/18
Red-bellied Woodpecker	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker			3/24	X					9/26	X	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
Pileated Woodpecker
Eastern Wood-Pewee					5/17	X	X			10/4
Willow Flycatcher					5/22	X	X
Least Flycatcher				4/27
Eastern Phoebe				4/8			7/16		X	X	X
Great Crested Flycatcher					5/4	X	X	X
Eastern Kingbird				4/27	X	X	X	X	X
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo				4/26						10/11
Warbling Vireo				4/25	X	X	X	X	X
Red-eyed Vireo					5/10	X	X	X	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		X		X							11/8	X
Horned Lark
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow			3/3	X	X	X	X	X
No. Rough-winged Swallow				4/1	X	X	X
Bank Swallow					5/14
Cliff Swallow				4/25	X	X
Barn Swallow				4/9	X	X	X	X
Carolina Chickadee		2/22	X	X	X	X	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	X	X	X	X				8/18			11/8
White-breasted Nuthatch	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Brown Creeper	X	X	X					8/18		X	X	X
Carolina Wren	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
House Wren				4/21	X	X	X	X	X	X
Winter Wren			3/8							10/4		X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher				4/18	X
Golden-crowned Kinglet		X	X	X						10/9	X	X
Ruby-crowned Kinglet	1/22			4/12					9/12	X	X	X
Eastern Bluebird				4/25	X					10/23
Veery
Swainson's Thrush					5/16
Hermit Thrush				4/18						10/11	X
Wood Thrush					5/9	X
American Robin	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Gray Catbird				4/28	X	X	X	X	X	X
Northern Mockingbird	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Brown Thrasher						6/16				10/16
European Starling	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
American Pipit
Cedar Waxwing					5/16	X			9/25	X	X	X
Ovenbird				4/12	X	X
Worm-eating Warbler					5/16	X
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Blue-winged Warbler					5/16
Black & white Warbler				4/21	X				9/18	X
Prothonotary Warbler					5/4
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Common Yellowthroat					5/10				9/1	X
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart					5/16			8/8	X	X
Cape May Warbler										10/4
Northern Parula					5/10	X			9/9	X
Magnolia Warbler					5/14				9/9	X
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler					5/16
Yellow Warbler				4/10	X	X	X	X	X	X
Chestnut-sided Warbler					5/16
Blackpoll Warbler					5/10	X				10/2
Blk-throat. Blue Warbler					5/10					10/9
Palm Warbler				4/9					9/25	X	X
Pine Warbler				4/1
Yellow-rumped Warbler			3/2	X	X				9/30	X	X	X
Prairie Warbler										10/4
Blk-throat. Green Warbler					5/10					10/9
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler									9/30	X
Yellow-breasted Chat
Eastern Towhee				4/15	X	X				10/11	X
Amer. Tree Sparrow		X		X							11/25
Chipping Sparrow				4/8	X	X	X		X	X	X
Clay-colored Sparrow												12/3
Field Sparrow				4/18						10/3	X
Savannah Sparrow				4/9	X				9/30	X	X
Grasshopper Sparrow
Fox Sparrow				4/11
Song Sparrow	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Lincoln's Sparrow										10/3
Swamp Sparrow				4/1					9/30	X	X
White-throated Sparrow	X	X	X	X	X		X		X	X	X	X
White-crowned Sparrow										10/2
Dark-eyed Junco	X	X	X	X						10/11	X	X
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager					5/16	X
Northern Cardinal	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak					5/15	X
Blue Grosbeak										10/7
Indigo Bunting					5/16	X	X		X	X
Dickcissel
Red-winged Blackbird	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Eastern Meadowlark
Rusty Blackbird											11/8
Common Grackle		2/15	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Brown-headed Cowbird		2/24	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Orchard Oriole					5/30	X
Baltimore Oriole					5/4	X	X	X	X
Purple Finch
House Finch	X	X	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
Evening Grosbeak
House Sparrow	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X

Bar-headed Goose
Egyptian Goose

# of species	55	62	65	89	93	73	58	63	69	88	73	64