Bird Sightings 2016

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

2016	J	F	M	Ap	My	Jn	Jy	Au	S	O	N	D
Greater White-fronted Goose												12/1
Snow Goose	1/15
Brant
Cackling Goose	1/6	X
Canada Goose	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Mute Swan
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck												12/12
Gadwall												12/30
American Wigeon										10/25	X	X
American Black Duck	X	X		X							11/17	X
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	1/20
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Surf Scoter
Bufflehead	X	X	X								11/21	X
Common Goldeneye	X	X										12/26
Hooded Merganser	X	X	X								11/10	X
Common Merganser	X	X	X	X	X				9/6		X	X
Red-breasted Merganser		2/13
Ruddy Duck
Ruffed Grouse
Wild Turkey	X			4/8	X		X
Red-throated Loon		2/22
Common Loon
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Double-crested Cormorant	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Great Cormorant		2/18	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Great Blue Heron	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Great Egret				4/26	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Snowy Egret							7/20	X
Little Blue Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron				4/19	X
Blk-crowned Night Heron
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Glossy Ibis					5/9
Black Vulture			3/23	X	X	X	X	X		X		X
Turkey Vulture	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Osprey		2/20	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Bald Eagle	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Northern Harrier			3/15
Sharp-shinned Hawk	X	X	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X
Cooper's Hawk	X	X		X					9/7	X	X	X
Northern Goshawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk								8/20
Red-tailed Hawk	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Rough-legged Hawk
American Coot
American Oystercatcher
Semipalmated Plover
Killdeer	1/20	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Spotted Sandpiper				4/29	X				9/22
Solitary Sandpiper					5/5
Greater Yellowlegs				4/21	X				9/2
Lesser Yellowlegs				4/5	X
Least Sandpiper					5/9		X	X
White-rumped Sandpiper
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper					5/12			8/30
Western Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe			3/23
American Woodcock		2/20	X
Bonaparte's Gull
Laughing Gull					5/30			8/16	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	1/20		X
Great Black-backed Gull	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Least Tern
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Forster's 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					5/9	X
Black-billed Cuckoo
Eastern Screech-Owl					5/14				9/15
Great Horned Owl									9/15
Barred Owl
Common Nighthawk								8/30
Chimney Swift				4/22	X	X	X	X	X	X
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird					5/9		X	X
Belted Kingfisher		X	X	X		X			9/18	X	X	X
Red-headed Woodpecker									9/26			12/7
Red-bellied Woodpecker	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker				4/2	X					10/7		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
American Kestrel
Merlin	X	X								10/13
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine Falcon	X	X			5/5	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Eastern Wood-Pewee					5/19	X	X	X	X
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher						6/7		X	X
Least Flycatcher
Eastern Phoebe			3/17						9/22	X
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher					5/8	X	X	X	X
Eastern Kingbird					5/8	X	X	X
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo					5/7					10/17
Warbling Vireo				4/15	X	X	X	X	X
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo					5/10	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							9/6	X	X	X
Horned Lark
Purple Martin
Tree Swallow			3/16	X	X	X	X		X
No. Rough-winged Swallow				4/13	X	X	X
Bank Swallow				4/29	X
Cliff Swallow					5/14	X
Barn Swallow				4/29	X	X	X	X	X
Carolina Chickadee	X	X	X	X	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									9/10	X	X	X
White-breasted Nuthatch	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Brown Creeper		2/25	X							10/18	X	X
House Wren	1/1			4/20	X	X	X	X	X	X
Winter Wren										10/4	X	X
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren										10/14
Carolina Wren	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher				4/13	X	X		X
Golden-crowned Kinglet										10/14	X	X
Ruby-crowned Kinglet			3/31	X						10/6	X
Eastern Bluebird								8/20		X
Veery					5/5
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush					5/19
Hermit Thrush		2/18								10/25	X
Wood Thrush					5/13	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
Brown Thrasher									9/13
Northern Mockingbird	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
European Starling	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
American Pipit
Cedar Waxwing		X			5/10	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Ovenbird					5/10			8/20
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush					5/10
Blue-winged Warbler
Black & white Warbler					5/8			8/20	X
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler										10/13
Common Yellowthroat					5/5	X	X	X	X	X
Hooded Warbler								8/23
American Redstart					5/5			8/18	X	X
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Northern Parula					5/9				9/21	X
Magnolia Warbler					5/17				9/7
Bay-breasted Warbler									9/23
Blackburnian Warbler								8/23
Yellow Warbler				4/28	X	X	X	X	X
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler					5/4				9/23	X
Blk-throat. Blue Warbler					5/12					10/11
Palm Warbler				4/8	X					10/17	X
Pine Warbler										10/10
Yellow-rumped Warbler	X			4/10	X					10/4	X
Prairie Warbler					5/20	X
Blk-throat. Green Warbler					5/9				9/22
Canada Warbler					5/17
Wilson's Warbler
Yellow-breasted Chat
Eastern Towhee					5/12	X		X			11/5
Amer. Tree Sparrow				4/19								12/30
Chipping Sparrow				4/6	X	X	X			10/13	X
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow										10/10
Lark Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow	X		X	X	X					10/6
Grasshopper Sparrow
Fox Sparrow	1/7
Song Sparrow	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Lincoln's Sparrow										10/25
Swamp Sparrow				4/13	X					10/6	X	X
White-throated Sparrow	X	X	X	X	X					10/4	X	X
White-crowned Sparrow										10/25
Dark-eyed Junco	X	X	X	X						10/7	X	X
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager						6/15
Northern Cardinal	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak				4/28	X			8/16
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting				4/29	X	X	X	X	X
Dickcissel
Bobolink					5/19
Red-winged Blackbird	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Eastern Meadowlark
Rusty Blackbird										10/10
Common Grackle	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Brown-headed Cowbird	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole					5/2	X	X	X
House Finch	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X
Purple Finch			3/31							10/26	X
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin										10/25
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	57	58	56	72	99	67	63	73	75	83	63	61