Bird Sightings 2013  (See also Birds 2001 • Birds 2002 • Birds 2003 • Birds 2004 • Birds 2005 • Birds 2006
• CBC 2006 • Birds 2007• Birds 2008• Birds 2009 • Birds 2010 • Birds 2011 • Birds 2012 • Birds 2013)
(Highland Park Area, Primarily Donaldson and Johnson Parks)
by Joanne Williams

2013 J F M A My
Greater White-fronted Goose   3/20  
Snow Goose  X X  
Brant     
Cackling Goose  2/17   
Canada Goose X X X X X
Mute Swan X  X X X
Wood Duck     
Gadwall     
American Wigeon     
American Black Duck X X X  
Mallard X X X X X
Blue-winged Teal     
Northern Shoveler     
Northern Pintail     
Green-winged Teal     
Canvasback     
Redhead     
Ring-necked Duck 1/13  X  
Greater Scaup 1/16 X X  
Lesser Scaup   3/3  
Surf Scoter      
Bufflehead X X X  
Common Goldeneye X X   
Hooded Merganser  X X  X
Common Merganser X X X X 
Red-breasted Merganser   3/2 X 
Ruddy Duck  2/2   
Ruffed Grouse     
Wild Turkey X X  X 
Red-throated Loon 1/5 X X X 
Common Loon     5/23
Pied-billed Grebe  X X X 
Horned Grebe     
Double-crest. Cormorant X X X X X
Great Cormorant X X X X X
Great Blue Heron X X X X X
Great Egret   3/31 X X
Snowy Egret     
Little Blue Heron     
Cattle Egret     
Green Heron    4/25 X
Blk-crowned Night Heron    4/25 
Yellow-crowned Night Heron     
Glossy Ibis     
Black Vulture X X X X X
Turkey Vulture X X X X X
Osprey   3/29 X X
Bald Eagle  X X X  
Northern Harrier     
Sharp-shinned Hawk X X X X 
Cooper's Hawk X X X  
Northern Goshawk     
Red-shouldered Hawk     
Broad-winged Hawk    4/20 
Red-tailed Hawk X X X X X
Rough-legged Hawk     
American Kestrel     
Merlin     
Gyrfalcon     
Peregrine Falcon X X   5/6
American Coot     
Semipalmated Plover     
Killdeer X X X X X
American Oystercatcher     
Spotted Sandpiper     5/14
Solitary Sandpiper    4/25 X
Greater Yellowlegs    4/9 
Lesser Yellowlegs    4/28 
Semipalmated Sandpiper     
Western Sandpiper     
Least Sandpiper     5/14
White-rumped Sandpiper     
Buff-breasted Sandpiper     
Short-billed Dowitcher     
Wilson's Snipe     
American Woodcock      
Bonaparte's Gull   3/31 X 
Laughing Gull     
Ring-billed Gull X X X X X
Herring Gull X X X X X
Iceland Gull     
Lesser Black-backed Gull X X   
Great Black-backed Gull X X X X X
Least Tern     
Caspian Tern     
Common Tern     
Black Skimmer     
Rock Pigeon X X X X X
Mourning Dove X X X X X
Yellow-billed Cuckoo     5/16
Black-billed Cuckoo     
Eastern Screech-Owl     
Great Horned Owl  X    
Barred Owl     
Common Nighthawk     
Chimney Swift     4/13 X
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird     
Belted Kingfisher X X X X X
Red-headed Woodpecker     
Red-bellied Woodpecker X X X X X
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker   3/24 X 
Downy Woodpecker X X X X X
Hairy Woodpecker X X X X X
Northern Flicker X X  X X
Pileated Woodpecker     
Eastern Wood-Pewee     5/17
Willow Flycatcher     5/22
Least Flycatcher    4/27 
Eastern Phoebe    4/8 
Great Crested Flycatcher     5/4
Eastern Kingbird    4/27 X
White-eyed Vireo     
Yellow-throated Vireo     
Blue-headed Vireo    4/26 
Warbling Vireo    4/25 X
Red-eyed Vireo     5/10
Blue Jay X X X X X
American Crow X X X X X
Fish Crow X X X X X
Common Raven  X  X 
Horned Lark     
Purple Martin     
Tree Swallow   3/3 X X
No. Rough-winged Swallow    4/1 X
Bank Swallow     5/14
Cliff Swallow    4/25 X
Barn Swallow    4/9 X
Carolina Chickadee  2/22 X X X
Blk-capped Chickadee X X X X X
Tufted Titmouse X X X X X
Red-breasted Nuthatch X X X X 
White-breasted Nuthatch X X X X X
Brown Creeper X X X  
Carolina Wren X X X X X
House Wren    4/21 X
Winter Wren   3/8  
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher    4/18 X
Golden-crowned Kinglet  X X X 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1/22   4/12 
Eastern Bluebird    4/25 X
Veery     
Swainson's Thrush     5/16
Hermit Thrush    4/18 
Wood Thrush     5/9
American Robin X X X X X
Gray Catbird    4/28 X
Northern Mockingbird X X X X X
Brown Thrasher     
European Starling X X X X X
American Pipit      
Cedar Waxwing     5/16
Ovenbird    4/12 X
Worm-eating Warbler     5/16
Louisiana Waterthrush     
Northern Waterthrush     
Blue-winged Warbler     5/16
Black & white Warbler    4/21 X
Prothonotary Warbler     5/4
Tennessee Warbler     
Nashville Warbler     
Common Yellowthroat     5/10
Hooded Warbler     
American Redstart     5/16
Northern Parula     5/10
Magnolia Warbler     5/14
Bay-breasted Warbler     
Blackburnian Warbler     5/16
Yellow Warbler    4/10 X
Chestnut-sided Warbler     5/16
Blackpoll Warbler     5/10
Blk-throat. Blue Warbler     5/10
Palm Warbler    4/9 
Pine Warbler    4/1 
Yellow-rumped Warbler   3/2 X X
Prairie Warbler     
Blk-throat. Green Warbler     5/10
Canada Warbler     
Yellow-breasted Chat     
Eastern Towhee    4/15 X
Amer. Tree Sparrow  X  X 
Chipping Sparrow    4/8 X
Field Sparrow    4/18 
Savannah Sparrow    4/9 X
Grasshopper Sparrow     
Fox Sparrow    4/11 
Song Sparrow X X X X X
Lincoln's Sparrow     
Swamp Sparrow    4/1 
White-throated Sparrow X X X X X
White-crowned Sparrow     
Dark-eyed Junco X X X X 
Summer Tanager     
Scarlet Tanager     5/16
Northern Cardinal X X X X X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak     5/15
Indigo Bunting     5/16
Dickcissel     
Red-winged Blackbird X X X X X
Eastern Meadowlark     
Rusty Blackbird      
Common Grackle  2/15 X X X
Brown-headed Cowbird  2/24 X X X
Orchard Oriole     5/30
Baltimore Oriole     5/4
Purple Finch     
House Finch X X X X X
Common Redpoll     
Pine Siskin     
Amer. Goldfinch X X X X X
Evening Grosbeak     
House Sparrow X X X X X
     
Bar-headed Goose     
Egyptian Goose     
     
# of species 55 62 65 89 93

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