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

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

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