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

2002 J F M A M J J A S O N D
Red-throated Loon            
Common Loon            
Pied-billed Grebe X X         11/28 X
Double-crest. Cormorant X X X X X X X X X X X X
Great Cormorant X X X        11/7 X
Great Blue Heron X X X X X X X X X X X X
Great Egret   3/29 X X X X X X 10/27  
Snowy Egret       7/18 X X X  
Little Blue Heron        8/21    
Green Heron    4/26 ?X   8/18 X   
Blk-crowned Night Heron    4/3 X X  X 9/27   
Black Vulture    X        
Turkey Vulture X X X X X X X X X X X X
Mute Swan X   4/11        
Snow Goose      X X X    
Canada Goose X X X X X X X X X X X X
Wood Duck   ? 4/13     9/2   
American Wigeon            12/16
Gadwall 1/5           
Green-winged Teal            
Mallard X X X X X X X X X X X X
American Black Duck X X X X       X X
Northern Pintail            
Blue-winged Teal    4/7        
Northern Shoveler 1/26 X          
Canvasback            
Redhead            
Ring-necked Duck X  X         
Greater Scaup            
Surf Scoter            11/16 
Common Goldeneye 1/12           12/29
Bufflehead X  X       10/27 X 
Hooded Merganser  2/15          
Red-breasted Merganser  2/8 X         
Common Merganser X X X X        12/4
Ruddy Duck           11/1 
Osprey    4/27    8/19 X X  
Northern Harrier X  X   ?      
Sharp-shinned hawk X X X        X X
Cooper's hawk X X X      ?9/1  X 
Bald Eagle    3/29         
Broad-winged Hawk            
Red-tail Hawk X X X X X X X X X X X X
Rough-legged Hawk            
American Kestrel            
Merlin            
Peregrine Falcon            
Wild Turkey   X     X   X 
American Coot            
Semipalmated Plover            
Killdeer X X X X X X X X X X  
American Woodcock             
Short-billed Dowitcher            
Greater Yellowlegs    4/26 X   8/18   X 
Lesser Yellowlegs    4/20 X   8/18   X 
Solitary Sandpiper    4/30 X       
Spotted Sandpiper     5/11    9/18 ?X  
Semipalmated Sandpiper        8/4 X   
Western Sandpiper       ?7/26     
Least Sandpiper        8/3 X X  
White-rumped Sandpiper            
Buff-breasted Sandpiper            
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   3/2         
Laughing Gull    4/4   7/18 X X X  
Bonaparte's Gull            
Caspian Tern        8/18    
Least Tern        8/17    
Rock Dove (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
Great Horned Owl   2/18 X         
Common Nighthawk            
Chimney Swift     4/27 X X   9/2   
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird            
Belted Kingfisher X X X X X X X X X X X X
Red-headed Woodpecker           11/9 X
Red-bellied Woodpecker X X X X X X   X X X X
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker X X X X      10/20 X X
Downy Woodpecker X X X X X X  X X X X X
Hairy Woodpecker  X        X  
Northern Flicker X X X X X X X X X X X X
Eastern Wood-Pewee     5/26       
Least Flycatcher            
Eastern Phoebe   3/25      9/13 X  
Great Crested Flycatcher     5/27 X      
Eastern Kingbird     5/4 X X 8/5    
White-eyed Vireo      ?6/26      
Blue-headed Vireo    4/27     9/29   
Yellow-throated Vireo            
Warbling Vireo    4/26 X X  X    
Red-eyed Vireo            
Blue jay 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
Tree Swallow   3/24 X X  X     
No. Rough-winged Swallow   3/28 X X X X 8/6    
Cliff Swallow            
Barn Swallow    4/12 X   X    
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
Red-breasted Nuthatch            
White-breasted Nuthatch X X X X      10/9 X X
Brown Creeper X X X        11/9 
Carolina Wren  X X X X X   X X X X
House Wren     5/30       
Winter Wren            
Golden-crowned Kinglet X  X         X
Ruby-crowned Kinglet  X X  ?     10/27 X 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher            
Eastern Bluebird         9/29  11/14 
Veery            
Swainson's Thrush            
Hermit Thrush            
Wood Thrush      ?6/20      
American Robin X X X X X X X X X X X X
Gray Catbird    4/26 X X X X 9/30   
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             
Cedar Waxwing     5/25       12/1
Nashville Warbler            
Northern Parula     5/27 ?      
Yellow Warbler    4/27 X ?      
Chestnut-sided Warbler            
Magnolia Warbler            
Blk-throat. Blue Warbler            
Yellow-rumped Warbler X X X X      10/9 X X
Blk-throat. Green Warbler            
Blackburnian Warbler            
Pine Warbler    4/7     9/29   
Palm Warbler    4/8        
Blackpoll Warbler            
Black & white Warbler     ?5/25    9/25   
American Redstart            
Prothonotary Warbler     5/26       
Northern Waterthrush            
Common Yellowthroat    4/27 X X      
Canada Warbler     5/27       
Yellow-breasted Chat            
Scarlet Tanager            
Eastern Towhee            
Amer. Tree Sparrow           11/3 X
Chipping Sparrow    4/14 X X      
Field Sparrow  2/24  X        
Savannah Sparrow    4/28 X       
Fox Sparrow            12/25
Song Sparrow X X X X X X X X X X X X
Swamp sparrow    4/27        
White-throated Sparrow X X X X 5/11     10/27 X X
White-crowned Sparrow            
Dark-eyed Junco X X X 4/3      10/28 X X
Northern Cardinal X X X X X X  X X X X X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak     5/26       
Indigo Bunting     5/26       
Dickcissel            
Red-winged Blackbird  X X X X X X   X  
Rusty Blackbird             
Common Grackle X X X X X X X X X X X X
Brown-headed Cowbird   3/22 X X X X X    X
Orchard Oriole     ?5/23       
Baltimore Oriole    4/30 X X      
Purple Finch            
House Finch 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
House Sparrow X X X X X X X X X X X X
Bar-headed Goose            
Egyptian Goose     5/6 X    10/30 X 

This list is in "checklist" order, the standard birder's order for grouping similar birds together.

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