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

2010 J F M A My Jn Jy
Red-throated Loon       
Common Loon       
Pied-billed Grebe       
Horned Grebe       
Double-crest. Cormorant X X X X X X X
Great Cormorant X X X X   
Great Blue Heron X X X X X X X
Great Egret    4/13 X X X
Little Blue Heron       
Snowy Egret       
Cattle Egret       
Green Heron       
Blk-crowned Night Heron    4/18 X X 
Yellow-crowned Night Heron       
Glossy Ibis       
Black Vulture X  X    
Turkey Vulture X X X X X X X
Mute Swan 1/19 X X X   
Snow Goose 1/14      
Cackling Goose       
Canada Goose X X X X X X X
Brant  2/1     
Wood Duck  2/19     
American Wigeon 1/23      
Gadwall       
Green-winged Teal       
Mallard X X X X X X X
American Black Duck   3/3    
Northern Pintail       
Blue-winged Teal       
Northern Shoveler       
Canvasback       
Redhead       
Ring-necked Duck 1/2 X     
Greater Scaup       
Lesser Scaup       
Surf Scoter        
Common Goldeneye X X X    
Bufflehead X X X    
Hooded Merganser X X X    
Red-breasted Merganser   3/18    
Common Merganser X X X X   
Ruddy Duck       
Osprey    4/11  X X
Northern Harrier  2/13     
Sharp-shinned hawk X X X  X  
Cooper's hawk X X X  X X 
Northern Goshawk  2/27     
Bald Eagle  X      7/6
Red-shouldered Hawk 1/21      
Broad-winged Hawk       
Red-tail Hawk X X X X X X X
Rough-legged Hawk       
American Kestrel       
Merlin 1/12      
Gyrfalcon       
Peregrine Falcon 1/1 X     
Ruffed Grouse       
Wild Turkey       
American Coot       
Semipalmated Plover       
Killdeer   3/2 X X X X
American Oystercatcher       
American Woodcock        
Short-billed Dowitcher       
Greater Yellowlegs       
Lesser Yellowlegs     5/18  
Solitary Sandpiper     5/8  
Spotted Sandpiper      6/14 
Semipalmated Sandpiper       
Western Sandpiper       
Least Sandpiper     5/10  X
White-rumped Sandpiper       
Buff-breasted Sandpiper       
Iceland Gull 1/1      
Ring-billed Gull X X X X X X X
Herring Gull X X X X X X X
Great Black-backed Gull X X X X X X X
Lesser Black-backed Gull  2/3 X    
Laughing Gull       7/13
Bonaparte's Gull       
Caspian Tern       
Common Tern       7/3
Least Tern       
Black Skimmer       
Rock Pigeon X X X X X X X
Mourning Dove X X X X X X X
Black-billed Cuckoo       7/14
Yellow-billed Cuckoo       
Great Horned Owl   2/15     
Common Nighthawk      6/7 
Chimney Swift      5/13 X X
Ruby-thr. Hummingbird     5/14 X X
Belted Kingfisher X X X X X  X
Red-headed Woodpecker       
Red-bellied Woodpecker X X X X X X X
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker X      
Downy Woodpecker X X X X X X X
Hairy Woodpecker X X X X X X X
Northern Flicker X X X X X X X
Pileated Woodpecker       
Eastern Wood-Pewee     5/27 X 
Least Flycatcher       
Eastern Phoebe   3/22    
Great Crested Flycatcher     5/1 X X
Eastern Kingbird     5/6 X X
White-eyed Vireo       
Blue-headed Vireo       
Yellow-throated Vireo       
Warbling Vireo     5/1 X X
Red-eyed Vireo       
Blue jay X X X X X X X
American Crow X X X X X X X
Fish Crow X X X X X X X
Horned lark       
Tree Swallow   3/22 X X X X
No. Rough-winged Swallow    4/10 X X X
Cliff Swallow     5/16 X X
Bank Swallow       
Barn Swallow    4/27 X X X
Carolina Chickadee 1/17 X     
Blk-capped Chickadee X X X X X X X
Tufted Titmouse X X X X X X X
Red-breasted Nuthatch       
White-breasted Nuthatch X X X X X X X
Brown Creeper       
Carolina Wren X X X X X X X
House Wren    4/22 X X X
Winter Wren       
Golden-crowned Kinglet    4/5   
Ruby-crowned Kinglet    4/4   
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher    4/18  X 
Eastern Bluebird       
Veery       
Swainson's Thrush       
Hermit Thrush       
Wood Thrush     5/2  
American Robin X X X X X X X
Gray Catbird  2/13  X X X X
Northern Mockingbird X X X X X X X
Brown Thrasher       
European Starling X X X X X X X
American Pipit        
Cedar Waxwing  2/14 X X X X X
Blue-winged Warbler       
Nashville Warbler       
Northern Parula       
Yellow Warbler     5/9 X X
Chestnut-sided Warbler       
Magnolia Warbler       
Blk-throat. Blue Warbler       
Yellow-rumped Warbler X X  X   
Blk-throat. Green Warbler       
Blackburnian Warbler       
Pine Warbler       
Prairie Warbler       
Palm Warbler    4/11  X 
Blackpoll Warbler     5/13  
Black & white Warbler       
American Redstart       
Prothonotary Warbler       
Ovenbird       
Northern Waterthrush       
Common Yellowthroat       
Hooded Warbler       
Canada Warbler       
Yellow-breasted Chat       
Scarlet Tanager       
Summer Tanager       
Eastern Towhee    4/7   
Amer. Tree Sparrow 1/21 X     
Chipping Sparrow   3/26 X X X X
Field Sparrow       
Savannah Sparrow     5/3  
Fox Sparrow       
Song Sparrow X X X X X X X
Lincoln's Sparrow       
Swamp Sparrow 1/10      
White-throated Sparrow X X X X   
White-crowned Sparrow       
Dark-eyed Junco X X X X   
Northern Cardinal X X X X X X X
Rose-breasted Grosbeak     5/15  
Indigo Bunting     5/15  
Dickcissel       
Red-winged Blackbird X X X X X X X
Eastern Meadowlark       
Rusty Blackbird        
Common Grackle X X X X X X X
Brown-headed Cowbird X  X X X X X
Orchard Oriole     5/13  
Baltimore Oriole     5/5 X X
Purple Finch       
House Finch X X X X X X X
Common Redpoll       
Pine Siskin 1/5 X     
Amer. Goldfinch X X X X X X X
House Sparrow X X X X X X X
       
Bar-headed Goose       
Egyptian Goose  X X    
       
# of species 59 58 54 56 64 58 57

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