Totals Cape May Bird Observatory - Springwatch (NJ) 2015 - 2024



 Species2015201620172018201920202021202220232024TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
1.Black-bellied Whistling Duck000015000060.705 (2020)
2.Pale-bellied Brent Goose01957016962643084352525827831873540701 (2017)
3.Canada Goose0256744523671861527571761690512298624879276407176 (2021)
4.Lesser Canada Goose0000075100131.407 (2020)
5.Snow Goose0395345636637451923273613228713190745 (2020)
6.goose sp.000000106070.806 (2023)
7.Eurasian White-fronted Goose000001000010.101 (2020)
8.Mute Swan0612878426410316018064 (2022)
9.Tundra/Trumpeter Swan000000001010.101 (2023)
10.Tundra Swan001401200010273014 (2017)
11.Wood Duck01395173716933255541746073 (2019)
12.Blue-winged Teal02251022028424.7020 (2022)
13.Shoveler00421124000323.6021 (2018)
14.Gadwall0034112213031667.3031 (2024)
15.American Wigeon09107313751215819015 (2024)
16.Mallard0296211644177211417519044 (2020)
17.Black Duck03404544543833426936841069 (2024)
18.Black Duck/Mallard000300010150.603 (2018)
19.Pintail04623102138224328104335370104 (2024)
20.dabbling duck sp.04000008014262.9014 (2024)
21.duck sp.000850011108311713085 (2018)
22.Green-winged Teal0101962315146122465320360146 (2021)
23.Canvasback000010010020.201 (2019)
24.Ring-necked Duck0020271121916596.6019 (2023)
25.Scaup0531240110512889.8051 (2023)
26.Lesser Scaup005132583225172014516032 (2021)
27.Aythya sp.00800001522364022 (2024)
28.Greater / Lesser Scaup00530152023394.3023 (2024)
29.King Eider000200000020.202 (2018)
30.Eider000621116000353.9016 (2021)
31.Harlequin Duck010000001130.301 (2016)
32.Surf Scoter067721137897839544848291301699585897651883249814816995 (2022)
33.White-winged Scoter07142842733301752826624690284 (2018)
34.Black Scoter091171249321364125927379755310360866412674102196113554421364 (2018)
35.scoter sp.0245894152957812131934396871086686476301529 (2018)
36.Surf/Black Scoter0205117842138807748163310322433194209742330011784 (2017)
37.Long-tailed Duck08316439405073330872714731473138115849176115073 (2019)
38.Bufflehead091315151310610829.1015 (2020)
39.Goldeneye02021031009103 (2021)
40.Hooded Merganser00417220204404.4022 (2020)
41.Goosander000182160018208 (2019)
42.Red-breasted Merganser05515181026107811831301162286515039647107211622 (2022)
43.Ruddy Duck001020000030.302 (2019)
44.Common Nighthawk000000112040.402 (2023)
45.Chimney Swift06143524228830982413766520831693520824 (2021)
46.Ruby-throated Hummingbird06202142236759824136140082 (2023)
47.Yellow-billed Cuckoo0011975401283.109 (2019)
48.Black-billed Cuckoo001230100070.803 (2019)
49.Rock Dove000000006060.706 (2023)
50.Feral Pigeon002300200070.803 (2018)
 Species2015201620172018201920202021202220232024TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
51.Collared Dove000100011140.401 (2018)
52.Mourning Dove005314532311556.1023 (2023)
53.White-winged Dove000000010010.101 (2022)
54.Mangrove Rail001000011030.301 (2017)
55.Sandhill Crane001000010130.301 (2017)
56.Red-necked Grebe000000010010.101 (2022)
57.Slavonian Grebe010148925557278734645656311101 (2016)
58.Black-necked Grebe000011000130.301 (2019)
59.Western/Clark's Grebe000000000110.101 (2024)
60.American Oystercatcher015841821251501729816611311051230182 (2018)
61.Oystercatcher000000000550.605 (2024)
62.American Golden Plover012220000180.902 (2017)
63.Grey Plover02346112753104996782629700127 (2019)
64.Semipalmated Plover05475796182665443839644096 (2019)
65.Killdeer00416318173177624169861100776 (2022)
66.Piping Plover021623161651851411513023 (2018)
67.Upland Sandpiper000000100010.101 (2021)
68.Whimbrel001000000010.101 (2017)
69.Hudsonian Whimbrel0211475930128918818224824916841870301 (2019)
70.Marbled Godwit001000000010.101 (2017)
71.Turnstone001033693102392481632397017411930369 (2018)
72.Knot061162134383141301221377015461720438 (2019)
73.Ruff000000010010.101 (2022)
74.wader sp.000000149276238102765850276 (2022)
75.small wader00000020987801377420209 (2021)
76.large wader0000001816312495.4018 (2021)
77.Stilt Sandpiper001401100070.804 (2018)
78.Sanderling04261022204112161125560879601285815590692041 (2018)
79.Dunlin03701105021636531324018628922382490502 (2018)
80.Purple Sandpiper07851073293228707641046185 (2017)
81.Least Sandpiper0510345527427861345113612711410455 (2018)
82.White-rumped Sandpiper0012320300111.203 (2019)
83.Pectoral Sandpiper0004438002212.308 (2021)
84.Semipalmated Sandpiper02522411224044554653668327541260102240 (2019)
85.Western Sandpiper002000000020.202 (2017)
86.Calidris sp.0014882101001332268300133 (2023)
87.Short-billed Dowitcher03845948490935859438787452546285140909 (2019)
88.dowitcher sp.0000020090111.209 (2023)
89.American Woodcock000010100020.201 (2019)
90.Wilson's Snipe001102010050.602 (2020)
91.Wilson's Phalarope000011100030.301 (2019)
92.Red-necked Phalarope00000601209106 (2020)
93.Spotted Sandpiper074232242524288519522042 (2017)
94.Solitary Sandpiper0171393101915229911022 (2024)
95.Lesser Yellowlegs01071826054134222233488540134 (2021)
96.Willet0074682158122657126057520702300575 (2024)
97.Willet (Eastern)0151776289713466137935025762860776 (2017)
98.Willet (Western)001011211070.802 (2021)
99.Tringa sp.000000000440.404 (2024)
100.Greater Yellowlegs01721031204483674869607670120 (2019)
 Species2015201620172018201920202021202220232024TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
101.Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs00002113070232.6013 (2021)
102.Black Skimmer068710125424729125423611015861760291 (2021)
103.Kittiwake000002010030.302 (2020)
104.Sabine's Gull000000000110.101 (2024)
105.Bonaparte's Gull07901286230464510607961978647168711193124402304 (2018)
106.Black-headed Gull0022202014131.404 (2024)
107.Little Gull0100030141101.104 (2023)
108.Laughing Gull08022696710292761953023947839531906659603936710010292 (2018)
109.Ring-billed Gull05464573595885095277726151610598366521610 (2024)
110.California Gull000000100010.101 (2021)
111.Great Black-backed Gull0213367191141166366281578190142044671201901 (2024)
112.Glaucous Gull000011030270.803 (2022)
113.Iceland Gull0325031126232.606 (2024)
114.Thayer's Gull000000000110.101 (2024)
115.Herring Gull09799361204151210671774192117445249163861821205249 (2024)
116.Lesser Black-backed Gull038641036516323848631766421382380664 (2024)
117.large gull sp.00010121150202.2015 (2023)
118.Gull-billed Tern0021474226283.107 (2020)
119.Caspian Tern002151354231168240270135 (2020)
120.Royal Tern02814375417106117310340117 (2024)
121.Least Tern0615419459018867123655914461610590 (2019)
122.Roseate Tern00104553186606.7031 (2022)
123.Common Tern0176529735531929755423725423952660554 (2022)
124.Arctic Tern00000325630465.1032 (2020)
125.Common/Arctic Tern0000114518130515.7018 (2022)
126.Forster's Tern042555768927511322194710327919722880302194 (2021)
127.sterna sp.0000068918309810.9068 (2020)
128.Black Tern01001000860252.8010 (2019)
129.tern/marsh tern sp.000000002020.202 (2023)
130.Pomarine Skua000003000030.303 (2020)
131.Arctic Skua01439505377618110073548610100 (2023)
132.skua sp.000000300030.303 (2021)
133.Little Auk001000000010.101 (2017)
134.Brünnich's Guillemot000110000020.201 (2018)
135.Razorbill013446285495335620690446 (2018)
136.Razorbill/Guillemot000010000010.101 (2019)
137.Red-throated Diver03991124522931272523924292641598001664761645684924416647 (2024)
138.Pacific Loon0012101311101.103 (2022)
139.Great Northern Diver05871215168921931386217513701351135813324148062193 (2019)
140.diver sp.000021103180.903 (2023)
141.Wilson's Storm-Petrel00204280371420213240142 (2023)
142.Cory's Shearwater000000001010.101 (2023)
143.Sooty Shearwater0004142133571451383430145 (2023)
144.large shearwater sp.000000010010.101 (2022)
145.Manx Shearwater000000020020.202 (2022)
146.Magnificent Frigatebird000000010010.101 (2022)
147.Gannet04021811136875204106909784374037393494460983603262813369793541111368 (2017)
148.Brown Booby011010000030.301 (2016)
149.Sulid sp.000100000010.101 (2018)
150.Anhinga000000008080.908 (2023)
 Species2015201620172018201920202021202220232024TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
151.Cormorant000000001010.101 (2023)
152.Cormorant (p. c. carbo)01210152381518261414116026 (2023)
153.Double-crested Cormorant011569174851723836938308983485938821304494099625925328806840996 (2024)
154.White Ibis00206123777027302981481053402981 (2024)
155.Glossy Ibis0498761333459179714218109121024801589101797 (2020)
156.White-faced Ibis000004100050.604 (2020)
157.American Bittern000010000010.101 (2019)
158.Night Heron002410000070.804 (2018)
159.Yellow-crowned Night Heron001010010030.301 (2017)
160.Green Heron00012914259281911613028 (2023)
161.Cattle Egret003332924127309 (2021)
162.Great Blue Heron07713118053126438526619365826852980658 (2024)
163.Great White Egret08816228135631023717616931520942330356 (2019)
164.heron sp.000000008080.908 (2023)
165.Tricolored Heron017122229191941312614029 (2020)
166.Little Blue Heron0044111137124566.2013 (2021)
167.Snowy Egret011519742436832943631721233027283030436 (2021)
168.Egretta sp.00008146070353.9014 (2020)
169.Brown Pelican0013188216612926547711790265 (2023)
170.Black Vulture0007403736262016618074 (2018)
171.Turkey Vulture01346111669830511132817712551390328 (2023)
172.Osprey0774877688111519219021510631189215 (2024)
173.Swallow-tailed Kite000100001680.906 (2024)
174.American Goshawk000000001010.101 (2023)
175.Sharp-shinned Hawk04615294587606.7015 (2018)
176.Cooper's Hawk0328445453384.208 (2018)
177.Northern Harrier0578563519312614216035 (2021)
178.Bald Eagle020313517536211391106528590113 (2022)
179.Mississippi Kite001016656283415618020065 (2019)
180.Red-shouldered Hawk00021313966404.4013 (2021)
181.Broad-winged Hawk0137404518184015461414460154 (2023)
182.Red-tailed Hawk0572418435039583928331058 (2023)
183.buzzard sp.000000100010.101 (2021)
184.Long-eared Owl000000100010.101 (2021)
185.Short-eared Owl000000100010.101 (2021)
186.Belted Kingfisher01267611753485.3011 (2021)
187.Red-headed Woodpecker004857133213453884411460134 (2021)
188.Red-bellied Woodpecker0055421593993280310159 (2021)
189.Yellow-bellied Sapsucker000010510180.905 (2021)
190.Downy Woodpecker001100021050.602 (2022)
191.Hairy Woodpecker0020312450171.905 (2023)
192.Northern Flicker000746322828432520923046 (2019)
193.Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)011639141111279210.2039 (2018)
194.Pileated Woodpecker000000011130.301 (2022)
195.woodpecker sp.000000101020.201 (2021)
196.American Kestrel08173718389622564233437096 (2021)
197.Merlin09403655352851516336841063 (2024)
198.Peregrine01248621054424.7010 (2022)
199.falcon sp.000000001010.101 (2023)
200.Eastern Phoebe004191513108134016228250108 (2021)
 Species2015201620172018201920202021202220232024TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
201.Eastern Wood Pewee000021031180.903 (2022)
202.Willow Flycatcher000001010020.201 (2020)
203.Empidonax sp.000000700070.807 (2021)
204.Western Kingbird000000010010.101 (2022)
205.Eastern Kingbird0830228765992429731132821633323700924 (2020)
206.Grey Kingbird000000010010.101 (2022)
207.Great Crested Flycatcher0030231438242.708 (2024)
208.Red-eyed Vireo0001213410121.304 (2022)
209.Warbling Vireo000020000020.202 (2019)
210.Blue-headed Vireo000001010020.201 (2020)
211.White-eyed Vireo00104002029104 (2019)
212.Blue Jay051351617654684963982115851760684 (2021)
213.American Crow000000004040.404 (2023)
214.Fish Crow0291231148485854108371410108 (2024)
215.Raven00001122321303.3021 (2024)
216.Cedar Waxwing01454650974115642421266224626573263701564 (2020)
217.Tufted Titmouse000110210270.802 (2021)
218.Black-capped Chickadee000000100010.101 (2021)
219.Shore Lark001023451042404.4010 (2017)
220.Sand Martin06788984841218271165780870165 (2024)
221.Tree Swallow021015471861268155855522016253719196102202201 (2022)
222.Northern Rough-winged Swallow044881641776613014311812210521170177 (2019)
223.Purple Martin0768230512328417818110612714621620305 (2018)
224.Swallow06862554699734136972607230283740388937351415016997 (2018)
225.Cliff Swallow072652931142733921641789317791980392 (2021)
226.Cave Swallow0051061100141.606 (2020)
227.swallow sp.0348705645132420523087 (2018)
228.Cliff/Cave Swallow0045165400252.806 (2020)
229.Ruby-crowned Kinglet01351226511364011 (2024)
230.Golden-/Ruby-crowned Kinglet000001000010.101 (2020)
231.Golden-crowned Kinglet00105215122278118141448500141 (2024)
232.Marsh Wren000101000020.201 (2018)
233.House Wren000100010350.603 (2024)
234.Blue-grey Gnatcatcher04612062712584342435006451669527258611669 (2024)
235.White-breasted Nuthatch000010102040.402 (2023)
236.Brown-headed Nuthatch00140010039104 (2018)
237.Red-breasted Nuthatch0010420040111.204 (2019)
238.Brown Creeper00004003115232.6011 (2023)
239.Grey Catbird0012210419202.209 (2024)
240.Northern Mockingbird00256159135465.1013 (2023)
241.Brown Thrasher0002101224121.304 (2024)
242.Starling010719515832634119819710314991670341 (2021)
243.Eastern Bluebird008784235153872533838087 (2023)
244.Wood Thrush000000000220.202 (2024)
245.Swainson's Thrush000000300030.303 (2021)
246.Hermit Thrush000300100260.703 (2018)
247.Catharus sp.000001000010.101 (2020)
248.Veery000001000010.101 (2020)
249.American Robin018745612995530583666444211714130225530 (2021)
250.flycatcher sp.000000111030.301 (2021)
 Species2015201620172018201920202021202220232024TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
251.sparrow sp.0022272010161.807 (2020)
252.House Sparrow001005362512525.8025 (2023)
253.Buff-bellied Pipit01131114112618112513014026 (2021)
254.Purple Finch000010102150.602 (2023)
255.House Finch00721028315627723764718818702080647 (2023)
256.Crossbill000000400260.704 (2021)
257.American Goldfinch018580426249354512494421231452566362901249 (2021)
258.Pine Siskin0210415006192.106 (2024)
259.Lapland Bunting000000000110.101 (2024)
260.Snow Bunting000100100130.301 (2018)
261.Lark Sparrow001002000030.302 (2020)
262.Chipping Sparrow02101047145047132521824050 (2021)
263.Field Sparrow001200000030.302 (2018)
264.Fox Sparrow (Red)000020001030.302 (2019)
265.Dark-eyed Junco0001221323812707.8023 (2021)
266.Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)0013000047151.707 (2024)
267.White-throated Sparrow00102111181252.8018 (2023)
268.Vesper Sparrow000001001020.201 (2020)
269.Seaside Sparrow000100000010.101 (2018)
270.Savannah Sparrow006115637223637023 (2024)
271.Savannah Sparrow (Ipswich)000000110130.301 (2021)
272.Song Sparrow000000410160.704 (2021)
273.Swamp Sparrow001200100040.402 (2018)
274.Eastern Towhee0003304207192.107 (2024)
275.Yellow-breasted Chat000000010010.101 (2022)
276.Yellow-headed Blackbird001000000010.101 (2017)
277.Bobolink013890115951939835485540115 (2019)
278.Eastern Meadowlark0117408104262.908 (2021)
279.Baltimore Oriole0153333028918333223726053 (2017)
280.Orchard Oriole0030416123122282146480530304 (2017)
281.Red-winged Blackbird0327917441009982154896711531135836192901548 (2021)
282.Brown-headed Cowbird0119954356625432201431330953671163422096245534313 (2021)
283.Rusty Blackbird02175511851410778.6017 (2017)
284.blackbird sp.00000010430444.9043 (2023)
285.Common Grackle02301194195825532544380011021296104915726174703800 (2021)
286.Common Grackle (Purple)070000000070.807 (2016)
287.Common Grackle (Bronzed)001601000080.906 (2018)
288.Boat-tailed Grackle02970381181061104970102692770118 (2019)
289.Ovenbird000001010130.301 (2020)
290.Worm-eating Warbler000110001030.301 (2018)
291.Northern Waterthrush00120101311192.1013 (2022)
292.Black-and-white Warbler01111532734374.1011 (2017)
293.Prothonotary Warbler000010120040.402 (2022)
294.Tennessee Warbler000002000130.302 (2020)
295.Orange-crowned Warbler000000000220.202 (2024)
296.Nashville Warbler000010100130.301 (2019)
297.Mourning Warbler000001000010.101 (2020)
298.Common Yellowthroat0050200224151.705 (2017)
299.Hooded Warbler000010000010.101 (2019)
300.American Redstart00142721042323.6010 (2022)
 Species2015201620172018201920202021202220232024TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
301.Cape May Warbler0015313219104309610.7030 (2024)
302.Cerulean Warbler000101000020.201 (2018)
303.Northern Parula002318306829281315517030 (2019)
304.Magnolia Warbler0005331320171.905 (2018)
305.Bay-breasted Warbler001000132180.903 (2022)
306.Blackburnian Warbler0024011220121.304 (2018)
307.American Yellow Warbler00246106104312758.3024 (2017)
308.Chestnut-sided Warbler000000001010.101 (2023)
309.Blackpoll Warbler002316241115274706592660470 (2023)
310.Bay-breasted/Blackpoll Warbler000000031040.403 (2022)
311.Black-throated Blue Warbler0015122112151.705 (2018)
312.Palm Warbler01201951183651411913036 (2022)
313.Palm Warbler (Yellow)00223527906189010027 (2020)
314.Palm Warbler (Western)000100100130.301 (2018)
315.Pine Warbler06101123153838314665811414671632658 (2023)
316.Myrtle Warbler00013363382871921068163718201068 (2024)
317.Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)08115743133671057122070703178124313 (2018)
318.Yellow-throated Warbler0022541767343.817 (2022)
319.Prairie Warbler0068324228353.908 (2018)
320.Black-throated Green Warbler000100113280.903 (2023)
321.Canada Warbler000001002030.302 (2023)
322.Wilson's Warbler000002003050.603 (2023)
323.Summer Tanager0001611331161.806 (2019)
324.Scarlet Tanager0035201101131.405 (2018)
325.Rose-breasted Grosbeak0086233713333.708 (2017)
326.Northern Cardinal001101000030.301 (2017)
327.Dickcissel0047582250333.708 (2020)
328.Blue Grosbeak00924076884547586551157092 (2017)
329.Indigo Bunting0336311931319616917419031118382040363 (2017)
330.Painted Bunting000001001020.201 (2020)
331.passerine sp.001100107160353.9016 (2023)
332.warbler sp. 001243251219754941777610681190325 (2018)
Other species
1.Harbour Porpoise01002012039103 (2024)
2.Bottle-Nosed Dolphin0474812068710876354491231760498355401231 (2023)
3.Humpback whale0151141003161.805 (2017)
4.Grey seal0002210018141.608 (2024)
5.Common Seal0001101133101.103 (2023)
6.bat sp.002000100030.302 (2017)
7.Eastern Red Bat000100000120.201 (2018)
Other species
1.Orange Sulphur 000000011020.201 (2022)
2.Monarch00108131243323.6012 (2022)
3.Variegated Fritillary001000000010.101 (2017)
4.Common Buckeye 0060700101151.707 (2019)
5.American Snout000020101260.702 (2019)
6.Red-spotted Purple000040004080.904 (2019)
7.Camberwell Beauty00001101130161.8011 (2022)
8.Eastern Tiger Swallowtail0020000152101.105 (2023)
9.Black Swallowtail00001001293252.8010 (2019)
10.Spicebush Swallowtail000010000120.201 (2019)
11.Small White0020200263151.706 (2023)
 Species2015201620172018201920202021202220232024TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
12.Question Mark/Eastern Comma00102511144283.1011 (2022)
13.Question Mark00000000012121.3012 (2024)
14.Red Admiral0000381279011112090 (2024)
15.Painted Lady000003000030.303 (2020)
16.American Lady001060107130145160130 (2024)
Other species
1.Common Green Darner01907220158535.9020 (2021)
2.Darner sp.000000101130.301 (2021)
3.Swamp Darner0010153032010169190153 (2019)
4.Twelve-spotted Skimmer000010000010.101 (2019)
5.Painted Skimmer000020000020.202 (2019)
6.Skimmer sp. (Libellula sp.)000000100010.101 (2021)
7.Blue Dasher000020000020.202 (2019)
8.Wandering Glider000120020050.602 (2019)
9.Spot-winged Glider00101876537124252280187 (2019)
10.Carolina Saddlebags000020000020.202 (2019)
11.Black Saddlebags00101300100151.7013 (2019)
12.Dragonfly unknown000001000010.101 (2020)
 Species2015201620172018201920202021202220232024TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
  Totals 09244621290218545221864218279815840421552714790317209315861671762411037  
  Observation hours 181:53241:07334:51349:30377:50430:45452:34507:18419:503,295:38366:11  


 
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