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



 Species2015201620172018201920202021202220232024TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
1.Black-bellied Whistling Duck000015000060.705 (2020)
2.Pale-bellied Brent Goose01957016962643084352525813130403380701 (2017)
3.Canada Goose0256744523671861527571761690512298224875276407176 (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 Teal02251022026404.4020 (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 Scoter067721137897839544848291301699585897523881969800816995 (2022)
33.White-winged Scoter07142842733301752825623690284 (2018)
34.Black Scoter091171249321364125927379755310360866412498102020113364421364 (2018)
35.scoter sp.0245894152957812131934396871086686476301529 (2018)
36.Surf/Black Scoter0205117842138807748163310322433194209742330011784 (2017)
37.Long-tailed Duck08316439405073330872714731473137915847176115073 (2019)
38.Bufflehead091315151310610829.1015 (2020)
39.Goldeneye02021031009103 (2021)
40.Hooded Merganser00417220204404.4022 (2020)
41.Goosander000182160018208 (2019)
42.Red-breasted Merganser05515181026107811831301162286515019645107211622 (2022)
43.Ruddy Duck001020000030.302 (2019)
44.Common Nighthawk000000112040.402 (2023)
45.Chimney Swift06143524228830982413766514231033450824 (2021)
46.Ruby-throated Hummingbird06202142236759822334338082 (2023)
47.Yellow-billed Cuckoo001197540027309 (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 Oystercatcher015841821251501729816611211041230182 (2018)
61.Oystercatcher000000000550.605 (2024)
62.American Golden Plover012220000180.902 (2017)
63.Grey Plover02346112753104996761608680127 (2019)
64.Semipalmated Plover05475796182665441036841096 (2019)
65.Killdeer00416318173177624159851090776 (2022)
66.Piping Plover021623161651851411513023 (2018)
67.Upland Sandpiper000000100010.101 (2021)
68.Whimbrel001000000010.101 (2017)
69.Hudsonian Whimbrel0211475930128918818224823016651850301 (2019)
70.Marbled Godwit001000000010.101 (2017)
71.Turnstone001033693102392481632391116821870369 (2018)
72.Knot061162134383141301221371614921660438 (2019)
73.Ruff000000010010.101 (2022)
74.wader sp.00000014927623826689770276 (2022)
75.small wader00000020987801377420209 (2021)
76.large wader0000001816312495.4018 (2021)
77.Stilt Sandpiper001401100070.804 (2018)
78.Sanderling04261022204112161125560879601258812890392041 (2018)
79.Dunlin03701105021636531324018628422332480502 (2018)
80.Purple Sandpiper07851073293228707240645185 (2017)
81.Least Sandpiper051034552742786134516211971330455 (2018)
82.White-rumped Sandpiper0012320300111.203 (2019)
83.Pectoral Sandpiper0004438002212.308 (2021)
84.Semipalmated Sandpiper0252241122404455465366830538559802240 (2019)
85.Western Sandpiper002000000020.202 (2017)
86.Calidris sp.0014882101001332268300133 (2023)
87.Short-billed Dowitcher03845948490935859438787428143844870909 (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 Sandpiper074232242524288119121042 (2017)
94.Solitary Sandpiper01713931019158859.4019 (2022)
95.Lesser Yellowlegs01071826054134222225480530134 (2021)
96.Willet0074682158122657126053420292250571 (2022)
97.Willet (Eastern)0151776289713466137935025762860776 (2017)
98.Willet (Western)001011211070.802 (2021)
99.Greater Yellowlegs01721031204483674863601670120 (2019)
100.Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs00002113070232.6013 (2021)
 Species2015201620172018201920202021202220232024TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
101.Black Skimmer06871012542472912542362515011670291 (2021)
102.Kittiwake000002010030.302 (2020)
103.Sabine's Gull000000000110.101 (2024)
104.Bonaparte's Gull07901286230464510607961978647165311159124002304 (2018)
105.Black-headed Gull0022202014131.404 (2024)
106.Little Gull0100030141101.104 (2023)
107.Laughing Gull08022696710292761953023947839531906656603906710010292 (2018)
108.Ring-billed Gull05464573595885095277726151608598166521608 (2024)
109.California Gull000000100010.101 (2021)
110.Great Black-backed Gull0213367191141166366281578184341464611201843 (2024)
111.Glaucous Gull000011030270.803 (2022)
112.Iceland Gull0325031126232.606 (2024)
113.Thayer's Gull000000000110.101 (2024)
114.Herring Gull09799361204151210671774192117445232163691819205232 (2024)
115.Lesser Black-backed Gull038641036516323848631761120852320611 (2024)
116.large gull sp.00010121150202.2015 (2023)
117.Gull-billed Tern0021474224262.907 (2020)
118.Caspian Tern002151354231161233260135 (2020)
119.Royal Tern02814375417106110303340110 (2024)
120.Least Tern0615419459018867123655614431600590 (2019)
121.Roseate Tern00104553180546031 (2022)
122.Common Tern017652973553192975542376022012450554 (2022)
123.Arctic Tern00000325630465.1032 (2020)
124.Common/Arctic Tern0000114518130515.7018 (2022)
125.Forster's Tern042555768927511322194710327660696977402194 (2021)
126.sterna sp.0000068918309810.9068 (2020)
127.Black Tern01001000860252.8010 (2019)
128.tern/marsh tern sp.000000002020.202 (2023)
129.Pomarine Skua000003000030.303 (2020)
130.Arctic Skua01439505377618110041516570100 (2023)
131.skua sp.000000300030.303 (2021)
132.Little Auk001000000010.101 (2017)
133.Brünnich's Guillemot000110000020.201 (2018)
134.Razorbill013446285495335620690446 (2018)
135.Razorbill/Guillemot000010000010.101 (2019)
136.Red-throated Diver03991124522931272523924292641598001642661424682524416426 (2024)
137.Pacific Loon00121013109103 (2022)
138.Great Northern Diver05871215168921931386217513701351117913145146162193 (2019)
139.diver sp.000021103180.903 (2023)
140.Wilson's Storm-Petrel00204280371420213240142 (2023)
141.Cory's Shearwater000000001010.101 (2023)
142.Sooty Shearwater0004142133571450382420145 (2023)
143.large shearwater sp.000000010010.101 (2022)
144.Manx Shearwater000000020020.202 (2022)
145.Magnificent Frigatebird000000010010.101 (2022)
146.Gannet04021811136875204106909784374037393494460983590062800169778541111368 (2017)
147.Brown Booby011010000030.301 (2016)
148.Sulid sp.000100000010.101 (2018)
149.Anhinga000000008080.908 (2023)
150.Cormorant000000001010.101 (2023)
 Species2015201620172018201920202021202220232024TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
151.Cormorant (p. c. carbo)01210152381518261414116026 (2023)
152.Double-crested Cormorant011569174851723836938308983485938821304493980725806428674839807 (2024)
153.White Ibis00206123777027302952478153102952 (2024)
154.Glossy Ibis049876133345917971421810912951794288201797 (2020)
155.White-faced Ibis000004100050.604 (2020)
156.American Bittern000010000010.101 (2019)
157.Night Heron002410000070.804 (2018)
158.Yellow-crowned Night Heron001010010030.301 (2017)
159.Green Heron00012914259281311012028 (2023)
160.Cattle Egret003332924127309 (2021)
161.Great Blue Heron07713118053126438526619364726742970647 (2024)
162.Great White Egret08816228135631023717616931020892320356 (2019)
163.heron sp.000000008080.908 (2023)
164.Tricolored Heron017122229191941312614029 (2020)
165.Little Blue Heron0044111137123556.1013 (2021)
166.Snowy Egret011519742436832943631721228826862980436 (2021)
167.Egretta sp.00008146070353.9014 (2020)
168.Brown Pelican0013188216612926537701780265 (2023)
169.Black Vulture0007403736262016618074 (2018)
170.Turkey Vulture01346111669830511132817712551390328 (2023)
171.Osprey0774877688111519219021510631189215 (2024)
172.Swallow-tailed Kite000100001130.301 (2018)
173.American Goshawk000000001010.101 (2023)
174.Sharp-shinned Hawk04615294587606.7015 (2018)
175.Cooper's Hawk0328445453384.208 (2018)
176.Northern Harrier0578563519312614216035 (2021)
177.Bald Eagle020313517536211391104526580113 (2022)
178.Mississippi Kite001016656283415017419065 (2019)
179.Red-shouldered Hawk00021313966404.4013 (2021)
180.Broad-winged Hawk0137404518184015448401450154 (2023)
181.Red-tailed Hawk0572418435039583828231058 (2023)
182.buzzard sp.000000100010.101 (2021)
183.Long-eared Owl000000100010.101 (2021)
184.Short-eared Owl000000100010.101 (2021)
185.Belted Kingfisher01267611753485.3011 (2021)
186.Red-headed Woodpecker004857133213453879406450134 (2021)
187.Red-bellied Woodpecker0055421593991278310159 (2021)
188.Yellow-bellied Sapsucker000010510180.905 (2021)
189.Downy Woodpecker001100021050.602 (2022)
190.Hairy Woodpecker0020312450171.905 (2023)
191.Northern Flicker000746322828432520923046 (2019)
192.Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)011639141111279210.2039 (2018)
193.Pileated Woodpecker000000011130.301 (2022)
194.woodpecker sp.000000101020.201 (2021)
195.American Kestrel08173718389622564233437096 (2021)
196.Merlin09403655352851515536040055 (2019)
197.Peregrine01248621054424.7010 (2022)
198.falcon sp.000000001010.101 (2023)
199.Eastern Phoebe004191513108134016228250108 (2021)
200.Eastern Wood Pewee000021031070.803 (2022)
 Species2015201620172018201920202021202220232024TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
201.Willow Flycatcher000001010020.201 (2020)
202.Empidonax sp.000000700070.807 (2021)
203.Western Kingbird000000010010.101 (2022)
204.Eastern Kingbird0830228765992429731132812032363600924 (2020)
205.Grey Kingbird000000010010.101 (2022)
206.Great Crested Flycatcher0030231435212.305 (2024)
207.Red-eyed Vireo0001213410121.304 (2022)
208.Warbling Vireo000020000020.202 (2019)
209.Blue-headed Vireo000001010020.201 (2020)
210.White-eyed Vireo00104002029104 (2019)
211.Blue Jay051351617654684963981715811760684 (2021)
212.American Crow000000004040.404 (2023)
213.Fish Crow0291231148485854108371410108 (2024)
214.Raven00001122320293.2020 (2024)
215.Cedar Waxwing01454650974115642421266224311541760201564 (2020)
216.Tufted Titmouse000110210270.802 (2021)
217.Black-capped Chickadee000000100010.101 (2021)
218.Shore Lark001023451042404.4010 (2017)
219.Sand Martin067889848412182715620690121 (2021)
220.Tree Swallow021015471861268155855522016253429167101902201 (2022)
221.Northern Rough-winged Swallow044881641776613014311810910391150177 (2019)
222.Purple Martin0768230512328417818110611514501610305 (2018)
223.Swallow06862554699734136972607230283740115834620384716997 (2018)
224.Cliff Swallow072652931142733921641787217581950392 (2021)
225.Cave Swallow0051061100141.606 (2020)
226.swallow sp.0348705645132420523087 (2018)
227.Cliff/Cave Swallow0045165400252.806 (2020)
228.Ruby-crowned Kinglet01351226511364011 (2024)
229.Golden-/Ruby-crowned Kinglet000001000010.101 (2020)
230.Golden-crowned Kinglet00105215122278118141448500141 (2024)
231.Marsh Wren000101000020.201 (2018)
232.House Wren000100010350.603 (2024)
233.Blue-grey Gnatcatcher04612062712584342435006451660526358511660 (2024)
234.White-breasted Nuthatch000010102040.402 (2023)
235.Brown-headed Nuthatch001400100280.904 (2018)
236.Red-breasted Nuthatch0010420040111.204 (2019)
237.Brown Creeper00004003115232.6011 (2023)
238.Grey Catbird0012210414151.704 (2022)
239.Northern Mockingbird00256159134455013 (2023)
240.Brown Thrasher0002101224121.304 (2024)
241.Starling01071951583263411981978814841650341 (2021)
242.Eastern Bluebird008784235153872333637087 (2023)
243.Swainson's Thrush000000300030.303 (2021)
244.Hermit Thrush000300100260.703 (2018)
245.Catharus sp.000001000010.101 (2020)
246.Veery000001000010.101 (2020)
247.American Robin018745612995530583666443411706130125530 (2021)
248.flycatcher sp.000000111030.301 (2021)
249.sparrow sp.0022272010161.807 (2020)
250.House Sparrow001005362512525.8025 (2023)
 Species2015201620172018201920202021202220232024TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
251.Buff-bellied Pipit01131114112618111812314026 (2021)
252.Purple Finch000010102150.602 (2023)
253.House Finch00721028315627723764718818702080647 (2023)
254.Crossbill000000400260.704 (2021)
255.American Goldfinch018580426249354512494421231425563662601249 (2021)
256.Pine Siskin021041500518205 (2021)
257.Lapland Bunting000000000110.101 (2024)
258.Snow Bunting000100100130.301 (2018)
259.Lark Sparrow001002000030.302 (2020)
260.Chipping Sparrow02101047145047132421724050 (2021)
261.Field Sparrow001200000030.302 (2018)
262.Fox Sparrow (Red)000020001030.302 (2019)
263.Dark-eyed Junco0001221323812707.8023 (2021)
264.Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)0013000047151.707 (2024)
265.White-throated Sparrow00102111181252.8018 (2023)
266.Vesper Sparrow000001001020.201 (2020)
267.Seaside Sparrow000100000010.101 (2018)
268.Savannah Sparrow006115637212525.8012 (2024)
269.Savannah Sparrow (Ipswich)000000110130.301 (2021)
270.Song Sparrow000000410160.704 (2021)
271.Swamp Sparrow001200100040.402 (2018)
272.Eastern Towhee0003304207192.107 (2024)
273.Yellow-breasted Chat000000010010.101 (2022)
274.Yellow-headed Blackbird001000000010.101 (2017)
275.Bobolink013890115951939833483540115 (2019)
276.Eastern Meadowlark0117408104262.908 (2021)
277.Baltimore Oriole015333302891833821324053 (2017)
278.Orchard Oriole0030416123122282138472520304 (2017)
279.Red-winged Blackbird0327917441009982154896711531097832392501548 (2021)
280.Brown-headed Cowbird0119954356625432201431330953671162522087245434313 (2021)
281.Rusty Blackbird02175511851410778.6017 (2017)
282.blackbird sp.00000010430444.9043 (2023)
283.Common Grackle02301194195825532544380011021296104515722174703800 (2021)
284.Common Grackle (Purple)070000000070.807 (2016)
285.Common Grackle (Bronzed)001601000080.906 (2018)
286.Boat-tailed Grackle0297038118106110497098688760118 (2019)
287.Ovenbird000001010130.301 (2020)
288.Worm-eating Warbler000110001030.301 (2018)
289.Northern Waterthrush00120101310182013 (2022)
290.Black-and-white Warbler01111532733364011 (2017)
291.Prothonotary Warbler000010120040.402 (2022)
292.Tennessee Warbler000002000020.202 (2020)
293.Orange-crowned Warbler000000000220.202 (2024)
294.Nashville Warbler000010100020.201 (2019)
295.Mourning Warbler000001000010.101 (2020)
296.Common Yellowthroat0050200222131.405 (2017)
297.Hooded Warbler000010000010.101 (2019)
298.American Redstart00142721040303.3010 (2022)
299.Cape May Warbler0015313219104269210.2026 (2024)
300.Cerulean Warbler000101000020.201 (2018)
 Species2015201620172018201920202021202220232024TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
301.Northern Parula00231830682928915117030 (2019)
302.Magnolia Warbler0005331320171.905 (2018)
303.Bay-breasted Warbler001000132070.803 (2022)
304.Blackburnian Warbler0024011220121.304 (2018)
305.American Yellow Warbler0024610610438717.9024 (2017)
306.Chestnut-sided Warbler000000001010.101 (2023)
307.Blackpoll Warbler002316241115274700586650470 (2023)
308.Bay-breasted/Blackpoll Warbler000000031040.403 (2022)
309.Black-throated Blue Warbler0015122111141.605 (2018)
310.Palm Warbler01201951183651311813036 (2022)
311.Palm Warbler (Yellow)00223527906189010027 (2020)
312.Palm Warbler (Western)000100100130.301 (2018)
313.Pine Warbler06101123153838314665810914621622658 (2023)
314.Myrtle Warbler00013363382871921035160417801035 (2024)
315.Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)08115743133671057122070703178124313 (2018)
316.Yellow-throated Warbler0022541767343.817 (2022)
317.Prairie Warbler0068324228353.908 (2018)
318.Black-throated Green Warbler000100113060.703 (2023)
319.Canada Warbler000001002030.302 (2023)
320.Wilson's Warbler000002003050.603 (2023)
321.Summer Tanager0001611331161.806 (2019)
322.Scarlet Tanager0035201100121.305 (2018)
323.Rose-breasted Grosbeak0086233711313.408 (2017)
324.Northern Cardinal001101000030.301 (2017)
325.Dickcissel0047582250333.708 (2020)
326.Blue Grosbeak00924076884547584048654092 (2017)
327.Indigo Bunting0336311931319616917419021417411930363 (2017)
328.Painted Bunting000001001020.201 (2020)
329.passerine sp.001100107160353.9016 (2023)
330.warbler sp. 001243251219754941776110531170325 (2018)
Other species
1.Harbour Porpoise01002012039103 (2024)
2.Bottle-Nosed Dolphin0474812068710876354491231735495855101231 (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 0060700100141.607 (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)
12.Question Mark/Eastern Comma00102511144283.1011 (2022)
13.Question Mark00000000012121.3012 (2024)
 Species2015201620172018201920202021202220232024TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
14.Red Admiral000038127769710.8076 (2024)
15.Painted Lady000003000030.303 (2020)
16.American Lady001060107127142160127 (2024)
Other species
1.Common Green Darner01907220157525.8020 (2021)
2.Darner sp.000000101130.301 (2021)
3.Swamp Darner001015303209168190153 (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 Glider00101876537120248280187 (2019)
10.Carolina Saddlebags000020000020.202 (2019)
11.Black Saddlebags00101300100151.7013 (2019)
12.Dragonfly unknown000001000010.101 (2020)
 Species2015201620172018201920202021202220232024TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
  Totals 09244621290218545221864218279815840421552714790316430215783761753751037  
  Observation hours 181:53241:07334:51349:30377:50430:45452:34507:18370:503,246:38360:44  


 
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