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Totals Cape May Bird Observatory - Springwatch (NJ) 2016 - 2025



 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
1.Black-bellied Whistling Duck000150000060.605 (2020)
2.Pale-bellied Brent Goose1957016962643084352525833325234943490701 (2017)
3.Canada Goose2567445236718615275717616905122987301027890278907176 (2021)
4.Lesser Canada Goose0000751001141.407 (2020)
5.Snow Goose39534563663745192327361326129322930745 (2020)
6.goose sp.000001060070.706 (2023)
7.Eurasian White-fronted Goose000010000010.101 (2020)
8.Mute Swan6128784264106516817064 (2022)
9.Tundra/Trumpeter Swan000000010010.101 (2023)
10.Tundra Swan014012000109363.6014 (2017)
11.Wood Duck139517371693325611043343073 (2019)
12.Blue-winged Teal22510220287494.9020 (2022)
13.Shoveler04211240002343.4021 (2018)
14.Gadwall03411221303118848.4031 (2024)
15.American Wigeon91073137512156878.7015 (2024)
16.Mallard29621164417721141118619044 (2020)
17.Black Duck340454454383342696943744069 (2024)
18.Black Duck/Mallard003000101160.603 (2018)
19.Pintail462310213822432810479414410104 (2024)
20.dabbling duck sp.40000080140262.6014 (2024)
21.duck sp.008500111083011712085 (2018)
22.Green-winged Teal10196231514612246546366370146 (2021)
23.Canvasback000100100020.201 (2019)
24.Ring-necked Duck02027112191618777.7019 (2023)
25.Scaup53124011051210989.8051 (2023)
26.Lesser Scaup0513258322517201816316032 (2021)
27.Aythya sp.08000015220363.6022 (2024)
28.Greater / Lesser Scaup05301520232414.1023 (2024)
29.King Eider002000000020.202 (2018)
30.Eider006211160001363.6016 (2021)
31.Harlequin Duck100000011250.502 (2025)
32.Surf Scoter677211378978395448482913016995858976774458928089281816995 (2022)
33.White-winged Scoter714284273330175282661685690284 (2018)
34.Black Scoter9117124932136412592737975531036086641274613149115417115424421364 (2018)
35.scoter sp.245894152957812131934396871086120698469801529 (2018)
36.Surf/Black Scoter2051178421388077481633103224332031068220512205011784 (2017)
37.Long-tailed Duck83164394050733308727147314731428265618552185515073 (2019)
38.Bufflehead913151513106100828.2015 (2020)
39.Goldeneye2021031002111.103 (2021)
40.Hooded Merganser04172202040404022 (2020)
41.Goosander0018216001191.908 (2019)
42.Red-breasted Merganser551518102610781183130116228651520128510949109511622 (2022)
43.Ruddy Duck010200000030.302 (2019)
44.Common Nighthawk000001120040.402 (2023)
45.Chimney Swift6143524228830982413766523015833493350824 (2021)
46.Ruby-throated Hummingbird62021422367598288741542088 (2024)
47.Yellow-billed Cuckoo0119754070343.409 (2019)
48.Black-billed Cuckoo012301001080.803 (2019)
49.Rock Dove000000060410106 (2023)
50.Feral Pigeon023002000180.803 (2018)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
51.Collared Dove001000112050.502 (2024)
52.Mourning Dove0531453231539989.8039 (2025)
53.White-winged Dove000000101020.201 (2022)
54.Mangrove Rail010000110030.301 (2017)
55.Sandhill Crane010000103050.503 (2024)
56.Red-necked Grebe000000100010.101 (2022)
57.Slavonian Grebe1014892555727873464406056111101 (2016)
58.Black-necked Grebe000110001030.301 (2019)
59.Western/Clark's Grebe000000001010.101 (2024)
60.American Oystercatcher15841821251501729816611822913391340229 (2025)
61.Black-necked Stilt000000000110.101 (2025)
62.Grey Plover2346112753104996713524706710135 (2024)
63.American Golden Plover122200002090.902 (2017)
64.Killdeer0416318173177624175310401040776 (2022)
65.Semipalmated Plover54757961826654454141341096 (2019)
66.Piping Plover2162316165185151112713023 (2018)
67.Upland Sandpiper000001000010.101 (2021)
68.Whimbrel010000000010.101 (2017)
69.Hudsonian Whimbrel21147593012891881822482502917141710301 (2019)
70.Marbled Godwit010000000010.101 (2017)
71.Short-billed Dowitcher384594849093585943878745726347384740909 (2019)
72.dowitcher sp.0000200900111.109 (2023)
73.American Woodcock000101000020.201 (2019)
74.Wilson's Snipe011020100270.702 (2020)
75.Wilson's Phalarope000111000030.301 (2019)
76.Red-necked Phalarope0000601290181.809 (2024)
77.Spotted Sandpiper742322425242886019620042 (2017)
78.Solitary Sandpiper17139310191524710811024 (2024)
79.Lesser Yellowlegs107182605413422223350538540134 (2021)
80.Tringa sp.000000004040.404 (2024)
81.Willet0746821581226571260622921262130622 (2024)
82.Willet (Eastern)151776289713466137935011226882690776 (2017)
83.Willet (Western)010112110180.802 (2021)
84.Greater Yellowlegs172103120448367487699713710120 (2019)
85.Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs00021130700232.3013 (2021)
86.Turnstone0103369310239248163239318119901990369 (2018)
87.Knot6116213438314130122137216016921690438 (2019)
88.Ruff000000100010.101 (2022)
89.wader sp.0000014927623820526894890276 (2022)
90.small wader000002098780112389390209 (2021)
91.large wader0000018163128575.7018 (2021)
92.Stilt Sandpiper014011000180.804 (2018)
93.Sanderling426102220411216112556087960152358845184592041 (2018)
94.Dunlin3701105021636531324018629314523872390502 (2018)
95.Purple Sandpiper7851073293228701233460461123 (2024)
96.Least Sandpiper51034552742786134511611713131310455 (2018)
97.White-rumped Sandpiper0123203040151.504 (2024)
98.Pectoral Sandpiper0044380023242.408 (2021)
99.Western Sandpiper020000000020.202 (2017)
100.Calidris sp.0148821010013331270270133 (2023)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
101.Semipalmated Sandpiper252241122404455465366837720615761602240 (2019)
102.Black Skimmer6871012542472912542362812117781780291 (2021)
103.Least Tern61541945901886712365593414801480590 (2019)
104.Gull-billed Tern021474228030308 (2024)
105.Caspian Tern0215135423116326270270135 (2020)
106.Black Tern10010008620272.7010 (2019)
107.tern/marsh tern sp.000000020020.202 (2023)
108.Forster's Tern42555768927511322194710327919586781478102194 (2021)
109.Arctic Tern00003256300464.6032 (2020)
110.Common/Arctic Tern0001145181300515.1018 (2022)
111.Common Tern1765297355319297554237337424822480554 (2022)
112.Roseate Tern010455318141696.9031 (2022)
113.sterna sp.000068918310999.9068 (2020)
114.Royal Tern281437541710619081464460190 (2024)
115.Little Gull1000301411111.104 (2023)
116.Kittiwake000020101040.402 (2020)
117.Bonaparte's Gull7901286230464510607961978647168786412057120602304 (2018)
118.Black-headed Gull0222020142151.504 (2024)
119.Laughing Gull80226967102927619530239478395319066646566669646696010292 (2018)
120.Ring-billed Gull5464573595885095277726151615614660266021615 (2024)
121.Herring Gull97993612041512106717741921174453204051205082051205320 (2024)
122.Great Black-backed Gull213367191141166366281578210031447174721202100 (2024)
123.Glaucous Gull000110302310103 (2022)
124.Lesser Black-backed Gull38641036516323848631771747326642660717 (2024)
125.large gull sp.00101211503232.3015 (2023)
126.California Gull000001000010.101 (2021)
127.Iceland Gull3250311262252.506 (2024)
128.Thayer's Gull000000001120.201 (2024)
129.skua sp.000003000030.303 (2021)
130.Arctic Skua143950537761811008310568570100 (2023)
131.Pomarine Skua000030000030.303 (2020)
132.Razorbill1344628549533514634630446 (2018)
133.Razorbill/Guillemot000100000010.101 (2019)
134.Little Auk010000000890.908 (2025)
135.Brünnich's Guillemot001100000020.201 (2018)
136.Red-throated Diver399112452293127252392429264159800167051360575308753124416705 (2024)
137.Pacific Loon0121013112121.203 (2022)
138.Great Northern Diver5871215168921931386217513701351144981014225142362193 (2019)
139.diver sp.000211031210103 (2023)
140.Wilson's Storm-Petrel02042803714210214210142 (2023)
141.Cory's Shearwater000000010010.101 (2023)
142.Sooty Shearwater0041421335714510383380145 (2023)
143.large shearwater sp.000000100010.101 (2022)
144.Manx Shearwater000000200020.202 (2022)
145.Magnificent Frigatebird000000100010.101 (2022)
146.Gannet402181113687520410690978437403739349446098366746513069390569391541111368 (2017)
147.Brown Booby110100000030.301 (2016)
148.gannat/booby sp.001000000010.101 (2018)
149.Anhinga000000080080.808 (2023)
150.Cormorant000000010010.101 (2023)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
151.Cormorant (p. c. carbo)121015238151826142716817027 (2025)
152.Double-crested Cormorant1156917485172383693830898348593882130449427113238729335529336842711 (2024)
153.White Ibis02061237770273031981209623662403198 (2024)
154.Glossy Ibis498761333459179714218109121495455894189401797 (2020)
155.White-faced Ibis000041000050.504 (2020)
156.American Bittern000100000010.101 (2019)
157.Yellow-crowned Night Heron010100100030.301 (2017)
158.Night Heron024100001080.804 (2018)
159.Little Blue Heron0441111371244606013 (2021)
160.Tricolored Heron171222291919416313213029 (2020)
161.Snowy Egret11519742436832943631721236813529012900436 (2021)
162.Egretta sp.00081460700353.5014 (2020)
163.Green Heron00129142592826412713028 (2023)
164.Cattle Egret033329242230309 (2021)
165.Great White Egret8816228135631023717616933519223062310356 (2019)
166.heron sp.000000080080.808 (2023)
167.Great Blue Heron7713118053126438526619366528029722970665 (2024)
168.Brown Pelican01318821661292658022766770265 (2023)
169.Black Vulture00740373626201918519074 (2018)
170.Turkey Vulture1346111669830511132817714413991400328 (2023)
171.Osprey774877688111519219021514412071219215 (2024)
172.Swallow-tailed Kite0010000182121.208 (2024)
173.Sharp-shinned Hawk461529458717777.7017 (2025)
174.Cooper's Hawk32844545419585.8019 (2025)
175.American Goshawk000000010010.101 (2023)
176.Northern Harrier57856351931262716917035 (2021)
177.Bald Eagle20313517536211391109101632630113 (2022)
178.Mississippi Kite0101665628341559023323065 (2019)
179.Red-shouldered Hawk002131396610505013 (2021)
180.Broad-winged Hawk13740451818401548111445450154 (2023)
181.Red-tailed Hawk57241843503958396134434061 (2025)
182.buzzard sp.000001000010.101 (2021)
183.Long-eared Owl000001000010.101 (2021)
184.Short-eared Owl000001000010.101 (2021)
185.Belted Kingfisher12676117539575.7011 (2021)
186.Red-headed Woodpecker0485713321345388911427430134 (2021)
187.Red-bellied Woodpecker05542159399365345350159 (2021)
188.Yellow-bellied Sapsucker0001051014121.205 (2021)
189.Downy Woodpecker0110002108131.308 (2025)
190.Hairy Woodpecker0203124501181.805 (2023)
191.Northern Flicker0074632282843273624725046 (2019)
192.Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)11639141111271010210039 (2018)
193.Pileated Woodpecker000000111360.603 (2025)
194.woodpecker sp.000001010020.201 (2021)
195.Crested Caracara000000000110.101 (2025)
196.American Kestrel81737183896225642180514510180 (2025)
197.falcon sp.000000010010.101 (2023)
198.Merlin940365535285151658045045080 (2025)
199.Merlin (taiga)000000000330.303 (2025)
200.Peregrine12486210551444.4010 (2022)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
201.Eastern Phoebe0419151310813401734263260108 (2021)
202.Eastern Wood Pewee000210312090.903 (2022)
203.Willow Flycatcher000010102040.402 (2024)
204.Empidonax sp.000007000070.707 (2021)
205.Western Kingbird000000100010.101 (2022)
206.Eastern Kingbird83022876599242973113282921934273430924 (2020)
207.Grey Kingbird000000100010.101 (2022)
208.Great Crested Flycatcher03023143101272.7010 (2024)
209.Red-eyed Vireo0012134112151.504 (2022)
210.Warbling Vireo000200001030.302 (2019)
211.Blue-headed Vireo000010100240.402 (2025)
212.White-eyed Vireo0104002052141.405 (2024)
213.Blue Jay5135161765468496398461516251630684 (2021)
214.American Crow000000040040.404 (2023)
215.Fish Crow29123114848585410817388390108 (2024)
216.Raven000112232321535.3023 (2024)
217.Cedar Waxwing145465097411564242126622493911605660601564 (2020)
218.Tufted Titmouse0011021024111.104 (2025)
219.Black-capped Chickadee000001000010.101 (2021)
220.Shore Lark010234510429494.9010 (2017)
221.Sand Martin678898484121827119114820820191 (2024)
222.Tree Swallow2101547186126815585552201625385105610266102702201 (2022)
223.Purple Martin768230512328417818110612714916111610305 (2018)
224.Northern Rough-winged Swallow44881641776613014311814320112741270201 (2025)
225.Swallow68625546997341369726072302837405129103839629396316997 (2018)
226.Cliff Swallow726529311427339216417818319420632060392 (2021)
227.Cave Swallow0510611000141.406 (2020)
228.swallow sp.3487056451324821321087 (2018)
229.Cliff/Cave Swallow0451654006313.106 (2020)
230.Ruby-crowned Kinglet135122651110464.6011 (2024)
231.Golden-/Ruby-crowned Kinglet000010000010.101 (2020)
232.Golden-crowned Kinglet010521512227811814168516520141 (2024)
233.Marsh Wren001010000020.201 (2018)
234.House Wren001000103490.904 (2025)
235.Blue-grey Gnatcatcher461206271258434243500645168111945172291723111945 (2025)
236.White-breasted Nuthatch000101020150.502 (2023)
237.Brown-headed Nuthatch014001003090.904 (2018)
238.Red-breasted Nuthatch0104200406171.706 (2025)
239.Brown Creeper000400311514373.7014 (2025)
240.Grey Catbird01221041131252.5013 (2024)
241.Northern Mockingbird02561591358545.4013 (2023)
242.Brown Thrasher0021012250131.305 (2024)
243.Starling1071951583263411981971068915911590341 (2021)
244.Eastern Bluebird087842351538745584942940584 (2025)
245.Wood Thrush000000002020.202 (2024)
246.Swainson's Thrush000003001040.403 (2021)
247.Hermit Thrush003001002060.603 (2018)
248.Catharus sp.000010000010.101 (2020)
249.Veery000010000010.101 (2020)
250.American Robin18745612995530583666446885212592125925530 (2021)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
251.flycatcher sp.000001110030.301 (2021)
252.sparrow sp.0222720100161.607 (2020)
253.House Sparrow0100536251218707025 (2023)
254.American Buff-bellied Pipit113111411261811271614815027 (2024)
255.Purple Finch000101021380.803 (2025)
256.House Finch072102831562772376472171198309731001198 (2025)
257.Crossbill000004002060.604 (2021)
258.American Goldfinch185804262493545124944212315411374712671301374 (2025)
259.Pine Siskin2104150060191.906 (2024)
260.Lapland Bunting000000001120.201 (2024)
261.Snow Bunting001001001030.301 (2018)
262.Lark Sparrow010020000030.302 (2020)
263.Chipping Sparrow21010471450471329109331330109 (2025)
264.Field Sparrow012000000030.302 (2018)
265.Fox Sparrow (Red)000200010030.302 (2019)
266.Dark-eyed Junco0012213238129797.9023 (2021)
267.Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)0130000470151.507 (2024)
268.White-crowned Sparrow000000001010.101 (2024)
269.White-throated Sparrow01021111832292.9018 (2023)
270.Vesper Sparrow000010010020.201 (2020)
271.Seaside Sparrow001000000010.101 (2018)
272.Savannah Sparrow061156372243676.7024 (2024)
273.Savannah Sparrow (Ipswich)000001101030.301 (2021)
274.Song Sparrow000004101170.704 (2021)
275.Swamp Sparrow012001000150.502 (2018)
276.Eastern Towhee0033042074232.307 (2024)
277.Yellow-breasted Chat000000100010.101 (2022)
278.Yellow-headed Blackbird010000000010.101 (2017)
279.Bobolink1389011595193983100490490115 (2019)
280.Eastern Meadowlark1174081063313.108 (2021)
281.Baltimore Oriole1533330289183340024525053 (2017)
282.Orchard Oriole0304161231222821531488490304 (2017)
283.Red-winged Blackbird327917441009982154896711531181163210039100401632 (2025)
284.Brown-headed Cowbird1199543566254322014313309536711678569627836278435696 (2025)
285.Rusty Blackbird217551185141012898.9017 (2017)
286.blackbird sp.00000104300444.4043 (2023)
287.Common Grackle23011941958255325443800110212961111410919897199004109 (2025)
288.Common Grackle (Purple)700000000070.707 (2016)
289.Common Grackle (Bronzed)016010000080.806 (2018)
290.Boat-tailed Grackle297038118106110497010957756760118 (2019)
291.Ovenbird000010103050.503 (2024)
292.Worm-eating Warbler001100010030.301 (2018)
293.Northern Waterthrush01201013150232.3013 (2022)
294.Black-and-white Warbler11115327345424.2011 (2017)
295.Prothonotary Warbler000101200260.602 (2022)
296.Tennessee Warbler000020002040.402 (2020)
297.Orange-crowned Warbler000000002020.202 (2024)
298.Nashville Warbler000101001030.301 (2019)
299.Mourning Warbler000010000010.101 (2020)
300.Common Yellowthroat0502002280191.908 (2024)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
301.Hooded Warbler000100000010.101 (2019)
302.American Redstart01427210480383.8010 (2022)
303.Cape May Warbler015313219104300969.6030 (2024)
304.Cerulean Warbler001010000020.201 (2018)
305.Northern Parula023183068292814115716030 (2019)
306.Magnolia Warbler0053313210181.805 (2018)
307.Bay-breasted Warbler010001321080.803 (2022)
308.Blackburnian Warbler0240112200121.204 (2018)
309.American Yellow Warbler02461061043250888.8025 (2024)
310.Chestnut-sided Warbler000000010010.101 (2023)
311.Blackpoll Warbler0231624111527470130599600470 (2023)
312.Bay-breasted/Blackpoll Warbler000000310040.403 (2022)
313.Black-throated Blue Warbler0151221130161.605 (2018)
314.Palm Warbler120195118365145417317054 (2025)
315.Palm Warbler (Yellow)022352790618328418420328 (2025)
316.Palm Warbler (Western)001001001030.301 (2018)
317.Pine Warbler6101123153838314665811421316801682658 (2023)
318.Myrtle Warbler0013363382871921071267190719101071 (2024)
319.Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)811574313367105712207033706470624313 (2018)
320.Yellow-throated Warbler02254176712464.6112 (2025)
321.Prairie Warbler06832422814494.9014 (2025)
322.Black-throated Green Warbler001001132080.803 (2023)
323.Canada Warbler000010020030.302 (2023)
324.Wilson's Warbler000020031060.603 (2023)
325.Summer Tanager0016113330181.806 (2019)
326.Scarlet Tanager0352011040161.605 (2018)
327.Rose-breasted Grosbeak0862337150353.508 (2017)
328.Northern Cardinal011010000030.301 (2017)
329.Dickcissel0475822520353.508 (2020)
330.Blue Grosbeak092407688454758771053353092 (2017)
331.Indigo Bunting33631193131961691741903921319321930392 (2024)
332.Painted Bunting000010010020.201 (2020)
333.passerine sp.011001071600353.5016 (2023)
334.warbler sp. 0124325121975494177813411071110325 (2018)
Other species
1.Harbour Porpoise100201203110103 (2024)
2.Bottle-Nosed Dolphin474812068710876354491231877983608360801231 (2023)
3.Humpback whale1511410031171.705 (2017)
4.Grey seal00221001839535.3039 (2025)
5.Common Seal00110113325353.5025 (2025)
6.bat sp.020001000030.302 (2017)
7.Eastern Red Bat001000001020.201 (2018)
Other species
1.Orange Sulphur 000000110240.402 (2025)
2.Monarch01081312443363.6012 (2022)
3.Variegated Fritillary010000000010.101 (2017)
4.Common Buckeye 0607001010151.507 (2019)
5.American Snout000201012170.702 (2019)
6.Red-spotted Purple000400040080.804 (2019)
7.Camberwell Beauty00011011301171.7011 (2022)
8.Eastern Tiger Swallowtail0200001530111.105 (2023)
9.Black Swallowtail00010012962303010 (2019)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
10.Spicebush Swallowtail000100001020.201 (2019)
11.Small White0202002637222.207 (2025)
12.Question Mark/Eastern Comma01025111440282.8011 (2022)
13.Question Mark00000000137202013 (2024)
14.Red Admiral0003812793812212093 (2024)
15.Painted Lady000030000030.303 (2020)
16.American Lady0106010713115161160131 (2024)
17.White M Hairstreak000000000110.101 (2025)
Other species
1.Common Green Darner190722015136646.4020 (2021)
2.Darner sp.000001012150.502 (2024)
3.Swamp Darner0101530320303192190153 (2019)
4.Bar-winged Skimmer00000000150151.5015 (2024)
5.Needham's Skimmer000000001010.101 (2024)
6.Twelve-spotted Skimmer000100000010.101 (2019)
7.Painted Skimmer000200007090.907 (2024)
8.Skimmer sp. (Libellula sp.)000001000010.101 (2021)
9.Blue Dasher000200000020.202 (2019)
10.Wandering Glider001200200050.502 (2019)
11.Spot-winged Glider010187653712900338340187 (2019)
12.Carolina Saddlebags000200006080.806 (2024)
13.Black Saddlebags010130010130282.8013 (2019)
14.Saddlebags sp. 000000001010.101 (2024)
15.Dragonfly unknown000010000010.101 (2020)
16.Harlequin Darner000000000550.505 (2025)
Other species
1.Bumblebee sp.000000001010.101 (2024)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
  Totals 9244621290218545221864218279815840421552714790318088918927917842421784241037  
  Observation hours 181:53241:07334:51349:30377:50430:45452:34507:18560:03340:383,776:29377:39  


 
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