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



 Species2015201620172018201920202021202220232024TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
1.Dark-bellied Brent Goose00800000008108 (2017)
2.Pale-bellied Brent Goose04911395352276725032340067 (2022)
3.Canada Goose057484425022279672291102415600973712171152291 (2021)
4.Lesser Canada Goose0414002010121.504 (2016)
5.Snow Goose046172685889171211193640327741001211 (2021)
6.Mute Swan00000451000192.4010 (2022)
7.Bewick's Swan01563382000000460580382 (2018)
8.Tundra Swan0000771188094990468591118 (2020)
9.Wood Duck055349193238473170301014731842473 (2021)
10.Blue-winged Teal0241800079190779.6024 (2016)
11.Shoveler01392010188130018123081 (2022)
12.Gadwall0472011133627414017222047 (2016)
13.Wigeon0814000000131.608 (2016)
14.American Wigeon065284223861662028636065 (2016)
15.Mallard017002024410390132175544 (2021)
16.Black Duck0161714562340452360762959340 (2021)
17.Black Duck/Mallard000000462700739.1046 (2021)
18.Pintail092254745372223010105997512222 (2021)
19.dabbling duck sp.0000008510009511.9085 (2021)
20.duck sp.000000330250587.3033 (2021)
21.Green-winged Teal0184130262015732930525660184 (2016)
22.Canvasback000100000010.101 (2018)
23.Redhead001260000091.106 (2019)
24.Ring-necked Duck00103723493229017121049 (2021)
25.Scaup000080323016208 (2019)
26.Lesser Scaup00000210170202.5017 (2023)
27.Aythya sp.00000040400445.5040 (2021)
28.Greater / Lesser Scaup000002100180303.8018 (2023)
29.King Eider000000010010.101 (2022)
30.Eider000001000010.101 (2020)
31.Harlequin Duck000000010010.101 (2022)
32.Surf Scoter060017122621349718004870383247901800 (2022)
33.White-winged Scoter000215081180445.5015 (2019)
34.Black Scoter0356251881307200258061752829015046188106175 (2022)
35.scoter sp.000014664116177700031808914511143077000 (2022)
36.Surf/Black Scoter019253280729697104795310560673584201925 (2016)
37.Long-tailed Duck00018110080283.5010 (2021)
38.Bufflehead028654119500688.5028 (2016)
39.Goldeneye000000100010.101 (2021)
40.Hooded Merganser02321761838104011815038 (2021)
41.Goosander00019000000192.4019 (2018)
42.Red-breasted Merganser000321362370729037 (2023)
43.Ruddy Duck021120530100425.3021 (2016)
44.Common Nighthawk0189243616116523027434092 (2017)
45.Chuck-will's-widow000000010010.101 (2022)
46.Chimney Swift0132220659124703424265404029313660703 (2020)
47.Ruby-throated Hummingbird03361913954836685051264091 (2018)
48.Yellow-billed Cuckoo00315226700354.4015 (2018)
49.Black-billed Cuckoo000000100010.101 (2021)
50.Feral Pigeon00000001000101.3010 (2022)
 Species2015201620172018201920202021202220232024TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
51.Collared Dove000000010010.101 (2022)
52.Mourning Dove00340238511721190416520172 (2022)
53.White-winged Dove002100111060.802 (2017)
54.Virginia Rail001200000030.402 (2018)
55.Sora010000000010.101 (2016)
56.Common Gallinule0138010000131.608 (2018)
57.Sandhill Crane02615433200354.4015 (2018)
58.Pied-billed Grebe014100000060.804 (2017)
59.Slavonian Grebe000010010020.301 (2019)
60.American Oystercatcher0823257600334.108 (2016)
61.Black-necked Stilt001000000010.101 (2017)
62.American Avocet000011010030.401 (2019)
63.American Golden Plover0240351340222.805 (2020)
64.Grey Plover014179182991136014318036 (2023)
65.Semipalmated Plover01722192736755162030939075 (2021)
66.Killdeer01071766932119457483356018802350574 (2021)
67.Piping Plover000000120030.402 (2022)
68.Hudsonian Whimbrel03010976240415.1010 (2018)
69.Hudsonian Godwit001713160410425.3016 (2020)
70.Marbled Godwit010000100020.301 (2016)
71.Turnstone012855102024308 (2018)
72.Knot05000105030232.9010 (2020)
73.Ruff000000100010.101 (2021)
74.wader sp.000000162881012516081 (2023)
75.small wader000000141221650328410165 (2023)
76.Stilt Sandpiper07183207122713010713027 (2022)
77.Sanderling012121331133421900424530190 (2023)
78.Dunlin0452725074226482410767960241 (2023)
79.Baird's Sandpiper0201113020101.303 (2021)
80.Least Sandpiper08528522676611736680010611330366 (2022)
81.White-rumped Sandpiper061920611250607.5025 (2023)
82.Buff-breasted Sandpiper020000101040.502 (2016)
83.Pectoral Sandpiper062937111012915180693013891740693 (2023)
84.Semipalmated Sandpiper06358614570409166170010871360409 (2021)
85.Western Sandpiper0004507240222.807 (2021)
86.Calidris sp.000000050050.605 (2022)
87.Western/Semipalmated Sandpiper00000330030364.5030 (2021)
88.Long-billed Dowitcher01036061120293.6011 (2022)
89.Short-billed Dowitcher0101011332761109912.4033 (2020)
90.dowitcher sp.07211742520496.1021 (2017)
91.American Woodcock000010001020.301 (2019)
92.Wilson's Snipe0114019859181629020025059 (2020)
93.Wilson's Phalarope020211111091.102 (2016)
94.Grey Phalarope000000001010.101 (2023)
95.Spotted Sandpiper0130030130111.403 (2017)
96.Solitary Sandpiper077212149404150023630050 (2023)
97.Lesser Yellowlegs072252277234290565375448025133140565 (2021)
98.Willet000500001060.805 (2018)
99.Willet (Western)000010023060.803 (2023)
100.Greater Yellowlegs04280150186170142189230011891495230 (2023)
 Species2015201620172018201920202021202220232024TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
101.Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs010000000100202.5010 (2016)
102.Black Skimmer001954811864621262609631200548 (2018)
103.Kittiwake00000012000121.5012 (2021)
104.Bonaparte's Gull0837813514077214620011761470620 (2023)
105.Black-headed Gull000310000040.503 (2018)
106.Little Gull000100000010.101 (2018)
107.Laughing Gull02401978168359509182022212781500978 (2019)
108.Franklin's Gull000000100010.101 (2021)
109.Ring-billed Gull0212205134817064773800412151521706 (2021)
110.Great Black-backed Gull03014912945382740395490149 (2018)
111.Iceland Gull023000110070.903 (2017)
112.Herring Gull0004910611422598510801749219501142 (2020)
113.Lesser Black-backed Gull071123241863869024130086 (2022)
114.Gull-billed Tern000421200091.104 (2018)
115.Caspian Tern033382637322920018824037 (2020)
116.Royal Tern0009217222129480346430217 (2019)
117.Sandwich Tern000010000010.101 (2019)
118.Least Tern006100200091.106 (2017)
119.Common Tern00013011177550247310177 (2022)
120.Forster's Tern0750017174289236156015771970750 (2016)
121.Black Tern02832201380475.9028 (2016)
122.American Black Tern000000003030.403 (2023)
123.Arctic Skua039799614956414110457570149 (2019)
124.S. parasiticus / pomarinus030000000030.403 (2016)
125.skua sp.000000001010.101 (2023)
126.Red-throated Diver019747133211144847911110333841701448 (2021)
127.Pacific Loon001000010020.301 (2017)
128.Great Northern Diver0981519216012619090300012071510300 (2023)
129.diver sp.000000001010.101 (2023)
130.Great Shearwater000000100010.101 (2021)
131.Manx Shearwater000110000020.301 (2018)
132.Wood Stork00110201000141.8011 (2017)
133.Gannet0126112947381544149918246609819122704149 (2021)
134.Brown Booby000000011020.301 (2022)
135.Anhinga000000100010.101 (2021)
136.Cormorant05000000000506.3050 (2016)
137.Cormorant (p. c. carbo)0123615200202.506 (2019)
138.Double-crested Cormorant013823478915532434418937385102982216765014854318568538510 (2021)
139.White Ibis00111502801355226831920724790603192 (2023)
140.Glossy Ibis0262218129586571670519650181 (2018)
141.Roseate Spoonbill000000200020.302 (2021)
142.American Bittern086841032032408 (2016)
143.Night Heron03686217184147024731568 (2017)
144.Yellow-crowned Night Heron020100000030.402 (2016)
145.Green Heron0267091490384.809 (2020)
146.Cattle Egret012041147390506.3014 (2020)
147.Great Blue Heron0475723772335770665341387044685593772 (2018)
148.Great White Egret0503519223799223111166011131391237 (2019)
149.heron sp.00002200000222.8022 (2019)
150.Tricolored Heron01009132440425.3024 (2022)
 Species2015201620172018201920202021202220232024TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
151.Little Blue Heron020150055100374.6015 (2018)
152.Snowy Egret0225246140269413617808471060246 (2018)
153.Egretta sp.0000020152070627.8020 (2020)
154.American White Pelican0020010800111.408 (2022)
155.Brown Pelican031343234471321251070704880234 (2019)
156.Black Vulture0170176303204146260343119017212150343 (2022)
157.Turkey Vulture030901905449819011695224639022027021264265804498 (2018)
158.Osprey042522725606448584081372348903998034591432406064 (2018)
159.Swallow-tailed Kite000000001010.101 (2023)
160.American Goshawk0161171301310526.5017 (2018)
161.Golden Eagle0161315108161220011014020 (2023)
162.Sharp-shinned Hawk01455010834158337319105536742150181526009610912014215833 (2018)
163.Cooper's Hawk031451738535735933708223576436115033534419207643 (2022)
164.Accipiter sp.001000000010.101 (2017)
165.Northern Harrier09837741390468101311091086125408077101001390 (2018)
166.Bald Eagle053042991862363574612478210594974401247 (2022)
167.Mississippi Kite001001120050.602 (2022)
168.Red-shouldered Hawk0732479647503580415850432046385800850 (2022)
169.Broad-winged Hawk0453113121694571065775217170008921111502171 (2022)
170.Swainson's Hawk00101112208102 (2022)
171.Red-tailed Hawk01730730150074810387711843130009660120801843 (2022)
172.Rough-legged Buzzard0040011050111.405 (2023)
173.buzzard sp.010000000010.101 (2016)
174.Barn Owl010000010020.301 (2016)
175.Short-eared Owl0320031110111.403 (2016)
176.Belted Kingfisher01345482838231219022628148 (2018)
177.Red-headed Woodpecker09521155890546.8011 (2019)
178.Red-bellied Woodpecker017198315214524252408491060425 (2022)
179.Yellow-bellied Sapsucker084301120203323014919033 (2022)
180.Downy Woodpecker051112571740617.6025 (2020)
181.Hairy Woodpecker0200023710151.907 (2022)
182.Northern Flicker036117961524411064305669081271016204305 (2022)
183.Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)02734682116488100957023142890957 (2023)
184.American Kestrel03442685810532236547694555503744500420085251010532 (2018)
185.Merlin019672055263614811562150820492705015963199512705 (2023)
186.Peregrine0969111715204797337769218200733591701520 (2018)
187.falcon sp.004000000040.504 (2017)
188.Eastern Phoebe0259201417446011715146 (2023)
189.Eastern Wood Pewee0121162330192.406 (2020)
190.Yellow-bellied Flycatcher001000000010.101 (2017)
191.Alder Flycatcher001000102040.502 (2023)
192.Alder/Willow Flycatcher001012111070.902 (2020)
193.Least Flycatcher000001131060.803 (2022)
194.Empidonax sp.0000251230131.605 (2020)
195.Tropical Kingbird000000010010.101 (2022)
196.Cassin's Kingbird000010000010.101 (2019)
197.Western Kingbird011012002070.902 (2020)
198.Scissor-tailed Flycatcher000010000010.101 (2019)
199.Eastern Kingbird0776932825035323777142015331920353 (2020)
200.Grey Kingbird001000011030.401 (2017)
 Species2015201620172018201920202021202220232024TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
201.Great Crested Flycatcher0011742130192.407 (2019)
202.Myiarchus sp.000001000010.101 (2020)
203.Red-eyed Vireo0011765282931016220065 (2020)
204.Philadelphia Vireo010003111070.903 (2020)
205.Philadelphia/Warbling Vireo000000020020.302 (2022)
206.Warbling Vireo000001001020.301 (2020)
207.Blue-headed Vireo000024100070.904 (2020)
208.White-eyed Vireo0060030100101.306 (2017)
209.Blue Jay02734698015184234693311147013944174358423 (2020)
210.American Crow0400480027308210.3048 (2019)
211.Fish Crow099631501301080271340130 (2021)
212.Raven0000273070192.407 (2020)
213.Cedar Waxwing05221843100333472224284126466130020556257006130 (2023)
214.Tufted Titmouse00010949720017622094 (2020)
215.Carolina Chickadee000002000020.302 (2020)
216.Shore Lark034191011122035013217035 (2023)
217.Sand Martin015141212292031012416031 (2023)
218.Tree Swallow041626422599867398751361650020717259008673 (2020)
219.Violet-green Swallow000000001010.101 (2023)
220.Northern Rough-winged Swallow01056327266461380375470138 (2023)
221.Purple Martin0271615259924810993367016112010599 (2019)
222.Swallow024675059534024363787192009021112804363 (2021)
223.Cliff Swallow020137724204180500630418 (2023)
224.Cave Swallow0176101591331358250502630176 (2016)
225.swallow sp.00000840100496.1040 (2021)
226.Cliff/Cave Swallow000000122050.602 (2022)
227.Ruby-crowned Kinglet05482217292029013417029 (2021)
228.Golden-/Ruby-crowned Kinglet000000100010.101 (2021)
229.Golden-crowned Kinglet01926202216681464024931068 (2021)
230.Marsh Wren001000200030.402 (2021)
231.Winter Wren000001000010.101 (2020)
232.House Wren0022213000101.303 (2021)
233.Blue-grey Gnatcatcher0265925287652601260452570126 (2023)
234.White-breasted Nuthatch0605040032008310.4040 (2020)
235.Red-breasted Nuthatch04147511702016210474590170 (2020)
236.Brown Creeper0720144410232.907 (2016)
237.Grey Catbird006108156200567020 (2023)
238.Northern Mockingbird0002226276009912.4060 (2023)
239.Brown Thrasher003611122016206 (2018)
240.Starling06000023695555101239402735016211202605555 (2020)
241.Eastern Bluebird02423725071423731830176220930796099502093 (2023)
242.Swainson's Thrush00000102050263.3020 (2022)
243.Hermit Thrush00022111108102 (2018)
244.Catharus sp.000000110020.301 (2021)
245.Grey-cheeked Thrush000001110030.401 (2020)
246.Veery00201011320192.4013 (2022)
247.American Robin0282162060321664619553536075701158840715937508149721018720216646 (2018)
248.Redstart000100000010.101 (2018)
249.sparrow sp.000000300030.403 (2021)
250.House Sparrow000093439316641708121020417 (2023)
 Species2015201620172018201920202021202220232024TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
251.Buff-bellied Pipit038538518833524155039918030428653601803 (2023)
252.finch sp.000002093800678.4038 (2022)
253.Evening Grosbeak0109035002100381480350 (2020)
254.Purple Finch077115093284438984511028173520984 (2022)
255.House Finch011901048611091492442253704337018110226405370 (2022)
256.Mealy Redpoll000401040091.104 (2018)
257.Crossbill001160797035008491060797 (2020)
258.Two-barred Crossbill000001000010.101 (2020)
259.American Goldfinch0773183869311982073991918726140080652398155020739 (2020)
260.Pine Siskin02310106443526252076430372184652035262 (2020)
261.Lapland Bunting0213110110101.303 (2018)
262.Snow Bunting0251017031210688.5025 (2016)
263.Lark Sparrow000111201060.802 (2021)
264.Chipping Sparrow000611651404233420483600165 (2019)
265.Clay-colored Sparrow0032102200101.303 (2017)
266.Field Sparrow02521603150344.3016 (2019)
267.Fox Sparrow (Red)0200604100131.606 (2019)
268.Dark-eyed Junco092063385138014718051 (2022)
269.Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)000017130010313.9017 (2019)
270.White-crowned Sparrow00131111100182.3013 (2017)
271.White-throated Sparrow01419331520109311.6052 (2021)
272.Vesper Sparrow0000441200111.404 (2019)
273.Savannah Sparrow0234734799371000365460100 (2023)
274.Song Sparrow09310110010253.1010 (2021)
275.Lincoln's Sparrow000001000010.101 (2020)
276.Swamp Sparrow01610450000627.8050 (2021)
277.Eastern Towhee0333131000141.803 (2016)
278.Yellow-breasted Chat000201000030.402 (2018)
279.Yellow-headed Blackbird000112002060.802 (2020)
280.Bobolink048739817692046601396413042794959041034512909817 (2017)
281.Eastern Meadowlark014310753167148396233424016712090424 (2023)
282.Baltimore Oriole01813101153174053021527053 (2020)
283.Orchard Oriole0086211130222.808 (2017)
284.Red-winged Blackbird010535471718462819528966366433423851185019632524541051185 (2023)
285.Brown-headed Cowbird08523487524878335754848479174033666420809174 (2023)
286.Rusty Blackbird04876454191109171167758019742470758 (2023)
287.blackbird sp.000000113530000143517901135 (2021)
288.Common Grackle016947744485014291440529722114857768010985913732044052 (2020)
289.Boat-tailed Grackle010482111155100210260111 (2021)
290.Ovenbird0011211410111.404 (2022)
291.Louisiana Waterthrush000000010010.101 (2022)
292.Northern Waterthrush0123216628810217943309241160433 (2023)
293.Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush000000020020.302 (2022)
294.Blue-winged Warbler000100001020.301 (2018)
295.Black-and-white Warbler021551012262770016721070 (2023)
296.Prothonotary Warbler000000010010.101 (2022)
297.Tennessee Warbler001131923182909411.8029 (2023)
298.Orange-crowned Warbler0270263410253.107 (2017)
299.Nashville Warbler015351116690567016 (2021)
300.Connecticut Warbler000010332091.103 (2021)
 Species2015201620172018201920202021202220232024TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
301.Mourning Warbler000000010010.101 (2022)
302.Common Yellowthroat02810228110344.3011 (2023)
303.Hooded Warbler000010001020.301 (2019)
304.American Redstart028678721418531115317390316239501531 (2022)
305.Cape May Warbler02319667174871251390604760139 (2023)
306.Northern Parula022317149302185859843023802980859 (2022)
307.Magnolia Warbler0433479242608010026 (2023)
308.Bay-breasted Warbler020004210091.104 (2020)
309.Blackburnian Warbler0000332220121.503 (2019)
310.American Yellow Warbler018441440591031091230510640123 (2023)
311.Chestnut-sided Warbler0012412250172.105 (2023)
312.Blackpoll Warbler01072645830987017197016782100870 (2021)
313.Bay-breasted/Blackpoll Warbler000100000010.101 (2018)
314.Black-throated Blue Warbler033271214241908410.5024 (2022)
315.Palm Warbler0314433149371432343560019632450560 (2023)
316.Palm Warbler (Yellow)00006210100192.4010 (2023)
317.Palm Warbler (Western)04026410702130300380213 (2023)
318.Pine Warbler0123181822131809511.9022 (2021)
319.Myrtle Warbler019021543985568159071278831514102448423950307961384950102448 (2022)
320.Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's)000100000010.101 (2018)
321.Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)0110996331111213216610369300742219278036930 (2023)
322.Yellow-throated Warbler000010001020.301 (2019)
323.Prairie Warbler0511931410162409211.5024 (2023)
324.Townsend's Warbler000010000010.101 (2019)
325.Black-throated Green Warbler002171410770486014 (2020)
326.Canada Warbler000000001010.101 (2023)
327.Wilson's Warbler000002000020.302 (2020)
328.Summer Tanager000001200030.402 (2021)
329.Scarlet Tanager0012146360232.906 (2021)
330.Western Tanager000000011020.301 (2022)
331.Rose-breasted Grosbeak0012043760232.907 (2022)
332.Northern Cardinal000000070070.907 (2022)
333.Dickcissel01634321823629748033041097 (2022)
334.Blue Grosbeak02536111413180729018 (2023)
335.Indigo Bunting017103657584124781110657822124 (2021)
336.warbler sp. 0003722245319713233616010456130703616 (2023)
Other species
1.Bottle-Nosed Dolphin024114000040435.4024 (2016)
2.Humpback whale000000002020.302 (2023)
3.bat sp.021132051310374.6013 (2022)
4.Silver-haired Bat010000200030.402 (2021)
5.Eastern Red Bat0144412131240546.8013 (2021)
6.Hoary Bat000000010010.101 (2022)
Other species
1.Sachem 000000001010.101 (2023)
2.Orange Sulphur 0200113220111.403 (2021)
3.Clouded Sulphur000100010020.301 (2018)
4.Monarch0120947014823124713217751510500248793110513217 (2021)
5.Variegated Fritillary010000000010.101 (2016)
6.Common Buckeye 037212221914909712.1037 (2016)
7.American Snout000001210040.502 (2021)
8.Red-spotted Purple001000000010.101 (2017)
 Species2015201620172018201920202021202220232024TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
9.Camberwell Beauty00101151110202.5011 (2022)
10.Eastern Tiger Swallowtail012000000030.402 (2017)
11.Black Swallowtail01581213100313.9015 (2016)
12.Cloudless Sulphur 05952339249105533008421050339 (2019)
13.Pearl Crescent000000100010.101 (2021)
14.Small White000000061070.906 (2022)
15.Eastern Comma000000010010.101 (2022)
16.Question Mark/Eastern Comma000012501091.105 (2021)
17.Question Mark000100000010.101 (2018)
18.Red Admiral0527141617102009111.4020 (2023)
19.Painted Lady000000001010.101 (2023)
20.American Lady010001020040.502 (2022)
Other species
1.Common Green Darner0196112501123774313355610138497173120125011 (2019)
2.Comet Darner000001002030.402 (2023)
3.Halloween Pennant 000000001010.101 (2023)
4.Swamp Darner00000039776017622097 (2022)
5.Twelve-spotted Skimmer00220186210405021 (2023)
6.Great Blue Skimmer000000001010.101 (2023)
7.Blue Dasher0000001060550161200106 (2021)
8.Wandering Glider0000001569780243300156 (2021)
9.Spot-winged Glider00000077961014718077 (2021)
10.Carolina Saddlebags00000080205010513080 (2021)
11.Black Saddlebags02903442291187290254731802291 (2021)
12.Saddlebags sp. 000000002020.302 (2023)
 Species2015201620172018201920202021202220232024TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
  Totals 0128154102823393487467306296259332216482489444654026473883309241802  
  Observation hours 946:46899:56901:55902:25872:15898:15891:00895:227,207:54900:59  


 
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