Select until 30 January

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



 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
1.Dark-bellied Brent Goose080000000080.908 (2017)
2.Pale-bellied Brent Goose491139535227672526034939067 (2022)
3.Canada Goose5748442502227967229110241560119601093312151152291 (2021)
4.Lesser Canada Goose4140020100121.304 (2016)
5.Snow Goose461726858891712111936430328036401211 (2021)
6.Mute Swan00004510000192.1010 (2022)
7.Bewick's Swan15633820000000460510382 (2018)
8.Tundra Swan00077118809499950563631118 (2020)
9.Wood Duck55349193238473170301356018292032473 (2021)
10.Blue-winged Teal2418000791900778.6024 (2016)
11.Shoveler13920101881300018120081 (2022)
12.Gadwall47201113362741427019922047 (2016)
13.Wigeon8140000000131.408 (2016)
14.American Wigeon6528422386166226031235065 (2016)
15.Mallard170020244103910133155544 (2021)
16.Black Duck16171456234045236630825929340 (2021)
17.Black Duck/Mallard000004627000738.1046 (2021)
18.Pintail92254745372223010112707268112222 (2021)
19.dabbling duck sp.0000085100009510.6085 (2021)
20.duck sp.000003302500586.4033 (2021)
21.Green-winged Teal18413026201573293720597660184 (2016)
22.Canvasback001000000010.101 (2018)
23.Redhead01260000009106 (2019)
24.Ring-necked Duck010372349322921019221049 (2021)
25.Scaup0008032300161.808 (2019)
26.Lesser Scaup00002101700202.2017 (2023)
27.Aythya sp.00000404000444.9040 (2021)
28.Greater / Lesser Scaup0000210018170475.2018 (2023)
29.King Eider000000100010.101 (2022)
30.Eider000010000010.101 (2020)
31.Harlequin Duck000000100010.101 (2022)
32.Surf Scoter600171226213497180048711530498555401800 (2022)
33.Velvet Scoter000000003030.303 (2024)
34.White-winged Scoter002150811810455015 (2019)
35.Black Scoter3562518813072002580617528291172016218180206175 (2022)
36.scoter sp.00014664116177700031800891459905077000 (2022)
37.Surf/Black Scoter1925328072969710479531056314209877109703142 (2024)
38.Long-tailed Duck00181100800283.1010 (2021)
39.Bufflehead286541195000687.6028 (2016)
40.Goldeneye000001000010.101 (2021)
41.Hooded Merganser23217618381042012013038 (2021)
42.Goosander00190000000192.1019 (2018)
43.Red-breasted Merganser00321362372009210.2037 (2023)
44.Ruddy Duck211205301000424.7021 (2016)
45.Common Nighthawk18924361611652322029633092 (2017)
46.Chuck-will's-widow000000100010.101 (2022)
47.Chimney Swift132220659124703424265404184031153460703 (2020)
48.Ruby-throated Hummingbird336191395483668580059266091 (2018)
49.Yellow-billed Cuckoo03152267020374.1015 (2018)
50.Black-billed Cuckoo000001000010.101 (2021)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
51.Feral Pigeon00000010000101.1010 (2022)
52.Collared Dove000000100010.101 (2022)
53.Mourning Dove034023851172119570473530172 (2022)
54.White-winged Dove021001111070.802 (2017)
55.Virginia Rail012000000030.302 (2018)
56.Sora100000000010.101 (2016)
57.Common Gallinule1380100000131.408 (2018)
58.Sandhill Crane26154332040394.3015 (2018)
59.Pied-billed Grebe141000000060.704 (2017)
60.Slavonian Grebe000100100020.201 (2019)
61.American Oystercatcher8232576000333.708 (2016)
62.Black-necked Stilt010000000010.101 (2017)
63.American Avocet000110100030.301 (2019)
64.Grey Plover1417918299113627017019036 (2023)
65.American Golden Plover2403513430252.805 (2020)
66.Killdeer1071766932119457483356270021502390574 (2021)
67.Semipalmated Plover172219273675516247035640075 (2021)
68.Piping Plover000001200030.302 (2022)
69.Upland Sandpiper000000001010.101 (2024)
70.Hudsonian Whimbrel30109762440455010 (2018)
71.Hudsonian Godwit017131604110434.8016 (2020)
72.Marbled Godwit100001000020.201 (2016)
73.Long-billed Dowitcher10360611230323.6011 (2022)
74.Short-billed Dowitcher10101133276115010412033 (2020)
75.dowitcher sp.72117425210505.6021 (2017)
76.American Woodcock000100011030.301 (2019)
77.Wilson's Snipe1140198591816298020823059 (2020)
78.Wilson's Phalarope2021111110101.102 (2016)
79.Grey Phalarope000000010010.101 (2023)
80.Red-necked Phalarope000000001010.101 (2024)
81.Spotted Sandpiper1300301320131.403 (2017)
82.Solitary Sandpiper7721214940415035027130050 (2023)
83.Lesser Yellowlegs72252277234290565375448619031323480619 (2024)
84.Willet005000011070.805 (2018)
85.Willet (Western)000100230060.703 (2023)
86.Greater Yellowlegs4280150186170142189230127013161465230 (2023)
87.Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs100000001000202.2010 (2016)
88.Turnstone1285510250293.208 (2018)
89.Knot50001050300232.6010 (2020)
90.Ruff000001001020.201 (2021)
91.wader sp.000001628816100735820610 (2024)
92.small wader00000141221652400568630240 (2024)
93.Stilt Sandpiper718320712271341014816041 (2024)
94.Buff-breasted Sandpiper200001011050.602 (2016)
95.Sanderling1212133113342190947013711520947 (2024)
96.Dunlin45272507422648241470814900241 (2023)
97.Baird's Sandpiper2011130210111.203 (2021)
98.Least Sandpiper8528522676611736680120011811310366 (2022)
99.White-rumped Sandpiper6192061125140748.2025 (2023)
100.Pectoral Sandpiper62937111012915180693408017972000693 (2023)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
101.Western Sandpiper0045072400222.407 (2021)
102.Calidris sp.000000500050.605 (2022)
103.Western/Semipalmated Sandpiper00003300300364030 (2021)
104.Semipalmated Sandpiper6358614570409166170279013661520409 (2021)
105.Black Skimmer019548118646212626309661070548 (2018)
106.Least Tern06100200009106 (2017)
107.Gull-billed Tern00421200009104 (2018)
108.Caspian Tern3338263732292024021224037 (2020)
109.Black Tern28322013800475.2028 (2016)
110.American Black Tern000000030030.303 (2023)
111.Forster's Tern75001717428923615663016401820750 (2016)
112.Common Tern00130111775580255280177 (2022)
113.Sandwich Tern000100000010.101 (2019)
114.Royal Tern00921722212948140360400217 (2019)
115.Little Gull001000000010.101 (2018)
116.Kittiwake00000120000121.3012 (2021)
117.Bonaparte's Gull8378135140772146206011821310620 (2023)
118.Black-headed Gull003100001050.603 (2018)
119.Laughing Gull2401978168359509182120023412601500978 (2019)
120.Franklin's Gull000001001020.201 (2021)
121.Ring-billed Gull212205134817064773803510447249721706 (2021)
122.Herring Gull004910611422598510827902028225501142 (2020)
123.Great Black-backed Gull30149129453827470402450149 (2018)
124.Lesser Black-backed Gull7112324186386949029032086 (2022)
125.Iceland Gull230001100070.803 (2017)
126.skua sp.000000010010.101 (2023)
127.Arctic Skua397996149564141150462510149 (2019)
128.S. parasiticus / pomarinus300000000030.303 (2016)
129.Red-throated Diver19747133211144847911113360367440801448 (2021)
130.Pacific Loon010000100020.201 (2017)
131.Great Northern Diver981519216012619090300175013821540300 (2023)
132.diver sp.000000010010.101 (2023)
133.Cory's Shearwater000000001010.101 (2024)
134.Great Shearwater000001000010.101 (2021)
135.Manx Shearwater001100000020.201 (2018)
136.Wood Stork01102010010151.7011 (2017)
137.Gannet12611294738154414991824661962011781130904149 (2021)
138.Brown Booby000000110020.201 (2022)
139.Anhinga000001000010.101 (2021)
140.Cormorant50000000000505.6050 (2016)
141.Cormorant (p. c. carbo)1236152010212.306 (2019)
142.Double-crested Cormorant1382347891553243441893738510298221676517316016585918429538510 (2021)
143.White Ibis0111502801355226831925577012824142505577 (2024)
144.Glossy Ibis26221812958657167320551610181 (2018)
145.Roseate Spoonbill000002000020.202 (2021)
146.American Bittern8684103200323.608 (2016)
147.Yellow-crowned Night Heron201000001040.402 (2016)
148.Night Heron368621718414735028231568 (2017)
149.Little Blue Heron201500551050424.7015 (2018)
150.Tricolored Heron100913244130556.1024 (2022)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
151.Snowy Egret2252461402694136178222010691190246 (2018)
152.Egretta sp.0000201520700626.9020 (2020)
153.Green Heron2670914940424.709 (2020)
154.Cattle Egret120411473900505.6014 (2020)
155.Great White Egret503519223799223111166178012911431237 (2019)
156.heron sp.00022000000222.4022 (2019)
157.Great Blue Heron475723772335770665341387392048605403772 (2018)
158.American White Pelican0200108000111.208 (2022)
159.Brown Pelican3134323447132125107327010311150327 (2024)
160.Black Vulture170176303204146260343119175018962110343 (2022)
161.Turkey Vulture309019054498190116952246390220272266023530261404498 (2018)
162.Osprey425227256064485840813723489039983699038290425406064 (2018)
163.Swallow-tailed Kite000000011020.201 (2023)
164.Golden Eagle1613151081612208011813020 (2023)
165.Sharp-shinned Hawk1455010834158337319105536742150181526011939010804812005215833 (2018)
166.Cooper's Hawk314517385357359337082235764361155410038944432707643 (2022)
167.Accipiter sp.010000000010.101 (2017)
168.American Goshawk1611713013170596.6017 (2018)
169.Northern Harrier98377413904681013110910861254132709404104501390 (2018)
170.Bald Eagle53042991862363574612478216140656372901247 (2022)
171.Mississippi Kite010011202070.802 (2022)
172.Red-shouldered Hawk732479647503580415850432660052985890850 (2022)
173.Broad-winged Hawk453113121694571065775217170025609177102002171 (2022)
174.Swainson's Hawk01011122109102 (2022)
175.Red-tailed Hawk17307301500748103877118431300719010379115301843 (2022)
176.Red-tailed Hawk (Northern)00000000909109 (2024)
177.Rough-legged Buzzard0400110510121.305 (2023)
178.buzzard sp.100000000010.101 (2016)
179.Barn Owl100000100020.201 (2016)
180.Short-eared Owl3200311100111.203 (2016)
181.Belted Kingfisher134548283823121931025729148 (2018)
182.Red-headed Woodpecker952115589110657.2011 (2019)
183.Red-bellied Woodpecker17198315214524252412309721080425 (2022)
184.Yellow-bellied Sapsucker8430112020332323017219033 (2022)
185.Downy Woodpecker51112571743409510.6034 (2024)
186.Hairy Woodpecker2000237120171.907 (2022)
187.Northern Flicker3611796152441106430566961250142521584206125 (2024)
188.Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)27346821164881009570023142570957 (2023)
189.American Kestrel34426858105322365476945555037445044840464925166010532 (2018)
190.falcon sp.040000000040.404 (2017)
191.Merlin196720552636148115621508204927052520018483205412705 (2023)
192.Peregrine969111715204797337769218205660790187801520 (2018)
193.Eastern Phoebe25920141744635015217146 (2023)
194.Eastern Wood Pewee1211623330222.406 (2020)
195.Yellow-bellied Flycatcher010000000010.101 (2017)
196.Alder Flycatcher010001020040.402 (2023)
197.Alder/Willow Flycatcher01012111209102 (2020)
198.Least Flycatcher000011310060.703 (2022)
199.Empidonax sp.0002512320151.705 (2020)
200.Tropical Kingbird000000100010.101 (2022)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
201.Cassin's Kingbird000100000010.101 (2019)
202.Western Kingbird110120021080.902 (2020)
203.Scissor-tailed Flycatcher000100000010.101 (2019)
204.Eastern Kingbird77693282503532377714251015841760353 (2020)
205.Grey Kingbird010000110030.301 (2017)
206.Great Crested Flycatcher0117421310202.207 (2019)
207.Myiarchus sp.000010000010.101 (2020)
208.Red-eyed Vireo01176528293125018721065 (2020)
209.Philadelphia Vireo100031110070.803 (2020)
210.Philadelphia/Warbling Vireo000000200020.202 (2022)
211.Warbling Vireo000010011030.301 (2020)
212.Blue-headed Vireo000241000070.804 (2020)
213.White-eyed Vireo0600301000101.106 (2017)
214.Blue Jay27346980151842346933111473270017214191358423 (2020)
215.American Crow400480027340869.6048 (2019)
216.Fish Crow9963150130108850356400130 (2021)
217.Raven0002730740232.607 (2020)
218.Cedar Waxwing52218431003334722242841264661307667028223313607667 (2024)
219.Tufted Titmouse00109497200017620094 (2020)
220.Carolina Chickadee000020000020.202 (2020)
221.Shore Lark341910111220352013415035 (2023)
222.Sand Martin1514121229203116014016031 (2023)
223.Tree Swallow41626422599867398751361650668021385237608673 (2020)
224.Violet-green Swallow000000010010.101 (2023)
225.Purple Martin271615259924810993367207018182020599 (2019)
226.Northern Rough-winged Swallow105632726646138510426470138 (2023)
227.Swallow2467505953402436378719201257010278114204363 (2021)
228.Cliff Swallow2013772420418520552610418 (2023)
229.Cave Swallow176101591331358253310833930331 (2024)
230.swallow sp.00008401000495.4040 (2021)
231.Cliff/Cave Swallow000001222070.802 (2022)
232.Ruby-crowned Kinglet548221729202925015918029 (2021)
233.Golden-/Ruby-crowned Kinglet000001000010.101 (2021)
234.Golden-crowned Kinglet192620221668146457030634068 (2021)
235.Marsh Wren010002000030.302 (2021)
236.Winter Wren000010000010.101 (2020)
237.House Wren0222130000101.103 (2021)
238.Blue-grey Gnatcatcher265925287652601261220574640126 (2023)
239.White-breasted Nuthatch60504003201309610.7040 (2020)
240.Red-breasted Nuthatch414751170201621650539600170 (2020)
241.Brown Creeper7201444160293.207 (2016)
242.Grey Catbird061081562070637020 (2023)
243.Northern Mockingbird002226276017011613060 (2023)
244.Brown Thrasher0361112230192.106 (2018)
245.Starling60000236955551012394027358677024888276508677 (2024)
246.Eastern Bluebird2423725071423731830176220933785011745130503785 (2024)
247.Swainson's Thrush00001020500262.9020 (2022)
248.Hermit Thrush0022111120101.102 (2018)
249.Catharus sp.000001101030.301 (2021)
250.Grey-cheeked Thrush000011100030.301 (2020)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
251.Veery02010113200192.1013 (2022)
252.American Robin282162060321664619553536075701158840715937514005209550241061140216646 (2018)
253.Redstart001000000010.101 (2018)
254.sparrow sp.000003000030.303 (2021)
255.House Sparrow00093439316641714709591070417 (2023)
256.American Buff-bellied Pipit385385188335241550399180311030538959901803 (2023)
257.finch sp.000020938000677.4038 (2022)
258.Evening Grosbeak1090350021000381420350 (2020)
259.Purple Finch77115093284438984511773035903990984 (2022)
260.House Finch119010486110914924422537043379282027392304409282 (2024)
261.Mealy Redpoll00401040009104 (2018)
262.Crossbill01160797035000849940797 (2020)
263.Two-barred Crossbill000010000010.101 (2020)
264.American Goldfinch7731838693119820739919187261400894450746848298020739 (2020)
265.Pine Siskin2310106443526252076431090373274147035262 (2020)
266.Lapland Bunting2131101140141.604 (2024)
267.Snow Bunting2510170312120707.8025 (2016)
268.Lark Sparrow001112010060.702 (2021)
269.Chipping Sparrow0061165140423342540537600165 (2019)
270.Clay-colored Sparrow0321022000101.103 (2017)
271.Field Sparrow25216031530374.1016 (2019)
272.Fox Sparrow (Red)2006041010141.606 (2019)
273.Dark-eyed Junco9206338513855020222055 (2024)
274.Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)000171300100313.4017 (2019)
275.White-crowned Sparrow01311111000182013 (2017)
276.White-throated Sparrow14193315201309610.7052 (2021)
277.Vesper Sparrow0004412010121.304 (2019)
278.Savannah Sparrow23473479937100520417460100 (2023)
279.Song Sparrow93101100100252.8010 (2021)
280.Lincoln's Sparrow000010000010.101 (2020)
281.Swamp Sparrow16104500000626.9050 (2021)
282.Eastern Towhee3331310000141.603 (2016)
283.Yellow-breasted Chat002010000030.302 (2018)
284.Yellow-headed Blackbird001120021070.802 (2020)
285.Bobolink487398176920466013964130427949594902045936510409817 (2017)
286.Eastern Meadowlark14310753167148396233424199018702080424 (2023)
287.Baltimore Oriole181310115317405354026930054 (2024)
288.Orchard Oriole0862111300222.408 (2017)
289.Red-winged Blackbird1053547171846281952896636643342385118564052026037728931064052 (2024)
290.Brown-headed Cowbird85234875248783357548484791747796041462460709174 (2023)
291.Rusty Blackbird4876454191109171167758386023602620758 (2023)
292.blackbird sp.000001135300000143515901135 (2021)
293.Common Grackle1694774448501429144052972211485776826441013630015144044052 (2020)
294.Boat-tailed Grackle1048211115510700280310111 (2021)
295.Ovenbird0112114100111.204 (2022)
296.Louisiana Waterthrush000000100010.101 (2022)
297.Northern Waterthrush1232166288102179433201011251250433 (2023)
298.Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush000000200020.202 (2022)
299.Blue-winged Warbler001000010020.201 (2018)
300.Black-and-white Warbler2155101226277057022425070 (2023)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
301.Prothonotary Warbler000000100010.101 (2022)
302.Tennessee Warbler01131923182918011212029 (2023)
303.Orange-crowned Warbler2702634110262.907 (2017)
304.Nashville Warbler153511166990657.2016 (2021)
305.Connecticut Warbler0001033210101.103 (2021)
306.Mourning Warbler000000100010.101 (2022)
307.Common Yellowthroat28102281140384.2011 (2023)
308.Hooded Warbler000100010020.201 (2019)
309.American Redstart28678721418531115317394480361040101531 (2022)
310.Cape May Warbler2319667174871251391780782870178 (2024)
311.Northern Parula22317149302185859843354027343040859 (2022)
312.Magnolia Warbler433479242660869.6026 (2023)
313.Bay-breasted Warbler2000421010101.104 (2020)
314.Blackburnian Warbler0003322210131.403 (2019)
315.American Yellow Warbler18441440591031091231120622690123 (2023)
316.Chestnut-sided Warbler0124122540212.305 (2023)
317.Blackpoll Warbler1072645830987017197337020152240870 (2021)
318.Bay-breasted/Blackpoll Warbler001000000010.101 (2018)
319.Black-throated Blue Warbler33271214241920010412024 (2022)
320.Palm Warbler314433149371432343560377023402600560 (2023)
321.Palm Warbler (Yellow)00062101040232.6010 (2023)
322.Palm Warbler (Western)40264107021330303340213 (2023)
323.Pine Warbler123181822131814010912022 (2021)
324.Myrtle Warbler1902154398556815907127883151410244842395126470320608356230102448 (2022)
325.Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's)001000000010.101 (2018)
326.Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)110996331111213216610369301716109138210154036930 (2023)
327.Yellow-throated Warbler000100010020.201 (2019)
328.Prairie Warbler511931410162413010512024 (2023)
329.Townsend's Warbler000100000010.101 (2019)
330.Black-throated Green Warbler021714107750535.9014 (2020)
331.Canada Warbler000000010010.101 (2023)
332.Wilson's Warbler000020001030.302 (2020)
333.Summer Tanager000012000030.302 (2021)
334.Scarlet Tanager0121463630262.906 (2021)
335.Western Tanager000000110020.201 (2022)
336.Rose-breasted Grosbeak0120437660293.207 (2022)
337.Northern Cardinal000000700070.807 (2022)
338.Dickcissel163432182362974845037542097 (2022)
339.Blue Grosbeak253611141318140869.6018 (2023)
340.Indigo Bunting1710365758412478111710728812124 (2021)
341.warbler sp. 0037222453197132336161151011607129003616 (2023)
Other species
1.Bottle-Nosed Dolphin241140000410444.9024 (2016)
2.Humpback whale000000020020.202 (2023)
3.bat sp.211320513100374.1013 (2022)
4.Silver-haired Bat100002000030.302 (2021)
5.Eastern Red Bat1444121312460606.7013 (2021)
6.Hoary Bat000000101020.201 (2022)
Other species
1.Sachem 000000010010.101 (2023)
2.Orange Sulphur 2001132200111.203 (2021)
3.Clouded Sulphur001000100020.201 (2018)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
4.Monarch120947014823124713217751510504960253752819513217 (2021)
5.Variegated Fritillary100000000010.101 (2016)
6.Common Buckeye 37212221914918011513037 (2016)
7.American Snout000012101050.602 (2021)
8.Red-spotted Purple010000000010.101 (2017)
9.Camberwell Beauty01011511140242.7011 (2022)
10.Eastern Tiger Swallowtail120000000030.302 (2017)
11.Black Swallowtail15812131000313.4015 (2016)
12.Spicebush Swallowtail000000001010.101 (2024)
13.Cloudless Sulphur 5952339249105533011209541060339 (2019)
14.Pearl Crescent000001000010.101 (2021)
15.Small White0000006140111.206 (2022)
16.Eastern Comma000000101020.201 (2022)
17.Question Mark/Eastern Comma0001250110101.105 (2021)
18.Question Mark001000003040.403 (2024)
19.Red Admiral527141617102031012214031 (2024)
20.Painted Lady000000010010.101 (2023)
21.American Lady100010200040.402 (2022)
Other species
1.Common Green Darner1961125011237743133556132860141783157540125011 (2019)
2.Comet Darner000010021040.402 (2023)
3.Halloween Pennant 000000010010.101 (2023)
4.Swamp Darner00000397762017820097 (2022)
5.Twelve-spotted Skimmer02201862190495.4021 (2023)
6.Great Blue Skimmer000000010010.101 (2023)
7.Blue Dasher0000010605510162180106 (2021)
8.Wandering Glider00000156978100253280156 (2021)
9.Spot-winged Glider00000779615015217077 (2021)
10.Wandering/Spot-winged Glider00000000140141.6014 (2024)
11.Carolina Saddlebags000008020519012414080 (2021)
12.Black Saddlebags2903442291187292840283131502291 (2021)
13.Saddlebags sp. 000000020020.202 (2023)
14.Dragonfly unknown000000001010.101 (2024)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
  Totals 128154102823393487467306296259332216482489444654409349030567373396371802  
  Observation hours 946:46899:56901:55902:25872:15898:15891:00895:22900:368,108:30900:57  


 
Partners
         
Sponsored by