Totals Cape May Bird Observatory - Avalon Seawatch (NJ) 2015 - 2024



 Species2015201620172018201920202021202220232024TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
1.Pale-bellied Brent Goose0413417374281342324083065120226310228812860804281 (2018)
2.Canada Goose01010610214721359334894069194039640380964762010214 (2017)
3.Lesser Canada Goose01001142120212.6010 (2016)
4.Ross's Goose003137101016207 (2020)
5.Snow/Ross's Goose000211000040.502 (2018)
6.Snow Goose04134425253718632176573149409773122204425 (2017)
7.goose sp.00001011000121.5011 (2021)
8.Eurasian White-fronted Goose000000100010.101 (2021)
9.Mute Swan002200001050.602 (2017)
10.Bewick's Swan09710778000000282350107 (2017)
11.Tundra Swan0000686251081640389490164 (2023)
12.Wood Duck0975741935689733186660614230796899601866 (2021)
13.Blue-winged Teal0731132128571716019024057 (2021)
14.Shoveler03168133921661438510008181020166 (2020)
15.Gadwall0592644361373529029437061 (2020)
16.American Wigeon0179322219444355397294418026283290444 (2019)
17.Mallard0438467322247281307192261025153140467 (2017)
18.Black Duck023651567191217951540463315064042019360242004633 (2021)
19.Black Duck/Mallard0160798234324623817059013771720343 (2019)
20.Pintail028562271200911581862310718712222017356217003107 (2021)
21.dabbling duck sp.0161393352748398503371413033394170748 (2019)
22.duck sp.07111840717011710906188960348743601090 (2021)
23.Green-winged Teal084725446652880496573838511436162080710978887016208 (2023)
24.Canvasback0105220110121.505 (2018)
25.Redhead0357704411059672230615770223 (2023)
26.Ring-necked Duck06845203123111137103260010501310260 (2023)
27.Scaup092696493951368068343910480619277401048 (2023)
28.Lesser Scaup058230067562878044959116530565870701653 (2023)
29.Aythya sp.026174182311329331177846023762970846 (2023)
30.Greater / Lesser Scaup0624757774354319639265552042845360774 (2018)
31.King Eider01032101008103 (2018)
32.Eider011925330912710786698802049256121078 (2020)
33.Harlequin Duck004425143320556.9025 (2019)
34.Surf Scoter098662105192116230923901398778001712991412917908914611114330139877 (2020)
35.White-winged Scoter023310527693757103085119250488361001052 (2017)
36.Black Scoter0192190266697297543152101254013104613313107320799019010632376330320799 (2023)
37.scoter sp.0459781813778443291530643301173626368124032369740462177844 (2018)
38.Surf/Black Scoter0391684182656360645752327581465758136013032694440868064575 (2019)
39.Long-tailed Duck094412713906131363413665911940011965149603906 (2018)
40.Bufflehead0352588216809968241068626881010482131003525 (2016)
41.Goldeneye0305731362310117020526057 (2017)
42.Hooded Merganser0175167198124196165161142013281660198 (2018)
43.Goosander01028616870486010 (2016)
44.Red-breasted Merganser098511051187968137912268913394011135139203394 (2023)
45.Ruddy Duck0175127169769014218069 (2023)
46.Common Nighthawk000000011020.301 (2022)
47.Chimney Swift000264200050271340264 (2018)
48.Ruby-throated Hummingbird0411310370202.507 (2023)
49.hummingbird sp000011320070.903 (2021)
50.Yellow-billed Cuckoo00070100008107 (2018)
 Species2015201620172018201920202021202220232024TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
51.Feral Pigeon000000110020.301 (2021)
52.Mourning Dove010230031680425.3016 (2022)
53.American Coot010010000020.301 (2016)
54.Pied-billed Grebe000231000060.803 (2019)
55.Red-necked Grebe0119673190374.609 (2018)
56.Slavonian Grebe0637564665839621370564710137 (2023)
57.Black-necked Grebe000000001010.101 (2023)
58.American Oystercatcher03902815792302576014936130344443119613 (2023)
59.American Golden Plover050111503016205 (2016)
60.Grey Plover0316197781035511292608421050316 (2016)
61.Semipalmated Plover030100286313780267331137 (2022)
62.Killdeer05235634102809311.6034 (2021)
63.Piping Plover000100000010.101 (2018)
64.Hudsonian Whimbrel063025125024306 (2016)
65.Hudsonian Godwit00000003200324032 (2022)
66.Marbled Godwit01011500000172.1015 (2019)
67.Turnstone09704412400405012 (2021)
68.Knot06503009361129018023065 (2016)
69.wader sp.000100020030.402 (2022)
70.small wader000000026190455.6026 (2022)
71.large wader00000001300131.6013 (2022)
72.Stilt Sandpiper000000100010.101 (2021)
73.Sanderling060757730120129060204525641290 (2022)
74.Dunlin025612428478961728681718183609473118402868 (2021)
75.Purple Sandpiper012361614954360019524060 (2023)
76.Least Sandpiper0702011310151.907 (2016)
77.White-rumped Sandpiper01000026010648060 (2022)
78.Pectoral Sandpiper01010425780374.6010 (2016)
79.Semipalmated Sandpiper0004001628280769.5028 (2022)
80.Western Sandpiper0000401440131.604 (2019)
81.Long-billed Dowitcher000000700070.907 (2021)
82.Short-billed Dowitcher020000860016208 (2021)
83.dowitcher sp.03100000100141.8010 (2017)
84.American Woodcock0002511010101.305 (2019)
85.Wilson's Snipe010000100020.301 (2016)
86.Red-necked Phalarope000000010010.101 (2022)
87.Grey Phalarope000010000010.101 (2019)
88.Spotted Sandpiper000010012040.502 (2023)
89.Solitary Sandpiper000001000010.101 (2020)
90.Lesser Yellowlegs010020002050.602 (2019)
91.Willet0307000100111.407 (2018)
92.Greater Yellowlegs01312249460415.1012 (2018)
93.Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs001000000010.101 (2017)
94.Black Skimmer01197115916295652472409421180247 (2022)
95.Kittiwake08020421614709812.3042 (2019)
96.Bonaparte's Gull0190535117111501128814012973131380330074126013138 (2023)
97.Black-headed Gull010000003040.503 (2023)
98.small gull sp.000000010010.101 (2022)
99.Little Gull000101010030.401 (2018)
100.Laughing Gull0211086022290972357223549217531699939283018138322673239283 (2023)
 Species2015201620172018201920202021202220232024TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
101.Franklin's Gull020022111091.102 (2016)
102.Ring-billed Gull08218189567028977758071905827111620575517194011162 (2023)
103.Great Black-backed Gull01010656122614801370138895128660109471368242866 (2023)
104.Glaucous Gull000000002020.302 (2023)
105.Iceland Gull030010011060.803 (2016)
106.Herring Gull01681293132334353073407324231176302806435083211763 (2023)
107.Lesser Black-backed Gull0251185134314235201498015031880498 (2023)
108.large gull sp.000001010020.301 (2020)
109.Caspian Tern0134131255313251400368461134 (2016)
110.Royal Tern016411069112017412133303819862946015674195913038 (2021)
111.Sandwich Tern000020000020.302 (2019)
112.Least Tern020000000020.302 (2016)
113.Common Tern01491373071639813842721017552190721 (2023)
114.Arctic Tern000100000010.101 (2018)
115.Forster's Tern057442881434033072302167544749434034157427009434 (2023)
116.sterna sp.0681862136140017222068 (2016)
117.Black Tern08000000008108 (2016)
118.American Black Tern002000000020.302 (2017)
119.Pomarine Skua00043010008104 (2018)
120.Arctic Skua020324019834499138360398019802480398 (2023)
121.S. parasiticus / pomarinus010672701024307 (2019)
122.Long-tailed Skua000100000010.101 (2018)
123.skua sp.000021000030.402 (2019)
124.Little Auk0000710060141.807 (2019)
125.Razorbill0113253030716112526905010035125406905 (2023)
126.Razorbill/Guillemot000125987300000137617201259 (2018)
127.Puffin010000000010.101 (2016)
128.Red-throated Diver0703266209360075507176586157278753231211380562811703510121138 (2023)
129.Pacific Loon010121326016206 (2023)
130.Great Northern Diver018651398156910601354129711663274012983162363274 (2023)
131.diver sp.0002166200172.106 (2020)
132.Wilson's Storm-Petrel020000000020.302 (2016)
133.Cory's Shearwater00056000630749.3063 (2023)
134.Cory's/Scopoli's Shearwater014000000050.604 (2017)
135.Sooty Shearwater000000001010.101 (2023)
136.Great Shearwater0310200090151.909 (2023)
137.large shearwater sp.001010000020.301 (2017)
138.Manx Shearwater00210101010151.9010 (2018)
139.shearwater sp.00231010108103 (2018)
140.Gannet0631153943834835677118480510800337728951670530802663500108003 (2021)
141.Masked Booby010000000010.101 (2016)
142.Brown Booby0201633320202.506 (2019)
143.Sulid sp.0000545100151.905 (2019)
144.Cormorant (p. c. carbo)04524384027272544027034145 (2016)
145.Double-crested Cormorant017770190992129488128573140616139841156138160209011235581404451177701 (2016)
146.White Ibis00001172252480347430248 (2023)
147.Glossy Ibis00000121100232.9021 (2021)
148.American Bittern010000000010.101 (2016)
149.Night Heron011925736022000389490200 (2023)
150.Yellow-crowned Night Heron000000003030.403 (2023)
 Species2015201620172018201920202021202220232024TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
151.Green Heron000000010010.101 (2022)
152.Great Blue Heron0524727859357698673274570046825850859 (2018)
153.Great White Egret0208181347577668310168545030043760668 (2020)
154.heron sp.00019060010100261330190 (2018)
155.Tricolored Heron0000234090182.309 (2023)
156.Little Blue Heron000010000010.101 (2019)
157.Snowy Egret02927209150120211776908921120211 (2021)
158.Egretta sp.000000001500150190150 (2023)
159.Brown Pelican024526339759484311809538390531466401180 (2021)
160.Black Vulture000210000030.402 (2018)
161.Turkey Vulture03902241718121510263330151 (2023)
162.Osprey0162451845253544023029045 (2018)
163.Golden Eagle000100000010.101 (2018)
164.Sharp-shinned Hawk00130225100232.9010 (2023)
165.Cooper's Hawk055244116240617.6024 (2023)
166.Northern Harrier024724620291243016521043 (2023)
167.Bald Eagle054111448454610019224354 (2016)
168.Red-shouldered Hawk000001011030.401 (2020)
169.Red-tailed Hawk0201181070202.508 (2020)
170.Rough-legged Buzzard000001000010.101 (2020)
171.Short-eared Owl010110000030.401 (2016)
172.Snowy Owl000001000010.101 (2020)
173.Kingfisher010000000010.101 (2016)
174.Belted Kingfisher00112244530313.9012 (2018)
175.Red-headed Woodpecker000101000020.301 (2018)
176.Red-bellied Woodpecker010312081016208 (2022)
177.Yellow-bellied Sapsucker000110100030.401 (2018)
178.Downy Woodpecker000000020020.302 (2022)
179.Hairy Woodpecker000101000020.301 (2018)
180.Northern Flicker014315642911440216270144 (2023)
181.Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)04150518041008310.4041 (2022)
182.American Kestrel01658153649012916081 (2018)
183.Merlin02314423027504236026433050 (2021)
184.Peregrine06255353136647546040451075 (2022)
185.Eastern Phoebe01271103690394.9010 (2020)
186.Least Flycatcher000001000010.101 (2020)
187.Eastern Kingbird000010000010.101 (2019)
188.Blue-headed Vireo001200201060.802 (2018)
189.Blue Jay000005000050.605 (2020)
190.American Crow00000145710637.9057 (2022)
191.Raven000000003030.403 (2023)
192.Cedar Waxwing05420187221808510.6022 (2022)
193.Tufted Titmouse000003010040.503 (2020)
194.Shore Lark0022941031090678.4029 (2018)
195.Tree Swallow0636192091395113138822570757494703619 (2017)
196.Northern Rough-winged Swallow00000105430496.1043 (2023)
197.Swallow05111311250293.6013 (2019)
198.Cliff Swallow000000010010.101 (2022)
199.Cave Swallow030001010050.603 (2016)
200.swallow sp.025500010000256320255 (2016)
 Species2015201620172018201920202021202220232024TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
201.Ruby-crowned Kinglet00131413170303.8017 (2023)
202.Golden-/Ruby-crowned Kinglet000001004050.604 (2023)
203.Golden-crowned Kinglet036941114163109411.8031 (2023)
204.Marsh Wren001021010050.602 (2019)
205.Wren000200000020.302 (2018)
206.Winter Wren00002111308103 (2023)
207.House Wren000002121060.802 (2020)
208.Blue-grey Gnatcatcher000000001010.101 (2023)
209.White-breasted Nuthatch000200010030.402 (2018)
210.Red-breasted Nuthatch010110601000283.5011 (2018)
211.Brown Creeper0102167220212.607 (2021)
212.Grey Catbird000002003050.603 (2023)
213.Northern Mockingbird000000010010.101 (2022)
214.Brown Thrasher010000010020.301 (2016)
215.Starling00000219140000359450219 (2020)
216.Eastern Bluebird000000103040.503 (2023)
217.Swainson's Thrush000000002020.302 (2023)
218.Hermit Thrush02033110380486038 (2023)
219.Catharus sp.000100001020.301 (2018)
220.American Robin049336754631654030038075 (2019)
221.sparrow sp.0200002340111.404 (2023)
222.House Sparrow0007300000101.307 (2018)
223.Buff-bellied Pipit01316351227263368023029068 (2023)
224.finch sp.00010330000344.3033 (2020)
225.Evening Grosbeak000001000010.101 (2020)
226.Purple Finch01011033300212.6011 (2018)
227.House Finch07150222500425.3022 (2021)
228.Mealy Redpoll000103000040.503 (2020)
229.Crossbill00010181100212.6018 (2020)
230.American Goldfinch01852897196101001080733920289 (2018)
231.Pine Siskin0301261226105300242630302261 (2020)
232.Lapland Bunting010011211070.902 (2021)
233.Snow Bunting02106711391000148190100 (2023)
234.Grasshopper Sparrow000000001010.101 (2023)
235.sparrow sp. 003000001040.503 (2017)
236.Lark Sparrow000000001010.101 (2023)
237.Chipping Sparrow00417404170374.6017 (2018)
238.Clay-colored Sparrow000000100010.101 (2021)
239.Field Sparrow010000035091.105 (2023)
240.Fox Sparrow (Red)000100010020.301 (2018)
241.Dark-eyed Junco065126252300688.5030 (2023)
242.Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)020402701200455.6027 (2020)
243.White-crowned Sparrow000200000020.302 (2018)
244.White-throated Sparrow02085211320516.4132 (2023)
245.Vesper Sparrow000011001030.401 (2019)
246.Savannah Sparrow077324144100516.4014 (2021)
247.Savannah Sparrow (Ipswich)000000010010.101 (2022)
248.Song Sparrow03233363140374.6114 (2023)
249.Lincoln's Sparrow000000001010.101 (2023)
250.Swamp Sparrow0100212090151.909 (2023)
 Species2015201620172018201920202021202220232024TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
251.Eastern Towhee000000030030.403 (2022)
252.Yellow-breasted Chat000112100050.602 (2020)
253.Bobolink01000231100172.1011 (2022)
254.Eastern Meadowlark04357315190475.9015 (2021)
255.Red-winged Blackbird04317242771472655130620782242 (2018)
256.Brown-headed Cowbird00010211100151.9011 (2022)
257.Rusty Blackbird010110111060.801 (2016)
258.blackbird sp.00000031000313.9031 (2021)
259.Common Grackle000000100010.101 (2021)
260.Boat-tailed Grackle000000100010.101 (2021)
261.Ovenbird000000020020.302 (2022)
262.Northern Waterthrush000004000040.504 (2020)
263.Black-and-white Warbler000000120030.402 (2022)
264.Tennessee Warbler000000012030.402 (2023)
265.Orange-crowned Warbler000000002020.302 (2023)
266.Nashville Warbler010100013060.803 (2023)
267.Common Yellowthroat01011113780324011 (2020)
268.American Redstart0010681630253.108 (2020)
269.Cape May Warbler0003322640202.506 (2022)
270.Northern Parula010052134180526.5021 (2020)
271.Magnolia Warbler0100132730172.107 (2022)
272.Bay-breasted Warbler000000010010.101 (2022)
273.Blackburnian Warbler000001000010.101 (2020)
274.American Yellow Warbler000000303060.803 (2021)
275.Chestnut-sided Warbler000010201040.502 (2021)
276.Blackpoll Warbler0503401251550769.5034 (2018)
277.Black-throated Blue Warbler00001111130172.1011 (2020)
278.Palm Warbler0942633222735013817035 (2023)
279.Palm Warbler (Yellow)001101000030.401 (2017)
280.Palm Warbler (Western)020012010060.802 (2016)
281.Pine Warbler000001004050.604 (2023)
282.Myrtle Warbler013519253813022725545721030083760725 (2021)
283.Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)0013007101008510.6071 (2020)
284.Prairie Warbler000100210040.502 (2021)
285.Black-throated Green Warbler000111110050.601 (2018)
286.Canada Warbler000010000010.101 (2019)
287.Wilson's Warbler000000020020.302 (2022)
288.Scarlet Tanager000000001010.101 (2023)
289.Northern Cardinal000100010020.301 (2018)
290.Dickcissel000110021050.602 (2022)
291.Blue Grosbeak000010010020.301 (2019)
292.Indigo Bunting000011212070.902 (2021)
293.passerine sp.010352227380789.8035 (2018)
294.warbler sp. 02034443822224021126082 (2021)
Other species
1.Bottle-Nosed Dolphin0145158371061073614392250278434801451 (2016)
2.Minke Whale030000200050.603 (2016)
3.Fin Whale000000010010.101 (2022)
4.Humpback whale02021086112831011615031 (2023)
5.whale sp.010000001020.301 (2016)
6.Grey seal000200011040.502 (2018)
 Species2015201620172018201920202021202220232024TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
7.Common Seal0413010100101.304 (2016)
8.Common / Grey seal000000001010.101 (2023)
9.bat sp.01181712101260678.4018 (2017)
10.Eastern Red Bat0325105103280668.3025 (2017)
11.Ocean Sunfish010000001020.301 (2016)
Other species
1.Orange Sulphur 01706118240394.9017 (2016)
2.Orange/Clouded Sulphur0110650000131.606 (2019)
3.Clouded Sulphur0050350000131.605 (2017)
4.Monarch01059148012032575995120463784509998125002575 (2019)
5.Variegated Fritillary01000016008106 (2022)
6.Sleepy Orange000000002020.302 (2023)
7.Common Buckeye 013164303332165118106116013351670332 (2019)
8.American Snout000020001030.402 (2019)
9.Camberwell Beauty005101841990567019 (2022)
10.Black Swallowtail0002004400101.304 (2021)
11.Cloudless Sulphur 0511848883482541035845088 (2019)
12.Pearl Crescent000010000010.101 (2019)
13.Small White0364544610334.106 (2017)
14.white sp. (butterfly)022000000040.502 (2016)
15.Eastern Comma000000100010.101 (2021)
16.Question Mark/Eastern Comma0224621130212.606 (2019)
17.Question Mark001000000010.101 (2017)
18.Long-tailed Skipper000010001020.301 (2019)
19.Red Admiral068462812131875020626075 (2023)
20.Painted Lady00921941110374.6019 (2019)
21.American Lady00010132108103 (2021)
Other species
1.Common Green Darner016531388262028540568710388 (2019)
2.Swamp Darner000020002040.502 (2019)
3.Twelve-spotted Skimmer000010000010.101 (2019)
4.Great Blue Skimmer000010000010.101 (2019)
5.Blue Dasher000010000010.101 (2019)
6.Wandering Glider08064141091464018323064 (2018)
7.Spot-winged Glider02043132290445.5029 (2023)
8.Common Whitetail000000010010.101 (2022)
9.Black Saddlebags020081134110394.9013 (2021)
10.Dragonfly unknown000000100010.101 (2021)
Other species
1.Bumblebee sp.000000112040.502 (2023)
 Species2015201620172018201920202021202220232024TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
  Totals 0776410667079863213669765817143615417888260108897606386263798283192  
  Observation hours 963:38966:44980:22979:48975:25969:52963:40885:437,685:12960:39  


 
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