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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 Goose1957016962643084352525833318834303430701 (2017)
3.Canada Goose2567445236718615275717616905122987295527835278407176 (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 Duck13951737169332561342643073 (2019)
12.Blue-winged Teal22510220280424.2020 (2022)
13.Shoveler04211240000323.2021 (2018)
14.Gadwall0341122130319757.5031 (2024)
15.American Wigeon91073137512156878.7015 (2024)
16.Mallard2962116441772114718218044 (2020)
17.Black Duck340454454383342695442242069 (2024)
18.Black Duck/Mallard003000101160.603 (2018)
19.Pintail462310213822432810471406410104 (2024)
20.dabbling duck sp.40000080140262.6014 (2024)
21.duck sp.008500111083011712085 (2018)
22.Green-winged Teal10196231514612246521341340146 (2021)
23.Canvasback000100100020.201 (2019)
24.Ring-necked Duck02027112191615747.4019 (2023)
25.Scaup5312401105124929.2051 (2023)
26.Lesser Scaup0513258322517201115616032 (2021)
27.Aythya sp.08000015220363.6022 (2024)
28.Greater / Lesser Scaup05301520232414.1023 (2024)
29.King Eider002000000020.202 (2018)
30.Eider006211160000353.5016 (2021)
31.Harlequin Duck100000011250.502 (2025)
32.Surf Scoter677211378978395448482913016995858976771527898778988816995 (2022)
33.White-winged Scoter714284273330175282651675680284 (2018)
34.Black Scoter911712493213641259273797553103608664127467738110006110014421364 (2018)
35.scoter sp.24589415295781213193439687108616688068801529 (2018)
36.Surf/Black Scoter205117842138807748163310322433203915218982190011784 (2017)
37.Long-tailed Duck83164394050733308727147314731428256518461184615073 (2019)
38.Bufflehead913151513106100828.2015 (2020)
39.Goldeneye2021031002111.103 (2021)
40.Hooded Merganser04172202040404022 (2020)
41.Goosander0018216001191.908 (2019)
42.Red-breasted Merganser55151810261078118313011622865152078210446104511622 (2022)
43.Ruddy Duck010200000030.302 (2019)
44.Common Nighthawk000001120040.402 (2023)
45.Chimney Swift61435242288309824137665230031913190824 (2021)
46.Ruby-throated Hummingbird62021422367598288040841088 (2024)
47.Yellow-billed Cuckoo0119754070343.409 (2019)
48.Black-billed Cuckoo012301001080.803 (2019)
49.Rock Dove000000060280.806 (2023)
50.Feral Pigeon023002000070.703 (2018)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
51.Collared Dove001000112050.502 (2024)
52.Mourning Dove0531453231511707023 (2023)
53.White-winged Dove000000101020.201 (2022)
54.Mangrove Rail010000110030.301 (2017)
55.Sandhill Crane010000103050.503 (2024)
56.Red-necked Grebe000000100010.101 (2022)
57.Slavonian Grebe1014892555727873464396046011101 (2016)
58.Black-necked Grebe000110001030.301 (2019)
59.Western/Clark's Grebe000000001010.101 (2024)
60.American Oystercatcher15841821251501729816611322013251330220 (2025)
61.Oystercatcher000000005050.505 (2024)
62.Grey Plover234611275310499671354686690135 (2024)
63.American Golden Plover122200002090.902 (2017)
64.Killdeer0416318173177624175110381040776 (2022)
65.Semipalmated Plover54757961826654454041241096 (2019)
66.Piping Plover216231616518515512112023 (2018)
67.Upland Sandpiper000001000010.101 (2021)
68.Whimbrel010000000010.101 (2017)
69.Hudsonian Whimbrel2114759301289188182248250016851690301 (2019)
70.Marbled Godwit010000000010.101 (2017)
71.Short-billed Dowitcher38459484909358594387874572146764680909 (2019)
72.dowitcher sp.0000200900111.109 (2023)
73.American Woodcock000101000020.201 (2019)
74.Wilson's Snipe011020100160.602 (2020)
75.Wilson's Phalarope000111000030.301 (2019)
76.Red-necked Phalarope0000601290181.809 (2024)
77.Spotted Sandpiper742322425242886019620042 (2017)
78.Solitary Sandpiper17139310191524010110024 (2024)
79.Lesser Yellowlegs10718260541342222333491490134 (2021)
80.Tringa sp.000000004040.404 (2024)
81.Willet0746821581226571260622021172120622 (2024)
82.Willet (Eastern)1517762897134661379350025762580776 (2017)
83.Willet (Western)010112110070.702 (2021)
84.Greater Yellowlegs172103120448367487618632630120 (2019)
85.Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs00021130700232.3013 (2021)
86.Turnstone0103369310239248163239318119901990369 (2018)
87.Knot6116213438314130122137216016921690438 (2019)
88.Ruff000000100010.101 (2022)
89.wader sp.000001492762382050868870276 (2022)
90.small wader00000209878014381380209 (2021)
91.large wader0000018163120494.9018 (2021)
92.Stilt Sandpiper014011000070.704 (2018)
93.Sanderling42610222041121611255608796015230839383992041 (2018)
94.Dunlin37011050216365313240186293622482250502 (2018)
95.Purple Sandpiper7851073293228701233460461123 (2024)
96.Least Sandpiper5103455274278613451161513011300455 (2018)
97.White-rumped Sandpiper0123203040151.504 (2024)
98.Pectoral Sandpiper0044380021222.208 (2021)
99.Western Sandpiper020000000020.202 (2017)
100.Calidris sp.0148821010013331270270133 (2023)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
101.Semipalmated Sandpiper252241122404455465366837720615761602240 (2019)
102.Black Skimmer687101254247291254236281017571760291 (2021)
103.Least Tern6154194590188671236559014461450590 (2019)
104.Gull-billed Tern021474228030308 (2024)
105.Caspian Tern0215135423116320264260135 (2020)
106.Black Tern10010008620272.7010 (2019)
107.tern/marsh tern sp.000000020020.202 (2023)
108.Forster's Tern425557689275113221947103279199723772402194 (2021)
109.Arctic Tern00003256300464.6032 (2020)
110.Common/Arctic Tern0001145181300515.1018 (2022)
111.Common Tern1765297355319297554237337024782480554 (2022)
112.Roseate Tern010455318140686.8031 (2022)
113.sterna sp.000068918310999.9068 (2020)
114.Royal Tern28143754171061905388390190 (2024)
115.Little Gull100030141010104 (2023)
116.Kittiwake000020100030.302 (2020)
117.Sabine's Gull000000001010.101 (2024)
118.Bonaparte's Gull7901286230464510607961978647168728011473114702304 (2018)
119.Black-headed Gull0222020142151.504 (2024)
120.Laughing Gull8022696710292761953023947839531906664658610566106010292 (2018)
121.Ring-billed Gull5464573595885095277726151615477646564721615 (2024)
122.Herring Gull97993612041512106717741921174453201195176521765205320 (2024)
123.Great Black-backed Gull213367191141166366281578210017145744571202100 (2024)
124.Glaucous Gull000110302180.803 (2022)
125.Lesser Black-backed Gull38641036516323848631771722524162420717 (2024)
126.large gull sp.00101211500202015 (2023)
127.California Gull000001000010.101 (2021)
128.Iceland Gull3250311262252.506 (2024)
129.Thayer's Gull000000001010.101 (2024)
130.skua sp.000003000030.303 (2021)
131.Arctic Skua14395053776181100830558560100 (2023)
132.Pomarine Skua000030000030.303 (2020)
133.Razorbill1344628549533514634630446 (2018)
134.Razorbill/Guillemot000100000010.101 (2019)
135.Little Auk010000000890.908 (2025)
136.Brünnich's Guillemot001100000020.201 (2018)
137.Red-throated Diver39911245229312725239242926415980016705111862821628224416705 (2024)
138.Pacific Loon0121013111111.103 (2022)
139.Great Northern Diver587121516892193138621751370135114491313428134362193 (2019)
140.diver sp.000211031080.803 (2023)
141.Wilson's Storm-Petrel02042803714210214210142 (2023)
142.Cory's Shearwater000000010010.101 (2023)
143.Sooty Shearwater0041421335714510383380145 (2023)
144.large shearwater sp.000000100010.101 (2022)
145.Manx Shearwater000000200020.202 (2022)
146.Magnificent Frigatebird000000100010.101 (2022)
147.Gannet402181113687520410690978437403739349446098366743983166860666861541111368 (2017)
148.Brown Booby110100000030.301 (2016)
149.gannat/booby sp.001000000010.101 (2018)
150.Anhinga000000080080.808 (2023)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
151.Cormorant000000010010.101 (2023)
152.Cormorant (p. c. carbo)121015238151826141815916026 (2023)
153.Double-crested Cormorant115691748517238369383089834859388213044942711444926541726542842711 (2024)
154.White Ibis020612377702730319817504450403198 (2024)
155.Glossy Ibis49876133345917971421810912149542852885301797 (2020)
156.White-faced Ibis000041000050.504 (2020)
157.American Bittern000100000010.101 (2019)
158.Yellow-crowned Night Heron010100100030.301 (2017)
159.Night Heron024100001080.804 (2018)
160.Little Blue Heron0441111371240565.6013 (2021)
161.Tricolored Heron171222291919416012913029 (2020)
162.Snowy Egret115197424368329436317212368027662770436 (2021)
163.Egretta sp.00081460700353.5014 (2020)
164.Green Heron00129142592826012312028 (2023)
165.Cattle Egret0333292420282.809 (2021)
166.Great White Egret881622813563102371761693352721412140356 (2019)
167.heron sp.000000080080.808 (2023)
168.Great Blue Heron771311805312643852661936654027322730665 (2024)
169.Brown Pelican0131882166129265802746750265 (2023)
170.Black Vulture00740373626201317918074 (2018)
171.Turkey Vulture134611166983051113281779013451350328 (2023)
172.Osprey77487768811151921902153310961109215 (2024)
173.Swallow-tailed Kite001000018010108 (2024)
174.Sharp-shinned Hawk46152945874646.4015 (2018)
175.Cooper's Hawk3284454544434.308 (2018)
176.American Goshawk000000010010.101 (2023)
177.Northern Harrier57856351931261115315035 (2021)
178.Bald Eagle2031351753621139110955586590113 (2022)
179.Mississippi Kite0101665628341559023323065 (2019)
180.Red-shouldered Hawk002131396610505013 (2021)
181.Broad-winged Hawk1374045181840154810434430154 (2023)
182.Red-tailed Hawk57241843503958393732032058 (2023)
183.buzzard sp.000001000010.101 (2021)
184.Long-eared Owl000001000010.101 (2021)
185.Short-eared Owl000001000010.101 (2021)
186.Belted Kingfisher12676117531494.9011 (2021)
187.Red-headed Woodpecker048571332134538890416420134 (2021)
188.Red-bellied Woodpecker0554215939930280280159 (2021)
189.Yellow-bellied Sapsucker000105101210105 (2021)
190.Downy Woodpecker011000210490.904 (2025)
191.Hairy Woodpecker0203124500171.705 (2023)
192.Northern Flicker007463228284327421522046 (2019)
193.Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)11639141111276989.8039 (2018)
194.Pileated Woodpecker000000111030.301 (2022)
195.woodpecker sp.000001010020.201 (2021)
196.Crested Caracara000000000110.101 (2025)
197.American Kestrel817371838962256421434835096 (2021)
198.falcon sp.000000010010.101 (2023)
199.Merlin94036553528515165337337065 (2024)
200.Merlin (taiga)000000000330.303 (2025)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
201.Peregrine12486210551444.4010 (2022)
202.Eastern Phoebe041915131081340178237240108 (2021)
203.Eastern Wood Pewee000210312090.903 (2022)
204.Willow Flycatcher000010102040.402 (2024)
205.Empidonax sp.000007000070.707 (2021)
206.Western Kingbird000000100010.101 (2022)
207.Eastern Kingbird8302287659924297311328292034083410924 (2020)
208.Grey Kingbird000000100010.101 (2022)
209.Great Crested Flycatcher03023143100262.6010 (2024)
210.Red-eyed Vireo0012134110131.304 (2022)
211.Warbling Vireo000200001030.302 (2019)
212.Blue-headed Vireo000010100020.201 (2020)
213.White-eyed Vireo0104002050121.205 (2024)
214.Blue Jay513516176546849639846016101610684 (2021)
215.American Crow000000040040.404 (2023)
216.Fish Crow2912311484858541083374370108 (2024)
217.Raven000112232312444.4023 (2024)
218.Cedar Waxwing14546509741156424212662249398605360501564 (2020)
219.Tufted Titmouse001102102070.702 (2021)
220.Black-capped Chickadee000001000010.101 (2021)
221.Shore Lark010234510425454.5010 (2017)
222.Sand Martin67889848412182711910806810191 (2024)
223.Tree Swallow2101547186126815585552201625385548975897602201 (2022)
224.Purple Martin76823051232841781811061271614781480305 (2018)
225.Northern Rough-winged Swallow448816417766130143118143110741070177 (2019)
226.Swallow686255469973413697260723028374051294838639386416997 (2018)
227.Cliff Swallow7265293114273392164178183518741870392 (2021)
228.Cave Swallow0510611000141.406 (2020)
229.swallow sp.3487056451324020521087 (2018)
230.Cliff/Cave Swallow0451654000252.506 (2020)
231.Ruby-crowned Kinglet13512265110363.6011 (2024)
232.Golden-/Ruby-crowned Kinglet000010000010.101 (2020)
233.Golden-crowned Kinglet01052151222781181416454450141 (2024)
234.Marsh Wren001010000020.201 (2018)
235.House Wren001000103050.503 (2024)
236.Blue-grey Gnatcatcher46120627125843424350064516810528452811681 (2024)
237.White-breasted Nuthatch000101020040.402 (2023)
238.Brown-headed Nuthatch014001003090.904 (2018)
239.Red-breasted Nuthatch0104200404151.504 (2019)
240.Brown Creeper00040031155282.8011 (2023)
241.Grey Catbird01221041130242.4013 (2024)
242.Northern Mockingbird02561591352484.8013 (2023)
243.Brown Thrasher0021012250131.305 (2024)
244.Starling1071951583263411981971062815301530341 (2021)
245.Eastern Bluebird087842351538745211569570211 (2025)
246.Wood Thrush000000002020.202 (2024)
247.Swainson's Thrush000003001040.403 (2021)
248.Hermit Thrush003001002060.603 (2018)
249.Catharus sp.000010000010.101 (2020)
250.Veery000010000010.101 (2020)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
251.American Robin18745612995530583666446855712297123025530 (2021)
252.flycatcher sp.000001110030.301 (2021)
253.sparrow sp.0222720100161.607 (2020)
254.House Sparrow010053625125575.7025 (2023)
255.American Buff-bellied Pipit11311141126181127814014027 (2024)
256.Purple Finch000101021050.502 (2023)
257.House Finch0721028315627723764721747923782380647 (2023)
258.Crossbill000004002060.604 (2021)
259.American Goldfinch185804262493545124944212315416575857601249 (2021)
260.Pine Siskin2104150060191.906 (2024)
261.Lapland Bunting000000001010.101 (2024)
262.Snow Bunting001001001030.301 (2018)
263.Lark Sparrow010020000030.302 (2020)
264.Chipping Sparrow21010471450471329022222050 (2021)
265.Field Sparrow012000000030.302 (2018)
266.Fox Sparrow (Red)000200010030.302 (2019)
267.Dark-eyed Junco0012213238121717.1023 (2021)
268.Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)0130000470151.507 (2024)
269.White-crowned Sparrow000000001010.101 (2024)
270.White-throated Sparrow01021111830272.7018 (2023)
271.Vesper Sparrow000010010020.201 (2020)
272.Seaside Sparrow001000000010.101 (2018)
273.Savannah Sparrow061156372240646.4024 (2024)
274.Savannah Sparrow (Ipswich)000001101030.301 (2021)
275.Song Sparrow000004101170.704 (2021)
276.Swamp Sparrow012001000040.402 (2018)
277.Eastern Towhee0033042070191.907 (2024)
278.Yellow-breasted Chat000000100010.101 (2022)
279.Yellow-headed Blackbird010000000010.101 (2017)
280.Bobolink1389011595193983100490490115 (2019)
281.Eastern Meadowlark117408106230308 (2021)
282.Baltimore Oriole1533330289183340024525053 (2017)
283.Orchard Oriole0304161231222821530487490304 (2017)
284.Red-winged Blackbird327917441009982154896711531181740914791501548 (2021)
285.Brown-headed Cowbird119954356625432201431330953671167866622806228134313 (2021)
286.Rusty Blackbird217551185141011888.8017 (2017)
287.blackbird sp.00000104300444.4043 (2023)
288.Common Grackle23011941958255325443800110212961111120516993169903800 (2021)
289.Common Grackle (Purple)700000000070.707 (2016)
290.Common Grackle (Bronzed)016010000080.806 (2018)
291.Boat-tailed Grackle29703811810611049701090699700118 (2019)
292.Ovenbird000010103050.503 (2024)
293.Worm-eating Warbler001100010030.301 (2018)
294.Northern Waterthrush01201013150232.3013 (2022)
295.Black-and-white Warbler11115327340373.7011 (2017)
296.Prothonotary Warbler000101200040.402 (2022)
297.Tennessee Warbler000020002040.402 (2020)
298.Orange-crowned Warbler000000002020.202 (2024)
299.Nashville Warbler000101001030.301 (2019)
300.Mourning Warbler000010000010.101 (2020)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
301.Common Yellowthroat0502002280191.908 (2024)
302.Hooded Warbler000100000010.101 (2019)
303.American Redstart01427210480383.8010 (2022)
304.Cape May Warbler015313219104300969.6030 (2024)
305.Cerulean Warbler001010000020.201 (2018)
306.Northern Parula023183068292814015616030 (2019)
307.Magnolia Warbler0053313210181.805 (2018)
308.Bay-breasted Warbler010001321080.803 (2022)
309.Blackburnian Warbler0240112200121.204 (2018)
310.American Yellow Warbler02461061043250888.8025 (2024)
311.Chestnut-sided Warbler000000010010.101 (2023)
312.Blackpoll Warbler0231624111527470130599600470 (2023)
313.Bay-breasted/Blackpoll Warbler000000310040.403 (2022)
314.Black-throated Blue Warbler0151221130161.605 (2018)
315.Palm Warbler12019511836514112012036 (2022)
316.Palm Warbler (Yellow)0223527906180909027 (2020)
317.Palm Warbler (Western)001001001030.301 (2018)
318.Pine Warbler610112315383831466581145115181522658 (2023)
319.Myrtle Warbler00133633828719210713164316401071 (2024)
320.Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)811574313367105712207033706470624313 (2018)
321.Yellow-throated Warbler0225417670343.417 (2022)
322.Prairie Warbler0683242280353.508 (2018)
323.Black-throated Green Warbler001001132080.803 (2023)
324.Canada Warbler000010020030.302 (2023)
325.Wilson's Warbler000020031060.603 (2023)
326.Summer Tanager0016113330181.806 (2019)
327.Scarlet Tanager0352011040161.605 (2018)
328.Rose-breasted Grosbeak0862337150353.508 (2017)
329.Northern Cardinal011010000030.301 (2017)
330.Dickcissel0475822520353.508 (2020)
331.Blue Grosbeak09240768845475877052352092 (2017)
332.Indigo Bunting3363119313196169174190392019191920392 (2024)
333.Painted Bunting000010010020.201 (2020)
334.passerine sp.011001071600353.5016 (2023)
335.warbler sp. 012432512197549417781010731070325 (2018)
Other species
1.Harbour Porpoise100201203090.903 (2024)
2.Bottle-Nosed Dolphin474812068710876354491231877283538353801231 (2023)
3.Humpback whale1511410031171.705 (2017)
4.Grey seal00221001831454.5031 (2025)
5.Common Seal00110113319292.9019 (2025)
6.bat sp.020001000030.302 (2017)
7.Eastern Red Bat001000001020.201 (2018)
Other species
1.Orange Sulphur 000000110020.201 (2022)
2.Monarch01081312440333.3012 (2022)
3.Variegated Fritillary010000000010.101 (2017)
4.Common Buckeye 0607001010151.507 (2019)
5.American Snout000201012060.602 (2019)
6.Red-spotted Purple000400040080.804 (2019)
7.Camberwell Beauty00011011300161.6011 (2022)
8.Eastern Tiger Swallowtail0200001530111.105 (2023)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
9.Black Swallowtail00010012960282.8010 (2019)
10.Spicebush Swallowtail000100001020.201 (2019)
11.Small White0202002630151.506 (2023)
12.Question Mark/Eastern Comma01025111440282.8011 (2022)
13.Question Mark00000000131141.4013 (2024)
14.Red Admiral0003812793511912093 (2024)
15.Painted Lady000030000030.303 (2020)
16.American Lady010601071310146150131 (2024)
Other species
1.Common Green Darner190722015130585.8020 (2021)
2.Darner sp.000001012040.402 (2024)
3.Swamp Darner0101530320300189190153 (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)
Other species
1.Bumblebee sp.000000001010.101 (2024)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
  Totals 924462129021854522186421827981584042155271479031808897131816662811666281037  
  Observation hours 181:53241:07334:51349:30377:50430:45452:34507:18560:03147:113,583:02358:18  


 
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