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Totals Cape May Bird Observatory - Springwatch (NJ) 2017 - 2026



 Species2017201820192020202120222023202420252026TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
1.Black-bellied Whistling Duck001500001070.705 (2020)
2.Pale-bellied Brent Goose701696264308435252583333851934513450701 (2017)
3.Canada Goose445236718615275717616905122987306513525513255107176 (2021)
4.Lesser Canada Goose0007510010141.407 (2020)
5.Snow Goose345636637451923273613261125382540745 (2020)
6.goose sp.000010600070.706 (2023)
7.Eurasian White-fronted Goose000100000010.101 (2020)
8.Mute Swan1287842641065016216064 (2022)
9.Tundra/Trumpeter Swan000000100010.101 (2023)
10.Tundra Swan140120001090363.6014 (2017)
11.Wood Duck395173716933256127044945073 (2019)
12.Blue-winged Teal25102202870474.7020 (2022)
13.Shoveler42112400020343.4021 (2018)
14.Gadwall34112213031180848.4031 (2024)
15.American Wigeon10731375121560787.8015 (2024)
16.Mallard6211644177211411015716044 (2020)
17.Black Duck404544543833426971644244071 (2025)
18.Black Duck/Mallard030001011060.603 (2018)
19.Pintail231021382243281047917385390104 (2024)
20.dabbling duck sp.00000801400222.2014 (2024)
21.duck sp.085001110830011712085 (2018)
22.Green-winged Teal1962315146122465460356360146 (2021)
23.Canvasback001001000020.201 (2019)
24.Ring-necked Duck20271121916180777.7019 (2023)
25.Scaup31240110512109318619093 (2026)
26.Lesser Scaup5132583225172018016316032 (2021)
27.Aythya sp.80000152200363.6022 (2024)
28.Greater / Lesser Scaup53015202320414.1023 (2024)
29.King Eider020000000020.202 (2018)
30.Eider062111600010363.6016 (2021)
31.Harlequin Duck000000112040.402 (2025)
32.Surf Scoter11378978395448482913016995858976774985158867218672316995 (2022)
33.White-winged Scoter1428427333017528266113691690284 (2018)
34.Black Scoter12493213641259273797553103608664127461385521810722410722121364 (2018)
35.scoter sp.8941529578121319343968710861200673967401529 (2018)
36.Surf/Black Scoter11784213880774816331032243320310700218482185011784 (2017)
37.Long-tailed Duck64394050733308727147314731428265748318205182115073 (2019)
38.Bufflehead131515131061001747.4015 (2020)
39.Goldeneye021031002090.903 (2021)
40.Hooded Merganser41722020401414.1022 (2020)
41.Goosander0182160010191.908 (2019)
42.Red-breasted Merganser51810261078118313011622865152013048110498105001622 (2022)
43.Ruddy Duck102000000030.302 (2019)
44.Common Nighthawk000011202060.602 (2023)
45.Chimney Swift43524228830982413766523012970442744301297 (2025)
46.Swift / Pallid Swift000000001010.101 (2025)
47.Ruby-throated Hummingbird202142236759828875047748088 (2024)
48.Yellow-billed Cuckoo1197540740383.809 (2019)
49.Black-billed Cuckoo123010010080.803 (2019)
50.Rock Dove000000604010106 (2023)
 Species2017201820192020202120222023202420252026TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
51.Feral Pigeon230020001080.803 (2018)
52.Collared Dove010001122070.702 (2024)
53.Mourning Dove531453231548010711048 (2025)
54.White-winged Dove000001010020.201 (2022)
55.Mangrove Rail100001101040.401 (2017)
56.Sandhill Crane100001033080.803 (2024)
57.Red-necked Grebe000001000120.201 (2022)
58.Slavonian Grebe489255572787346440450851592 (2018)
59.Black-necked Grebe001100010030.301 (2019)
60.Western/Clark's Grebe000000010010.101 (2024)
61.American Oystercatcher84182125150172981661182311913451350231 (2025)
62.Black-necked Stilt000000003030.303 (2025)
63.Grey Plover34611275310499671351740854850174 (2025)
64.American Golden Plover222000020080.802 (2017)
65.Killdeer4163181731776241761110491050776 (2022)
66.Semipalmated Plover475796182665445474048148096 (2019)
67.Piping Plover1623161651851515012913023 (2018)
68.Upland Sandpiper000010000010.101 (2021)
69.Whimbrel100000000010.101 (2017)
70.Hudsonian Whimbrel14759301289188182248250113017771780301 (2019)
71.Marbled Godwit100000000010.101 (2017)
72.Short-billed Dowitcher45948490935859438787457212340587158701234 (2025)
73.dowitcher sp.0002009000111.109 (2023)
74.American Woodcock001010000020.201 (2019)
75.Wilson's Snipe110201002070.702 (2020)
76.Wilson's Phalarope001110000030.301 (2019)
77.Red-necked Phalarope0006012950232.309 (2024)
78.Spotted Sandpiper4232242524288612020120042 (2017)
79.Solitary Sandpiper713931019152421012112024 (2024)
80.Lesser Yellowlegs71826054134222233750553550134 (2021)
81.Tringa sp.000000040040.404 (2024)
82.Willet74682158122657126062213021302130622 (2024)
83.Willet (Eastern)7762897134661379350243026682670776 (2017)
84.Willet (Western)101121101080.802 (2021)
85.Greater Yellowlegs7210312044836748761670780780167 (2025)
86.Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs00211307000232.3013 (2021)
87.Turnstone103369310239248163239318581025702570581 (2025)
88.Knot116213438314130122137216275019611960438 (2019)
89.Ruff000001000010.101 (2022)
90.wader sp.0000149276238205410909910276 (2022)
91.small wader0000209878011140491490209 (2021)
92.large wader0000181631280575.7018 (2021)
93.Stilt Sandpiper140110001080.804 (2018)
94.Sanderling10222041121611255608796015235370850485092041 (2018)
95.Dunlin11050216365313240186293203020752080502 (2018)
96.Purple Sandpiper851073293228701231170567571123 (2024)
97.Least Sandpiper103455274278613451161164014551460455 (2018)
98.White-rumped Sandpiper1232030410161.604 (2024)
99.Pectoral Sandpiper0443800240252.508 (2021)
100.Western Sandpiper200000000020.202 (2017)
 Species2017201820192020202120222023202420252026TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
101.Calidris sp.14882101001333260295300133 (2023)
102.Semipalmated Sandpiper522411224044554653668377224770863286302477 (2025)
103.Black Skimmer87101254247291254236281474022252230474 (2025)
104.Least Tern15419459018867123655910260246624701026 (2025)
105.Gull-billed Tern2147422840343.408 (2024)
106.Caspian Tern21513542311632420306310135 (2020)
107.Black Tern00100086250313.1010 (2019)
108.tern/marsh tern sp.000000200020.202 (2023)
109.Forster's Tern5576892751132219471032791917470855085502194 (2021)
110.Arctic Tern00032563020484.8032 (2020)
111.Common/Arctic Tern00114518130110626.2018 (2022)
112.Common Tern65297355319297554237337314027752780554 (2022)
113.Roseate Tern1045531814210898.9031 (2022)
114.sterna sp.00068918315010410068 (2020)
115.Sandwich Tern000000003030.303 (2025)
116.Royal Tern8143754171061904580839840458 (2025)
117.Little Gull000301411010104 (2023)
118.Kittiwake000201010040.402 (2020)
119.Sabine's Gull000000001010.101 (2025)
120.Bonaparte's Gull12862304645106079619786471687926711336113402304 (2018)
121.Black-headed Gull2220201420151.504 (2024)
122.Laughing Gull69671029276195302394783953190666482710606476065010292 (2018)
123.Ring-billed Gull45735958850952777261516156784612461211615 (2024)
124.Herring Gull93612041512106717741921174453205231920718207205320 (2024)
125.Great Black-backed Gull3671911411663662815782100463146544651202100 (2024)
126.Glaucous Gull001103023010103 (2022)
127.Lesser Black-backed Gull641036516323848631771713560350935101356 (2025)
128.large gull sp.01012115030232.3015 (2023)
129.California Gull000010000010.101 (2021)
130.Iceland Gull2503112620222.206 (2024)
131.Thayer's Gull000000011020.201 (2024)
132.skua sp.000030001040.403 (2021)
133.Arctic Skua39505377618110083750619620100 (2023)
134.Pomarine Skua000300000030.303 (2020)
135.Razorbill3446285495335140633630446 (2018)
136.Razorbill/Guillemot001000000010.101 (2019)
137.Little Auk100000008090.908 (2025)
138.Brünnich's Guillemot011000000020.201 (2018)
139.Red-throated Diver124522931272523924292641598001670514341707212372126916705 (2024)
140.Pacific Loon1210131120121.203 (2022)
141.Great Northern Diver121516892193138621751370135114491376114205142132193 (2019)
142.diver sp.002110312010103 (2023)
143.Wilson's Storm-Petrel20428037142100214210142 (2023)
144.Cory's Shearwater000000100010.101 (2023)
145.Sooty Shearwater0414213357145180391390145 (2023)
146.large shearwater sp.000001000010.101 (2022)
147.Manx Shearwater000002000020.202 (2022)
148.Magnificent Frigatebird000001000010.101 (2022)
149.Gannet111368752041069097843740373934944609836674654866465410765411506111368 (2017)
150.Brown Booby101000000020.201 (2017)
 Species2017201820192020202120222023202420252026TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
151.gannat/booby sp.010000000010.101 (2018)
152.Anhinga000000801090.908 (2023)
153.Cormorant000000100010.101 (2023)
154.Cormorant (p. c. carbo)10152381518261427516116027 (2025)
155.Double-crested Cormorant1748517238369383089834859388213044942711398881128929828930442711 (2024)
156.White Ibis20612377702730319822090723672403198 (2024)
157.Glossy Ibis76133345917971421810912149511090909791001797 (2020)
158.White-faced Ibis000410000050.504 (2020)
159.American Bittern001000000010.101 (2019)
160.Yellow-crowned Night Heron101001000030.301 (2017)
161.Night Heron241000010080.804 (2018)
162.Little Blue Heron4411113712460626.2013 (2021)
163.Tricolored Heron712222919194169013714029 (2020)
164.Snowy Egret197424368329436317212368271029222920436 (2021)
165.Egretta sp.00814607000353.5014 (2020)
166.Green Heron012914259282641016416041 (2025)
167.Cattle Egret3332924250333.309 (2021)
168.Great White Egret162281356310237176169335254022802280356 (2019)
169.heron sp.000000800080.808 (2023)
170.Great Blue Heron131180531264385266193665331129472950665 (2024)
171.Brown Pelican13188216612926580480792790265 (2023)
172.Black Vulture07403736262021018719074 (2018)
173.Turkey Vulture461116698305111328177217014591460328 (2023)
174.Osprey48776881115192190215159011451153215 (2024)
175.Swallow-tailed Kite01000018100202010 (2025)
176.Sharp-shinned Hawk615294587200767.6020 (2025)
177.Cooper's Hawk28445454261636.3026 (2025)
178.American Goshawk000000100010.101 (2023)
179.Northern Harrier78563519312647118519047 (2025)
180.Bald Eagle3135175362113911091230634630123 (2025)
181.Mississippi Kite10166562834155952028529065 (2019)
182.Red-shouldered Hawk021313966110515.1013 (2021)
183.Broad-winged Hawk37404518184015481650498500154 (2023)
184.Red-tailed Hawk72418435039583964034234064 (2025)
185.buzzard sp.000010000010.101 (2021)
186.Long-eared Owl000010000010.101 (2021)
187.Short-eared Owl000010000010.101 (2021)
188.Belted Kingfisher267611753130606013 (2025)
189.Red-headed Woodpecker4857133213453889820498500134 (2021)
190.Red-bellied Woodpecker554215939932030483480203 (2025)
191.Yellow-bellied Sapsucker0010510140121.205 (2021)
192.Downy Woodpecker1100021080131.308 (2025)
193.Hairy Woodpecker203124503020205 (2023)
194.Northern Flicker0746322828432746025726046 (2019)
195.Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)16391411112710010110039 (2018)
196.Pileated Woodpecker000001113060.603 (2025)
197.woodpecker sp.000010100020.201 (2021)
198.Crested Caracara000000001010.101 (2025)
199.American Kestrel17371838962256421830509510183 (2025)
200.falcon sp.000000100010.101 (2023)
 Species2017201820192020202120222023202420252026TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
201.Merlin403655352851516597145946097 (2025)
202.Merlin (taiga)000000003030.303 (2025)
203.Peregrine24862105530454.5010 (2022)
204.Eastern Phoebe4191513108134017360265270108 (2021)
205.Eastern Wood Pewee002103121010103 (2022)
206.Willow Flycatcher000101021050.502 (2024)
207.Empidonax sp.000070000070.707 (2021)
208.Western Kingbird000001000010.101 (2022)
209.Eastern Kingbird302287659924297311328292239036393640924 (2020)
210.Grey Kingbird000001001020.201 (2022)
211.Great Crested Flycatcher302314310160424.2016 (2025)
212.Red-eyed Vireo0121341160191.906 (2025)
213.Warbling Vireo002000011040.402 (2019)
214.Blue-headed Vireo000101003050.503 (2025)
215.White-eyed Vireo1040020520141.405 (2024)
216.Blue Jay13516176546849639846477020822080684 (2021)
217.American Crow000000400040.404 (2023)
218.Fish Crow1231148485854108250367370108 (2024)
219.Raven001122323230555.5023 (2024)
220.Cedar Waxwing5465097411564242126622493967911672167201564 (2020)
221.Tufted Titmouse0110210270141.407 (2025)
222.Black-capped Chickadee000010000010.101 (2021)
223.Shore Lark1023451042130535.3013 (2025)
224.Sand Martin7889848412182711911150915920191 (2024)
225.Tree Swallow154718612681558555220162538511171610133101302201 (2022)
226.Purple Martin82305123284178181106127264016501650305 (2018)
227.Northern Rough-winged Swallow8816417766130143118143351013801380351 (2025)
228.Swallow255469973413697260723028374051293569041474414716997 (2018)
229.Cliff Swallow265293114273392164178183473023352340473 (2025)
230.Cave Swallow5106110000141.406 (2020)
231.swallow sp.48705645132414021622087 (2018)
232.Cliff/Cave Swallow4516540090343.409 (2025)
233.Ruby-crowned Kinglet351226511110464.6011 (2024)
234.Golden-/Ruby-crowned Kinglet000100000010.101 (2020)
235.Golden-crowned Kinglet105215122278118141680516520141 (2024)
236.Marsh Wren010100000020.201 (2018)
237.House Wren010001034090.904 (2025)
238.Blue-grey Gnatcatcher12062712584342435006451681120970173351734012097 (2025)
239.White-breasted Nuthatch001010202060.602 (2023)
240.Brown-headed Nuthatch140010030090.904 (2018)
241.Red-breasted Nuthatch1042004070181.807 (2025)
242.Brown Creeper004003115140373.7014 (2025)
243.Grey Catbird122104113120363.6013 (2024)
244.Northern Mockingbird256159135160626.2016 (2025)
245.Brown Thrasher0210122530161.605 (2024)
246.Starling71951583263411981971061751116781680341 (2021)
247.Mountain Bluebird000000001010.101 (2025)
248.Eastern Bluebird87842351538745684410461050684 (2025)
249.Wood Thrush000000020020.202 (2024)
250.Swainson's Thrush000030011050.503 (2021)
 Species2017201820192020202120222023202420252026TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
251.Hermit Thrush030010021070.703 (2018)
252.Catharus sp.000100000010.101 (2020)
253.Veery000100000010.101 (2020)
254.American Robin87456129955305836664468900185414493144925530 (2021)
255.flycatcher sp.000011100030.301 (2021)
256.sparrow sp.2227201000161.607 (2020)
257.House Sparrow1005362512210737.3025 (2023)
258.American Buff-bellied Pipit131114112618112717315115027 (2024)
259.Purple Finch001010214090.904 (2025)
260.House Finch7210283156277237647217150714342034201507 (2025)
261.Crossbill000040020060.604 (2021)
262.American Goldfinch8042624935451249442123154125582812781302558 (2025)
263.Pine Siskin1041500600171.706 (2024)
264.Lapland Bunting000000011020.201 (2024)
265.Snow Bunting010010010030.301 (2018)
266.Lark Sparrow100200001040.402 (2020)
267.Chipping Sparrow10104714504713291350355360135 (2025)
268.Field Sparrow120000000030.302 (2018)
269.Fox Sparrow (Red)002000100030.302 (2019)
270.Dark-eyed Junco0122132381290797.9023 (2021)
271.Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)1300004700151.507 (2024)
272.White-crowned Sparrow000000010010.101 (2024)
273.White-throated Sparrow10211118320292.9018 (2023)
274.Vesper Sparrow000100100020.201 (2020)
275.Seaside Sparrow010000000010.101 (2018)
276.Savannah Sparrow611563722430676.7024 (2024)
277.Savannah Sparrow (Ipswich)000011010030.301 (2021)
278.Song Sparrow000041011070.704 (2021)
279.Swamp Sparrow120010001050.502 (2018)
280.Eastern Towhee0330420740232.307 (2024)
281.Yellow-breasted Chat000001001020.201 (2022)
282.Yellow-headed Blackbird100000002030.302 (2025)
283.Bobolink38901159519398310220511510115 (2019)
284.Eastern Meadowlark1740810660333.308 (2021)
285.Baltimore Oriole5333302891833406025025053 (2017)
286.Orchard Oriole30416123122282153190506510304 (2017)
287.Red-winged Blackbird791744100998215489671153118118584010273102701858 (2025)
288.Brown-headed Cowbird9543566254322014313309536711678587715528053280505877 (2025)
289.Rusty Blackbird175511851410120878.7017 (2017)
290.blackbird sp.00001043010454.5043 (2023)
291.Common Grackle1194195825532544380011021296111145589720213202104558 (2025)
292.Common Grackle (Bronzed)160100000080.806 (2018)
293.Boat-tailed Grackle703811810611049701091130783780118 (2019)
294.Ovenbird000101030050.503 (2024)
295.Worm-eating Warbler011000100030.301 (2018)
296.Northern Waterthrush12010131540272.7013 (2022)
297.Black-and-white Warbler11153273470434.3011 (2017)
298.Prothonotary Warbler001012002060.602 (2022)
299.Tennessee Warbler000200020040.402 (2020)
300.Orange-crowned Warbler000000020020.202 (2024)
 Species2017201820192020202120222023202420252026TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
301.Nashville Warbler001010012050.502 (2025)
302.Mourning Warbler000100000010.101 (2020)
303.Common Yellowthroat5020022840232.308 (2024)
304.Hooded Warbler001000000010.101 (2019)
305.American Redstart14272104840424.2010 (2022)
306.Cape May Warbler15313219104307010310030 (2024)
307.Cerulean Warbler010100000020.201 (2018)
308.Northern Parula231830682928147016316030 (2019)
309.Magnolia Warbler0533132130212.105 (2018)
310.Bay-breasted Warbler100013211090.903 (2022)
311.Blackburnian Warbler2401122000121.204 (2018)
312.American Yellow Warbler24610610432516010410025 (2024)
313.Chestnut-sided Warbler000000100010.101 (2023)
314.Blackpoll Warbler23162411152747013200619620470 (2023)
315.Bay-breasted/Blackpoll Warbler000003100040.403 (2022)
316.Black-throated Blue Warbler1512211300161.605 (2018)
317.Palm Warbler201951183651456017417056 (2025)
318.Palm Warbler (Yellow)223527906183280418420328 (2025)
319.Palm Warbler (Western)010010010030.301 (2018)
320.Pine Warbler1011231538383146658114222016831681658 (2023)
321.Myrtle Warbler0133633828719210713300197019701071 (2024)
322.Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)115743133671057122070330705670624313 (2018)
323.Yellow-throated Warbler22541767120464.6112 (2025)
324.Prairie Warbler68324228150505015 (2025)
325.Black-throated Green Warbler010011321090.903 (2023)
326.Canada Warbler000100200030.302 (2023)
327.Wilson's Warbler000200310060.603 (2023)
328.Summer Tanager0161133370252.507 (2025)
329.Scarlet Tanager3520110420181.805 (2018)
330.Rose-breasted Grosbeak8623371590444.409 (2025)
331.Northern Cardinal110100000030.301 (2017)
332.Dickcissel4758225210363.608 (2020)
333.Blue Grosbeak92407688454758771470670670147 (2025)
334.Indigo Bunting363119313196169174190392187021032100392 (2024)
335.Painted Bunting000100100020.201 (2020)
336.passerine sp.110010716050404016 (2023)
337.warbler sp. 1243251219754941778162011351140325 (2018)
Other species
1.Harbour Porpoise002012031090.903 (2024)
2.Bottle-Nosed Dolphin481206871087635449123187712350628862901235 (2025)
3.Humpback whale5114100330181.805 (2017)
4.Grey seal02210018390535.3039 (2025)
5.Common Seal01101133250353.5025 (2025)
6.bat sp.200010000030.302 (2017)
7.Silver-haired Bat000000001010.101 (2025)
8.Eastern Red Bat010000010020.201 (2018)
Other species
1.Orange Sulphur 000001103050.503 (2025)
2.Monarch108131244120454.5012 (2022)
3.Variegated Fritillary100000003040.403 (2025)
4.Common Buckeye 6070010110161.607 (2019)
5.American Snout00201012110171.7011 (2025)
 Species2017201820192020202120222023202420252026TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
6.Red-spotted Purple004000401090.904 (2019)
7.Camberwell Beauty00110113020181.8011 (2022)
8.Eastern Tiger Swallowtail2000015310121.205 (2023)
9.Black Swallowtail001001296180464.6018 (2025)
10.Spicebush Swallowtail001000010020.201 (2019)
11.Small White20200263120272.7012 (2025)
12.Question Mark/Eastern Comma1025164000191.906 (2022)
13.Question Mark000005017100323.2017 (2024)
14.Red Admiral00381279321013514093 (2024)
15.Painted Lady000300000030.303 (2020)
16.American Lady1060107131280174170131 (2024)
17.White M Hairstreak000000001010.101 (2025)
18.Palamedes Swallowtail000000001010.101 (2025)
Other species
1.Common Green Darner9072201513140717.1020 (2021)
2.Darner sp.000010122060.602 (2024)
3.Swamp Darner10153032030240213210153 (2019)
4.Bar-winged Skimmer00000001500151.5015 (2024)
5.Needham's Skimmer000000010010.101 (2024)
6.Twelve-spotted Skimmer001000000010.101 (2019)
7.Painted Skimmer0020000720111.107 (2024)
8.Skimmer sp. (Libellula sp.)000010000010.101 (2021)
9.Blue Dasher002000004060.604 (2025)
10.Wandering Glider012002000050.502 (2019)
11.Spot-winged Glider1018765371290280366370187 (2019)
12.Carolina Saddlebags002000062010106 (2024)
13.Black Saddlebags101300101390373.7013 (2019)
14.Saddlebags sp. 000000010010.101 (2024)
15.Dragonfly unknown000100000010.101 (2020)
16.Harlequin Darner00000000100101010 (2025)
17.Slender Baskettail000000001010.101 (2025)
Other species
1.Bumblebee sp.000000010010.101 (2024)
 Species2017201820192020202120222023202420252026TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
  Totals 21290218545221864218279815840421552714790318088922560436341731755173176733  
  Observation hours 241:07334:51349:30377:50430:45452:34507:18560:03545:3912:003,811:37381:10  


 
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