Select until 21 October

Totals Cape May Bird Observatory - Avalon Seawatch (NJ) 2016 - 2025



 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
1.Pale-bellied Brent Goose413417374281342324083065120226313029510264202642804281 (2018)
2.Canada Goose1010610214721359334894069194039641480728529315293014807 (2024)
3.Lesser Canada Goose100114212140353.5014 (2024)
4.Ross's Goose03137101110272.7011 (2024)
5.Snow/Ross's Goose002110000040.402 (2018)
6.Snow Goose413442525371863217657314944393014166141704425 (2017)
7.goose sp.00010110000121.2011 (2021)
8.Eurasian White-fronted Goose000001000010.101 (2021)
9.Mute Swan022000010270.702 (2018)
10.Bewick's Swan97107780000000282280107 (2017)
11.Tundra Swan000686251081643340723720334 (2024)
12.Wood Duck97574193568973318666061423220013010298103002200 (2024)
13.Blue-winged Teal73113212857171612120320057 (2021)
14.Shoveler316813392166143851002433210931090243 (2024)
15.Gadwall5926443613735291099412410109 (2024)
16.American Wigeon17932221944435539729441867812034263430678 (2024)
17.Mallard438467322247281307192261828233453350828 (2024)
18.Black Duck23651567191217951540463315064042710956327032270307109 (2024)
19.Black Duck/Mallard160798234324623817059147015241520343 (2019)
20.Pintail285622712009115818623107187122223217187722450224503217 (2024)
21.dabbling duck sp.1613933527483985033714131414155490849101414 (2024)
22.duck sp.71118407170117109061889669523420542101090 (2021)
23.Green-winged Teal8472544665288049657383851143616208166941563893548935016694 (2024)
24.Canvasback105220118020208 (2024)
25.Redhead357704411059672231130728730223 (2023)
26.Ring-necked Duck6845203123111137103260354214061410354 (2024)
27.Scaup926964939513680683439104818727807180701872 (2024)
28.Lesser Scaup582300675628780449591165318318749775001831 (2024)
29.Aythya sp.26174182311329331177846440028162820846 (2023)
30.Greater / Lesser Scaup624757774354319639265552680249664970774 (2018)
31.King Eider1032101030111.103 (2018)
32.Eider11925330912710786698816922220222121078 (2020)
33.eider sp.000000001010.101 (2024)
34.Harlequin Duck044251433230585.8025 (2019)
35.Surf Scoter9866210519211623092390139877800171299141291791709661291010753371075340170966 (2024)
36.White-winged Scoter2331052769375710308511925115064609761001150 (2024)
37.Black Scoter1921902666972975431521012540131046133131073207994383812192723613712361370438381 (2024)
38.scoter sp.45978181377844329153064330117362636812438472173736390636391177844 (2018)
39.Surf/Black Scoter39168418265636064575232758146575813601346587247537600637601064575 (2019)
40.Long-tailed Duck944127139061313634136659119401297013262132603906 (2018)
41.Bufflehead3525882168099682410686268811475011957119603525 (2016)
42.Goldeneye30573136231011723022823057 (2017)
43.Hooded Merganser175167198124196165161142460017881790460 (2024)
44.Goosander10286168750535.3010 (2016)
45.Red-breasted Merganser985110511879681379122689133943212514352143503394 (2023)
46.Ruddy Duck17512716976910015215069 (2023)
47.Common Nighthawk000000110020.201 (2022)
48.Chimney Swift002642000501272270264 (2018)
49.Ruby-throated Hummingbird4113103711222.207 (2023)
50.hummingbird sp000113201080.803 (2021)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
51.Yellow-billed Cuckoo007010001090.907 (2018)
52.Feral Pigeon000001100020.201 (2022)
53.Mourning Dove102300316853505016 (2022)
54.American Coot100100000020.201 (2019)
55.Pied-billed Grebe002310000060.603 (2019)
56.Red-necked Grebe11967319100474.7010 (2024)
57.Slavonian Grebe63756466583962137900654650137 (2023)
58.Black-necked Grebe000000010010.101 (2023)
59.American Oystercatcher390281579230257601493613363195400240019613 (2023)
60.Grey Plover316197781035511292636851850316 (2016)
61.American Golden Plover501115033120205 (2021)
62.Killdeer5235634102824412112034 (2021)
63.Semipalmated Plover301002863137890276281137 (2022)
64.Piping Plover001000000010.101 (2018)
65.Hudsonian Whimbrel6302512520262.606 (2016)
66.Hudsonian Godwit00000032000323.2032 (2022)
67.Marbled Godwit10115000010181.8015 (2019)
68.Long-billed Dowitcher000007000070.707 (2021)
69.Short-billed Dowitcher2000086000161.608 (2021)
70.dowitcher sp.31000001000141.4010 (2017)
71.American Woodcock0025110120121.205 (2019)
72.Wilson's Snipe100001001030.301 (2024)
73.Grey Phalarope000100000010.101 (2019)
74.Red-necked Phalarope000000100010.101 (2022)
75.Spotted Sandpiper000100120040.402 (2023)
76.Solitary Sandpiper000010000010.101 (2020)
77.Lesser Yellowlegs100200020050.502 (2019)
78.Willet3070001000111.107 (2018)
79.Willet (Western)000000004040.404 (2024)
80.Greater Yellowlegs13122494680494.9012 (2018)
81.Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs010000000010.101 (2017)
82.Turnstone97044124002424.2012 (2021)
83.Knot650300936112982721522065 (2016)
84.wader sp.00100020025282.8025 (2025)
85.small wader0000002619270727.2027 (2024)
86.large wader00000013000131.3013 (2022)
87.Stilt Sandpiper000001000010.101 (2021)
88.Sanderling6075773012012906063210821141290 (2022)
89.Dunlin256124284789617286817181836131214510930109302868 (2021)
90.Purple Sandpiper1236161495436029122523060 (2023)
91.Least Sandpiper7020113111171.707 (2016)
92.White-rumped Sandpiper10000260164511512060 (2022)
93.Pectoral Sandpiper10104257807444.4010 (2016)
94.Western Sandpiper0004014404171.704 (2023)
95.Semipalmated Sandpiper0040016282801777.7028 (2023)
96.Black Skimmer1197115916295652472428418614121410284 (2024)
97.Least Tern200000000020.202 (2016)
98.Caspian Tern134131255313251404928445451134 (2016)
99.Black Tern800000000080.808 (2016)
100.American Black Tern020000000020.202 (2017)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
101.Forster's Tern574428814340330723021675447494345601282942587425909434 (2023)
102.Arctic Tern001000000010.101 (2018)
103.Common Tern14913730716398138427217717691770721 (2023)
104.sterna sp.6818621361401017317068 (2016)
105.Sandwich Tern000200000020.202 (2019)
106.Royal Tern164110691120174121333038198629463497369722868228713697 (2025)
107.Little Gull001010102050.502 (2024)
108.Kittiwake8020421614700989.8042 (2019)
109.Bonaparte's Gull1905351171115011288140129731313829617359753598013138 (2023)
110.Black-headed Gull100000033070.703 (2023)
111.small gull sp.000000100010.101 (2022)
112.Laughing Gull21108602229097235722354921753169993928336561445322239722240239283 (2023)
113.Franklin's Gull200221110090.902 (2016)
114.Ring-billed Gull82181895670289777580719058271116219606361775187752019606 (2024)
115.Herring Gull168129313233435307340732423117631291920424302543033212919 (2024)
116.Great Black-backed Gull1010656122614801370138895128662294356135971360242866 (2023)
117.Glaucous Gull000000020020.202 (2023)
118.Lesser Black-backed Gull25118513431423520149871833425552560718 (2024)
119.large gull sp.000010101030.301 (2024)
120.Iceland Gull300100111070.703 (2016)
121.Long-tailed Skua001000001130.301 (2025)
122.skua sp.000210002050.502 (2024)
123.Arctic Skua2032401983449913836039834614524712470398 (2023)
124.S. parasiticus / pomarinus1067270100242.407 (2021)
125.Pomarine Skua004301000190.904 (2018)
126.Puffin100000000010.101 (2016)
127.Razorbill11325303071611252690520010055100606905 (2023)
128.Razorbill/Guillemot001259873000000137613801259 (2018)
129.Little Auk0007100600141.407 (2019)
130.Red-billed Tropicbird000000001010.101 (2024)
131.Red-throated Diver70326620936007550717658615727875323121138116467183679461679460121138 (2023)
132.Pacific Loon1012132611181.806 (2023)
133.Great Northern Diver18651398156910601354129711663274363051417127171363630 (2024)
134.diver sp.0021662010181.806 (2021)
135.Wilson's Storm-Petrel200000000020.202 (2016)
136.Cory's Shearwater00560006300747.4063 (2023)
137.Cory's/Scopoli's Shearwater140000002897301300289 (2024)
138.Sooty Shearwater000000010010.101 (2023)
139.Great Shearwater3102000940191.909 (2023)
140.large shearwater sp.010100000020.201 (2019)
141.Manx Shearwater02101010120171.7010 (2018)
142.shearwater sp.023101010080.803 (2018)
143.Gannet63115394383483567711848051080033772895167103139877634818634820108003 (2021)
144.Brown Booby2016333212232.306 (2019)
145.gannat/booby sp.0005451000151.505 (2019)
146.Masked Booby100000000010.101 (2016)
147.Cormorant (p. c. carbo)4524384027272544521333534152 (2024)
148.Double-crested Cormorant177701909921294881285731406161398411561381602091870846703013776721377671187084 (2024)
149.White Ibis0001172252489431602289228901602 (2025)
150.Glossy Ibis00001211000232.3021 (2021)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
151.American Bittern100000001130.301 (2025)
152.Yellow-crowned Night Heron000000031040.403 (2023)
153.Night Heron1192573602200190408410200 (2023)
154.Little Blue Heron000100000010.101 (2019)
155.Tricolored Heron0002340992292.909 (2023)
156.Snowy Egret29272091501202117769886710471050211 (2021)
157.Egretta sp.00000001501535200200150 (2023)
158.Green Heron000000100010.101 (2022)
159.Great White Egret20818134757766831016854566028739513950668 (2020)
160.heron sp.00190600101000261260190 (2018)
161.Great Blue Heron52472785935769867327457051436055565560859 (2018)
162.Brown Pelican2452633975948431180953839869461664466401180 (2021)
163.Black Vulture002100000030.302 (2018)
164.Turkey Vulture390224171812151259297300151 (2023)
165.Osprey162451845253544836537838083 (2024)
166.Golden Eagle001000000010.101 (2018)
167.Sharp-shinned Hawk01302251090323.2010 (2023)
168.Cooper's Hawk5524411624321510811032 (2024)
169.Northern Harrier2472462029124326719820043 (2023)
170.Bald Eagle541114484546106019820354 (2016)
171.Red-shouldered Hawk000010110030.301 (2023)
172.Red-tailed Hawk2011810711222.208 (2020)
173.Rough-legged Buzzard000010000010.101 (2020)
174.Short-eared Owl101100002050.502 (2024)
175.Snowy Owl000010001020.201 (2024)
176.Kingfisher100000000010.101 (2016)
177.Belted Kingfisher01122445320333.3012 (2018)
178.Red-headed Woodpecker001010000020.201 (2020)
179.Red-bellied Woodpecker1031208133222.208 (2022)
180.Yellow-bellied Sapsucker001101000140.401 (2018)
181.Downy Woodpecker000000203050.503 (2024)
182.Hairy Woodpecker001010000020.201 (2020)
183.Northern Flicker14315642911441212240240144 (2023)
184.Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)4150518041000838.3041 (2022)
185.American Kestrel165815364931114314081 (2018)
186.Merlin2314423027504236252431331050 (2021)
187.Peregrine6255353136647546283046246075 (2022)
188.Eastern Phoebe12711036946494.9010 (2020)
189.Least Flycatcher000010000010.101 (2020)
190.Eastern Kingbird000100000010.101 (2019)
191.Blue-headed Vireo012002010060.602 (2018)
192.Blue Jay000050000050.505 (2020)
193.American Crow00001457100636.3057 (2022)
194.Fish Crow000000005050.505 (2024)
195.Raven000000031040.403 (2023)
196.Cedar Waxwing5420187221814310210022 (2022)
197.Tufted Titmouse000030100040.403 (2020)
198.Shore Lark0229410310900676.7029 (2018)
199.Tree Swallow6361920913951131388225706758075803619 (2017)
200.Northern Rough-winged Swallow00001054315555.5043 (2023)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
201.Swallow511131125141717.1041 (2025)
202.Cliff Swallow000000100230.302 (2025)
203.Cave Swallow300010103080.803 (2016)
204.swallow sp.255000100000256260255 (2016)
205.Ruby-crowned Kinglet01314131775424.2017 (2023)
206.Golden-/Ruby-crowned Kinglet00001004107222.2010 (2024)
207.Golden-crowned Kinglet369411141631301213614031 (2023)
208.Marsh Wren010210101060.602 (2019)
209.Wren002000000020.202 (2018)
210.Winter Wren000211130080.803 (2023)
211.House Wren000021210060.602 (2020)
212.Blue-grey Gnatcatcher000000010010.101 (2023)
213.White-breasted Nuthatch002000100030.302 (2018)
214.Red-breasted Nuthatch101106010010292.9011 (2018)
215.Brown Creeper10216722144393.9014 (2024)
216.Grey Catbird000020031170.703 (2023)
217.Northern Mockingbird000000100010.101 (2022)
218.Brown Thrasher100000100020.201 (2022)
219.Starling00002191400050364360219 (2020)
220.Eastern Bluebird000001033070.703 (2023)
221.Swainson's Thrush000000020020.202 (2023)
222.Hermit Thrush20331103800484.8038 (2023)
223.Catharus sp.001000010020.201 (2018)
224.American Robin4933675463165448034835075 (2019)
225.sparrow sp.2000023400111.104 (2023)
226.House Sparrow007300000010107 (2018)
227.American Buff-bellied Pipit131635122726336847728428068 (2023)
228.finch sp.00103300000343.4033 (2020)
229.Evening Grosbeak000010000010.101 (2020)
230.Purple Finch10110333021242.4011 (2018)
231.House Finch715022250100525.2022 (2021)
232.Mealy Redpoll001030000040.403 (2020)
233.Crossbill00101811000212.1018 (2020)
234.Two-barred Crossbill000000001010.101 (2024)
235.American Goldfinch1852897196101001081260859860289 (2018)
236.Pine Siskin3012612261053050243124302261 (2020)
237.Lapland Bunting1001121172161.607 (2024)
238.Snow Bunting210671139100760224220100 (2023)
239.Grasshopper Sparrow000000010010.101 (2023)
240.sparrow sp. 030000010040.403 (2017)
241.Lark Sparrow000000010010.101 (2023)
242.Chipping Sparrow04174041742434.3017 (2018)
243.Clay-colored Sparrow000001000010.101 (2021)
244.Field Sparrow100000351010105 (2023)
245.Fox Sparrow (Red)001000101030.301 (2022)
246.Dark-eyed Junco6512625230214939.3030 (2023)
247.Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)204027012000454.5027 (2020)
248.White-crowned Sparrow002000000130.302 (2018)
249.White-throated Sparrow20852113252585.8132 (2023)
250.Vesper Sparrow000110011040.401 (2020)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
251.Savannah Sparrow7732414410125686.8014 (2021)
252.Savannah Sparrow (Ipswich)000000100010.101 (2022)
253.Song Sparrow32333631412404114 (2023)
254.Lincoln's Sparrow000000010010.101 (2023)
255.Swamp Sparrow1002120942212.109 (2023)
256.Eastern Towhee000000300140.403 (2022)
257.Yellow-breasted Chat001121000050.502 (2020)
258.Bobolink10002311000171.7011 (2022)
259.Eastern Meadowlark43573151931515.1015 (2021)
260.Red-winged Blackbird43172427714726551321252884882242 (2018)
261.Brown-headed Cowbird00102111000151.5011 (2022)
262.Rusty Blackbird101101111070.701 (2022)
263.blackbird sp.00000310000313.1031 (2021)
264.Common Grackle000001000010.101 (2021)
265.Boat-tailed Grackle000001008090.908 (2024)
266.Ovenbird000000200020.202 (2022)
267.Northern Waterthrush000040000040.404 (2020)
268.Black-and-white Warbler000001200030.302 (2022)
269.Tennessee Warbler000000120030.302 (2023)
270.Orange-crowned Warbler000000022040.402 (2024)
271.Nashville Warbler101000130060.603 (2023)
272.Common Yellowthroat10111137832373.7011 (2020)
273.American Redstart0106816311272.708 (2020)
274.Cape May Warbler0033226430232.306 (2022)
275.Northern Parula100521341831565.6021 (2020)
276.Magnolia Warbler1001327311191.907 (2022)
277.Bay-breasted Warbler000000100010.101 (2022)
278.Blackburnian Warbler000010000010.101 (2020)
279.American Yellow Warbler000003030060.603 (2021)
280.Chestnut-sided Warbler000102011050.502 (2021)
281.Blackpoll Warbler50340125155150919.1034 (2018)
282.Black-throated Blue Warbler00011111302191.9011 (2020)
283.Palm Warbler942633222735331919019035 (2023)
284.Palm Warbler (Yellow)011010001040.401 (2020)
285.Palm Warbler (Western)200120100060.602 (2016)
286.Pine Warbler000010040050.504 (2023)
287.Myrtle Warbler1351925381302272554572133624935933590725 (2021)
288.Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)013007101000858.5071 (2020)
289.Prairie Warbler001002101050.502 (2021)
290.Black-throated Green Warbler001111101060.601 (2022)
291.Canada Warbler000100000010.101 (2019)
292.Wilson's Warbler000000200020.202 (2022)
293.Scarlet Tanager000000010010.101 (2023)
294.Northern Cardinal001000100020.201 (2018)
295.Dickcissel001100210050.502 (2022)
296.Blue Grosbeak000100100020.201 (2019)
297.Indigo Bunting000112122090.902 (2024)
298.passerine sp.103522273822828.2035 (2018)
299.warbler sp. 203444382222471223023082 (2021)
Other species
1.Bottle-Nosed Dolphin1451583710610736143922533789321032101451 (2016)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
2.Minke Whale300002000050.503 (2016)
3.Fin Whale000000100010.101 (2022)
4.Humpback whale202108611283132114915032 (2024)
5.whale sp.100000010020.201 (2023)
6.Grey seal002000111050.502 (2018)
7.Common Seal4130101020121.204 (2016)
8.Common / Grey seal000000010010.101 (2023)
9.bat sp.11817121012612707018 (2017)
10.Eastern Red Bat32510510328183878.7025 (2017)
11.Hoary Bat000000001010.101 (2024)
12.Ocean Sunfish100000010020.201 (2016)
Other species
1.Sachem 000000002020.202 (2024)
2.Pipevine Swallowtail000000000110.101 (2025)
3.Orange Sulphur 170611824217676.7021 (2024)
4.Orange/Clouded Sulphur1106500010141.406 (2019)
5.Clouded Sulphur050350002520205 (2017)
6.Monarch10591480120325759951204637845267646913143131402676 (2024)
7.Variegated Fritillary1000016070151.507 (2024)
8.Sleepy Orange000000020020.202 (2023)
9.Common Buckeye 1316430333216511810611673735424262430737 (2024)
10.American Snout00020001020232.3020 (2025)
11.Camberwell Beauty051018419967696.9019 (2022)
12.Ocola Skipper000000001010.101 (2024)
13.Black Swallowtail0020044032151.504 (2022)
14.Cloudless Sulphur 5118488834825411501509510150 (2024)
15.Pearl Crescent000100000010.101 (2019)
16.Small White36454461810515.1010 (2025)
17.white sp. (butterfly)220000000040.402 (2017)
18.Eastern Comma000001000010.101 (2021)
19.Question Mark/Eastern Comma22462113190404019 (2024)
20.Question Mark01000000230242.4023 (2024)
21.Long-tailed Skipper000100012150.502 (2024)
22.Red Admiral6846281213187518517408410185 (2024)
23.Painted Lady09219411152444.4019 (2019)
24.American Lady0010132121111.103 (2021)
Other species
1.Common Green Darner16531388262028544214610351040421 (2024)
2.Swamp Darner000200023070.703 (2024)
3.Twelve-spotted Skimmer000100000340.403 (2025)
4.Great Blue Skimmer000100000010.101 (2019)
5.Blue Dasher000100001020.201 (2019)
6.Wandering Glider806414109146410130314310101 (2024)
7.Spot-winged Glider2043132292818909029 (2023)
8.Common Whitetail000000100010.101 (2022)
9.Carolina Saddlebags000000000550.505 (2025)
10.Black Saddlebags20081134112535999.9035 (2025)
11.Saddlebags sp. 000000000110.101 (2025)
12.Dragonfly unknown000001002030.302 (2024)
Other species
1.Bumblebee sp.000001123180.803 (2024)
2.Spotted lanternfly000000000220.202 (2025)
3.Geometer sp.000000001010.101 (2024)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
  Totals 776410667079863213669765817143615417888260108897612702181323497788830778883192  
  Observation hours 963:38966:44980:22979:48975:25969:52963:40886:43890:41230:528,807:45880:47  


 
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