Select until 14 September

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



 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
1.Dark-bellied Brent Goose080000000080.808 (2017)
2.Pale-bellied Brent Goose491139535227672526034935067 (2022)
3.Canada Goose5748442502227967229110241560119671094010941152291 (2021)
4.Lesser Canada Goose4140020100121.204 (2016)
5.Snow Goose461726858891712111936430328032801211 (2021)
6.Mute Swan00004510000191.9010 (2022)
7.Bewick's Swan15633820000000460460382 (2018)
8.Tundra Swan00077118809499950563561118 (2020)
9.Wood Duck55349193238473170301356018291832473 (2021)
10.Blue-winged Teal2418000791900777.7024 (2016)
11.Shoveler13920101881300018118081 (2022)
12.Gadwall47201113362741427019920047 (2016)
13.Wigeon8140000000131.308 (2016)
14.American Wigeon6528422386166226031231065 (2016)
15.Mallard170020244103911134135544 (2021)
16.Black Duck16171456234045236630825839340 (2021)
17.Black Duck/Mallard000004627000737.3046 (2021)
18.Pintail92254745372223010112707267312222 (2021)
19.dabbling duck sp.000008510000959.5085 (2021)
20.duck sp.000003302502606033 (2021)
21.Green-winged Teal18413026201573293720597600184 (2016)
22.Canvasback001000000010.101 (2018)
23.Redhead012600000090.906 (2019)
24.Ring-necked Duck010372349322921019219049 (2021)
25.Scaup0008032300161.608 (2019)
26.Lesser Scaup00002101700202017 (2023)
27.Aythya sp.00000404000444.4040 (2021)
28.Greater / Lesser Scaup0000210018170474.7018 (2023)
29.King Eider000000100010.101 (2022)
30.Eider000010000010.101 (2020)
31.Harlequin Duck000000100010.101 (2022)
32.Surf Scoter600171226213497180048711530498549901800 (2022)
33.Velvet Scoter000000003030.303 (2024)
34.White-winged Scoter002150811810454.5015 (2019)
35.Black Scoter3562518813072002580617528291172016218162206175 (2022)
36.scoter sp.00014664116177700031800891458915077000 (2022)
37.Surf/Black Scoter192532807296971047953105631420987798803142 (2024)
38.Long-tailed Duck00181100800282.8010 (2021)
39.Bufflehead286541195000686.8028 (2016)
40.Goldeneye000001000010.101 (2021)
41.Hooded Merganser23217618381042012012038 (2021)
42.Goosander00190000000191.9019 (2018)
43.Red-breasted Merganser0032136237200929.2037 (2023)
44.Ruddy Duck211205301000424.2021 (2016)
45.Common Nighthawk189243616116523221531131092 (2017)
46.Chuck-will's-widow000000100010.101 (2022)
47.Chimney Swift13222065912470342426540418442435393540703 (2020)
48.Ruby-throated Hummingbird3361913954836685804763964091 (2018)
49.Yellow-billed Cuckoo03152267020373.7015 (2018)
50.Black-billed Cuckoo000001000010.101 (2021)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
51.Feral Pigeon00000010000101010 (2022)
52.Collared Dove000000100010.101 (2022)
53.Mourning Dove0340238511721195726499500172 (2022)
54.White-winged Dove021001111070.702 (2017)
55.Virginia Rail012000000030.302 (2018)
56.Sora100000000010.101 (2016)
57.Common Gallinule1380100000131.308 (2018)
58.Sandhill Crane26154332040393.9015 (2018)
59.Pied-billed Grebe141000000060.604 (2017)
60.Slavonian Grebe000100100020.201 (2022)
61.American Oystercatcher8232576000333.308 (2016)
62.Black-necked Stilt010000000010.101 (2017)
63.American Avocet000110100030.301 (2022)
64.Grey Plover1417918299113627617618036 (2023)
65.American Golden Plover2403513430252.505 (2020)
66.Killdeer10717669321194574833562701421642160574 (2021)
67.Semipalmated Plover1722192736755162477943544079 (2025)
68.Piping Plover000001200030.302 (2022)
69.Upland Sandpiper000000001010.101 (2024)
70.Hudsonian Whimbrel30109762444494.9010 (2018)
71.Hudsonian Godwit017131604113464.6016 (2020)
72.Marbled Godwit100001000020.201 (2016)
73.Long-billed Dowitcher10360611230323.2011 (2022)
74.Short-billed Dowitcher101011332761152112513033 (2020)
75.dowitcher sp.72117425212525.2021 (2017)
76.American Woodcock000100011030.301 (2024)
77.Wilson's Snipe1140198591816298120921059 (2020)
78.Wilson's Phalarope202111111010102 (2018)
79.Grey Phalarope000000010010.101 (2023)
80.Red-necked Phalarope000000001010.101 (2024)
81.Spotted Sandpiper1300301320131.303 (2020)
82.Solitary Sandpiper77212149404150352429530050 (2023)
83.Lesser Yellowlegs7225227723429056537544861931134433440619 (2024)
84.Willet005000011180.805 (2018)
85.Willet (Western)000100230060.603 (2023)
86.Greater Yellowlegs42801501861701421892301273613521355230 (2023)
87.Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs1000000010019393.9019 (2025)
88.Turnstone1285510255343.408 (2018)
89.Knot50001050300232.3010 (2020)
90.Ruff000001001020.201 (2024)
91.wader sp.0000016288161057792790610 (2024)
92.small wader0000014122165240303871870303 (2025)
93.Stilt Sandpiper718320712271341315115041 (2024)
94.Buff-breasted Sandpiper200001011050.502 (2016)
95.Sanderling1212133113342190947113721370947 (2024)
96.Dunlin45272507422648241470814810241 (2023)
97.Baird's Sandpiper2011130210111.103 (2021)
98.Least Sandpiper852852267661173668012033515161520366 (2022)
99.White-rumped Sandpiper6192061125142767.6025 (2023)
100.Pectoral Sandpiper629371110129151806934088418811880693 (2023)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
101.Western Sandpiper0045072400222.207 (2021)
102.Calidris sp.000000500050.505 (2022)
103.Western/Semipalmated Sandpiper00003300300363.6030 (2021)
104.Semipalmated Sandpiper63586145704091661702798914551460409 (2021)
105.Black Skimmer01954811864621262630966970548 (2018)
106.Least Tern061002000090.906 (2017)
107.Gull-billed Tern004212000090.904 (2018)
108.Caspian Tern33382637322920241122322037 (2020)
109.Black Tern28322013803505028 (2016)
110.American Black Tern000000030030.303 (2023)
111.Forster's Tern75001717428923615663016401640750 (2016)
112.Common Tern00130111775588263260177 (2022)
113.Sandwich Tern000100000010.101 (2019)
114.Royal Tern00921722212948140360360217 (2019)
115.Little Gull001000000010.101 (2018)
116.Kittiwake00000120000121.2012 (2021)
117.Bonaparte's Gull8378135140772146206011821180620 (2023)
118.Black-headed Gull003100001050.503 (2018)
119.Laughing Gull24019781683595091821201223532351500978 (2019)
120.Franklin's Gull000001001020.201 (2021)
121.Ring-billed Gull212205134817064773803510447244721706 (2021)
122.Herring Gull0049106114225985108279172045205501142 (2020)
123.Great Black-backed Gull30149129453827470402400149 (2018)
124.Lesser Black-backed Gull7112324186386949029029086 (2022)
125.Iceland Gull230001100070.703 (2017)
126.skua sp.000000010010.101 (2023)
127.Arctic Skua397996149564141155467470149 (2019)
128.S. parasiticus / pomarinus300000000030.303 (2016)
129.Red-throated Diver19747133211144847911113360367436701448 (2021)
130.Pacific Loon010000100020.201 (2017)
131.Great Northern Diver981519216012619090300175513871390300 (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 Stork01102010010151.5011 (2017)
137.Gannet12611294738154414991824661962011781117804149 (2021)
138.Brown Booby000000110020.201 (2022)
139.Anhinga000001000010.101 (2021)
140.Cormorant50000000000505050 (2016)
141.Cormorant (p. c. carbo)1236152010212.106 (2019)
142.Double-crested Cormorant138234789155324344189373851029822167651731683316669216669538510 (2021)
143.White Ibis0111502801355226831925577239315217152205577 (2024)
144.Glossy Ibis262218129586571673221572570181 (2018)
145.Roseate Spoonbill000002000020.202 (2021)
146.American Bittern8684103200323.208 (2016)
147.Yellow-crowned Night Heron201000001150.502 (2016)
148.Night Heron368621718414735028228568 (2017)
149.Little Blue Heron201500551050424.2015 (2018)
150.Tricolored Heron100913244134595.9024 (2022)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
151.Snowy Egret22524614026941361782224411131110246 (2018)
152.Egretta sp.0000201520700626.2020 (2020)
153.Green Heron2670914944464.609 (2023)
154.Cattle Egret120411473900505014 (2020)
155.Great White Egret5035192237992231111661781813091311237 (2019)
156.heron sp.00022000001232.3022 (2019)
157.Great Blue Heron4757237723357706653413873925649164923772 (2018)
158.American White Pelican0200108000111.108 (2022)
159.Brown Pelican31343234471321251073273910701070327 (2024)
160.Black Vulture170176303204146260343119175218981900343 (2022)
161.Turkey Vulture3090190544981901169522463902202722661223542235404498 (2018)
162.Osprey42522725606448584081372348903998369974939039390406064 (2018)
163.Swallow-tailed Kite000000011020.201 (2023)
164.Golden Eagle1613151081612208011812020 (2023)
165.Sharp-shinned Hawk145501083415833731910553674215018152601193928610833410833215833 (2018)
166.Cooper's Hawk3145173853573593370822357643611554109939043390407643 (2022)
167.Accipiter sp.010000000010.101 (2017)
168.American Goshawk1611713013170595.9017 (2018)
169.Northern Harrier98377413904681013110910861254132741944594501390 (2018)
170.Bald Eagle530429918623635746124782161456661966201247 (2022)
171.Mississippi Kite010011202070.702 (2024)
172.Red-shouldered Hawk732479647503580415850432660152995300850 (2022)
173.Broad-winged Hawk453113121694571065775217170025628920592102171 (2022)
174.Swainson's Hawk010111221090.902 (2023)
175.Red-tailed Hawk17307301500748103877118431300719910388103901843 (2022)
176.Red-tailed Hawk (Northern)000000009090.909 (2024)
177.Rough-legged Buzzard0400110510121.205 (2023)
178.buzzard sp.100000000010.101 (2016)
179.Barn Owl100000100020.201 (2022)
180.Short-eared Owl3200311100111.103 (2020)
181.Belted Kingfisher134548283823121931225926148 (2018)
182.Red-headed Woodpecker952115589110656.5011 (2024)
183.Red-bellied Woodpecker1719831521452425241230972970425 (2022)
184.Yellow-bellied Sapsucker8430112020332323017217033 (2022)
185.Downy Woodpecker5111257174340959.5034 (2024)
186.Hairy Woodpecker2000237120171.707 (2022)
187.Northern Flicker36117961524411064305669612518142701427206125 (2024)
188.Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)27346821164881009570023142310957 (2023)
189.American Kestrel3442685810532236547694555503744504484404468964690010532 (2018)
190.falcon sp.040000000040.404 (2017)
191.Merlin19672055263614811562150820492705252016618649186512705 (2023)
192.Peregrine9691117152047973377692182056614791579201520 (2018)
193.Eastern Phoebe25920141744635015215146 (2023)
194.Eastern Wood Pewee1211623334262.606 (2020)
195.Yellow-bellied Flycatcher010000000010.101 (2017)
196.Alder Flycatcher010001020040.402 (2023)
197.Alder/Willow Flycatcher0101211122111.102 (2024)
198.Least Flycatcher000011310170.703 (2022)
199.Empidonax sp.0002512321161.605 (2020)
200.Tropical Kingbird000000100010.101 (2022)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
201.Cassin's Kingbird000100000010.101 (2019)
202.Western Kingbird110120021080.802 (2023)
203.Scissor-tailed Flycatcher000100000010.101 (2019)
204.Eastern Kingbird7769328250353237771425123618201820353 (2020)
205.Grey Kingbird010000110030.301 (2017)
206.Great Crested Flycatcher0117421313232.307 (2019)
207.Myiarchus sp.000010000010.101 (2020)
208.Red-eyed Vireo01176528293125919620065 (2020)
209.Philadelphia Vireo100031110070.703 (2020)
210.Philadelphia/Warbling Vireo000000200020.202 (2022)
211.Warbling Vireo000010011030.301 (2023)
212.Blue-headed Vireo000241000070.704 (2020)
213.White-eyed Vireo060030100010106 (2017)
214.Blue Jay27346980151842346933111473270017214172158423 (2020)
215.American Crow400480027340868.6048 (2019)
216.Fish Crow9963150130108850356360130 (2021)
217.Fish/American Crow00000000027272.7027 (2025)
218.Raven0002730745282.807 (2020)
219.Cedar Waxwing5221843100333472224284126466130766716828391283907667 (2024)
220.Tufted Titmouse00109497200017618094 (2020)
221.Carolina Chickadee000020000020.202 (2020)
222.Shore Lark341910111220352013413035 (2023)
223.Sand Martin15141212292031161015015031 (2023)
224.Tree Swallow4162642259986739875136165066830821693216908673 (2020)
225.Violet-green Swallow000000010010.101 (2023)
226.Purple Martin2716152599248109933672078319011900599 (2019)
227.Northern Rough-winged Swallow105632726646138514430430138 (2023)
228.Swallow246750595340243637871920125783311111111104363 (2021)
229.Cliff Swallow2013772420418523555560418 (2023)
230.Cave Swallow176101591331358253310833830331 (2024)
231.swallow sp.00008401000494.9040 (2021)
232.Cliff/Cave Swallow000001222070.702 (2023)
233.Ruby-crowned Kinglet548221729202925015916029 (2023)
234.Golden-/Ruby-crowned Kinglet000001000010.101 (2021)
235.Golden-crowned Kinglet192620221668146457030631068 (2021)
236.Marsh Wren010002000030.302 (2021)
237.Winter Wren000010000010.101 (2020)
238.House Wren022213000010103 (2021)
239.Blue-grey Gnatcatcher2659252876526012612266640640126 (2023)
240.White-breasted Nuthatch6050400320130969.6040 (2020)
241.Red-breasted Nuthatch4147511702016216521560560170 (2020)
242.Brown Creeper7201444160292.907 (2016)
243.Grey Catbird061081562071646.4020 (2023)
244.Northern Mockingbird0022262760171112713060 (2023)
245.Brown Thrasher0361112230191.906 (2018)
246.Starling600002369555510123940273586779124979249808677 (2024)
247.Eastern Bluebird2423725071423731830176220933785011745117503785 (2024)
248.Swainson's Thrush00001020500262.6020 (2022)
249.Hermit Thrush002211112010102 (2019)
250.Catharus sp.000001101030.301 (2021)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
251.Grey-cheeked Thrush000011100030.301 (2021)
252.Veery02010113201202013 (2022)
253.American Robin28216206032166461955353607570115884071593751400523955027955030216646 (2018)
254.flycatcher sp.000000000110.101 (2025)
255.Redstart001000000010.101 (2018)
256.sparrow sp.000003000030.303 (2021)
257.House Sparrow0009343931664171470959960417 (2023)
258.American Buff-bellied Pipit385385188335241550399180311030538953901803 (2023)
259.finch sp.000020938000676.7038 (2022)
260.Evening Grosbeak1090350021000381380350 (2020)
261.Purple Finch77115093284438984511773035903590984 (2022)
262.House Finch1190104861109149244225370433792824327435274409282 (2024)
263.Mealy Redpoll004010400090.904 (2018)
264.Crossbill01160797035000849850797 (2020)
265.Two-barred Crossbill000010000010.101 (2020)
266.American Goldfinch77318386931198207399191872614008944511746957470020739 (2020)
267.Pine Siskin2310106443526252076431090373273733035262 (2020)
268.Lapland Bunting2131101140141.404 (2024)
269.Snow Bunting2510170312120707025 (2016)
270.Lark Sparrow001112010060.602 (2021)
271.Chipping Sparrow0061165140423342540537540165 (2019)
272.Clay-colored Sparrow0321022001111.103 (2017)
273.Field Sparrow25216031530373.7016 (2019)
274.Fox Sparrow (Red)2006041010141.406 (2019)
275.Dark-eyed Junco9206338513855020220055 (2024)
276.Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)000171300100313.1017 (2019)
277.White-crowned Sparrow01311111000181.8013 (2017)
278.White-throated Sparrow1419331520130969.6052 (2021)
279.Vesper Sparrow0004412010121.204 (2020)
280.Savannah Sparrow23473479937100521418420100 (2023)
281.Song Sparrow93101100100252.5010 (2021)
282.Lincoln's Sparrow000010000010.101 (2020)
283.Swamp Sparrow16104500000626.2050 (2021)
284.Eastern Towhee3331310000141.403 (2016)
285.Yellow-breasted Chat002010000030.302 (2018)
286.Yellow-headed Blackbird001120021070.702 (2020)
287.Bobolink487398176920466013964130427949594902721453150531509817 (2017)
288.Eastern Meadowlark14310753167148396233424199018701870424 (2023)
289.Baltimore Oriole1813101153174053541528428054 (2024)
290.Orchard Oriole0862111300222.208 (2017)
291.Red-winged Blackbird1053547171846281952896636643342385118564052222426260126260064052 (2024)
292.Brown-headed Cowbird85234875248783357548484791747796241464414609174 (2023)
293.Rusty Blackbird4876454191109171167758386023602360758 (2023)
294.blackbird sp.000001135300000143514401135 (2021)
295.Common Grackle169477444850142914405297221148577682644119113649113649044052 (2020)
296.Boat-tailed Grackle1048211115510704284280111 (2021)
297.Ovenbird0112114101121.204 (2022)
298.Louisiana Waterthrush000000100010.101 (2022)
299.Northern Waterthrush123216628810217943320119913241320433 (2023)
300.Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush000000200130.302 (2022)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
301.Blue-winged Warbler001000010130.301 (2023)
302.Black-and-white Warbler21551012262770571523924070 (2023)
303.Prothonotary Warbler000000100010.101 (2022)
304.Tennessee Warbler01131923182918211411029 (2023)
305.Orange-crowned Warbler2702634110262.607 (2017)
306.Nashville Warbler153511166990656.5016 (2021)
307.Connecticut Warbler000103321010103 (2021)
308.Mourning Warbler000000100010.101 (2022)
309.Common Yellowthroat28102281140383.8011 (2023)
310.Hooded Warbler000100010020.201 (2019)
311.American Redstart2867872141853111531739448199380938101531 (2022)
312.Cape May Warbler23196671748712513917851833830178 (2024)
313.Northern Parula223171493021858598433543727712770859 (2022)
314.Magnolia Warbler433479242665919.1026 (2023)
315.Bay-breasted Warbler200042101010104 (2020)
316.Blackburnian Warbler0003322216191.906 (2025)
317.American Yellow Warbler184414405910310912311275697700123 (2023)
318.Chestnut-sided Warbler0124122540212.105 (2023)
319.Blackpoll Warbler1072645830987017197337020152020870 (2021)
320.Bay-breasted/Blackpoll Warbler001000000010.101 (2018)
321.Black-throated Blue Warbler33271214241920110511024 (2022)
322.Palm Warbler3144331493714323435603771523552360560 (2023)
323.Palm Warbler (Yellow)00062101040232.3010 (2023)
324.Palm Warbler (Western)40264107021331304300213 (2023)
325.Pine Warbler123181822131814010911022 (2021)
326.Myrtle Warbler1902154398556815907127883151410244842395126470320608320610102448 (2022)
327.Yellow-rumped Warbler (Audubon's)001000000010.101 (2018)
328.Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)11099633111121321661036930171610913829138036930 (2023)
329.Yellow-throated Warbler000100010020.201 (2019)
330.Prairie Warbler511931410162413711211024 (2023)
331.Townsend's Warbler000100000010.101 (2019)
332.Black-throated Green Warbler021714107752555.5014 (2020)
333.Canada Warbler000000010010.101 (2023)
334.Wilson's Warbler000020001030.302 (2020)
335.Summer Tanager000012000030.302 (2021)
336.Scarlet Tanager0121463630262.606 (2023)
337.Western Tanager000000110020.201 (2022)
338.Rose-breasted Grosbeak0120437660292.907 (2022)
339.Northern Cardinal000000700070.707 (2022)
340.Dickcissel1634321823629748451138639097 (2022)
341.Blue Grosbeak253611141318143898.9018 (2023)
342.Indigo Bunting1710365758412478111717735742124 (2021)
343.warbler sp. 003722245319713233616115128611893118903616 (2023)
Other species
1.Bottle-Nosed Dolphin241140000410444.4024 (2016)
2.Humpback whale000000020020.202 (2023)
3.bat sp.211320513101383.8013 (2022)
4.Silver-haired Bat100002000030.302 (2021)
5.Eastern Red Bat1444121312461616.1013 (2021)
6.Hoary Bat000000101020.201 (2024)
Other species
1.Sachem 000000010010.101 (2023)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
2.Orange Sulphur 2001132200111.103 (2021)
3.Clouded Sulphur001000100020.201 (2022)
4.Monarch12094701482312471321775151050496172255472555513217 (2021)
5.Variegated Fritillary100000000010.101 (2016)
6.Fiery Skipper000000000110.101 (2025)
7.Common Buckeye 37212221914918712212037 (2016)
8.American Snout000012101050.502 (2021)
9.Red-spotted Purple010000000010.101 (2017)
10.Camberwell Beauty01011511142262.6011 (2022)
11.Eastern Tiger Swallowtail120000000250.502 (2017)
12.Black Swallowtail15812131004353.5015 (2016)
13.Spicebush Swallowtail000000001120.201 (2024)
14.Cloudless Sulphur 595233924910553301126960960339 (2019)
15.Pearl Crescent000001000010.101 (2021)
16.Small White0000006140111.106 (2022)
17.Eastern Comma000000101020.201 (2022)
18.Question Mark/Eastern Comma000125011010105 (2021)
19.Question Mark001000003040.403 (2024)
20.Red Admiral527141617102031112312031 (2024)
21.Painted Lady000000010010.101 (2023)
22.American Lady100010200040.402 (2022)
Other species
1.Common Green Darner196112501123774313355613286238142021142020125011 (2019)
2.Comet Darner000010021370.703 (2025)
3.Darner sp.000000000110.101 (2025)
4.Halloween Pennant 000000010010.101 (2023)
5.Swamp Darner000003977622320120097 (2022)
6.Eastern Pondhawk000000000110.101 (2025)
7.Twelve-spotted Skimmer022018621912616.1021 (2023)
8.Great Blue Skimmer000000010010.101 (2023)
9.Blue Dasher0000010605512164160106 (2021)
10.Wandering Glider000001569781019272270156 (2021)
11.Spot-winged Glider00000779615615816077 (2021)
12.Wandering/Spot-winged Glider00000000140141.4014 (2024)
13.Carolina Saddlebags000008020519813213080 (2021)
14.Black Saddlebags29034422911872928431286228602291 (2021)
15.Saddlebags sp. 000000020020.202 (2023)
16.Dragonfly unknown000000001010.101 (2024)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
  Totals 1281541028233934874673062962593322164824894446544093492034930770863077091802  
  Observation hours 946:46899:56901:55902:25872:15898:15891:00895:22900:36138:158,246:45824:41  


 
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