Select until 14 September
Totals Cape May Bird Obs. - Monarch Monitoring Project 2016 - 2025
| Species | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Totals | Average | Present | Year Maximum | |||||
| 1. | Ruby-throated Hummingbird | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 21 | 59 | 14.8 | 0 | 36 (2024) | ||||
| 2. | Sand Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 (2019) | ||||
| 3. | Tree Swallow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | 10 (2019) | ||||
| 4. | Swallow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 10 | 0 | 40 (2019) | ||||
| Other species | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1. | Humpback whale | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 1 (2024) | ||||
| Other species | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1. | Pipevine Swallowtail | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1.3 | 0 | 5 (2024) | ||||
| 2. | Orange Sulphur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 27 (2024) | ||||
| 3. | Orange/Clouded Sulphur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 6.3 | 0 | 25 (2024) | ||||
| 4. | Clouded Sulphur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 2.5 | 0 | 10 (2024) | ||||
| 5. | Monarch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 138 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5522 | 119 | 5781 | 1445 | 0 | 5522 (2024) | ||||
| 6. | Variegated Fritillary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 13 (2024) | ||||
| 7. | Sleepy Orange | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 (2024) | ||||
| 8. | Fiery Skipper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 2.8 | 0 | 11 (2024) | ||||
| 9. | Common Buckeye | 0 | 0 | 0 | 164 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 376 | 1 | 541 | 135 | 0 | 376 (2024) | ||||
| 10. | American Snout | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1.3 | 0 | 5 (2024) | ||||
| 11. | Red-spotted Purple | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 (2019) | ||||
| 12. | Camberwell Beauty | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.8 | 0 | 2 (2019) | ||||
| 13. | Ocola Skipper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 (2024) | ||||
| 14. | Eastern Tiger Swallowtail | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 4 (2024) | ||||
| 15. | Black Swallowtail | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 17 | 4.3 | 0 | 12 (2024) | ||||
| 16. | Spicebush Swallowtail | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 (2024) | ||||
| 17. | Cloudless Sulphur | 0 | 0 | 0 | 160 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 616 | 6 | 782 | 196 | 0 | 616 (2024) | ||||
| 18. | Small White | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 0 | 77 | 19.3 | 0 | 77 (2024) | ||||
| 19. | Question Mark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 27 | 6.8 | 0 | 25 (2024) | ||||
| 20. | Long-tailed Skipper | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 8 (2024) | ||||
| 21. | Red Admiral | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 0 | 133 | 33 | 0 | 122 (2024) | ||||
| 22. | Painted Lady | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 24 (2024) | ||||
| 23. | American Lady | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 42 | 10.5 | 0 | 42 (2024) | ||||
| Other species | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1. | Common Green Darner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1267 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8130 | 402 | 9799 | 2450 | 1 | 8130 (2024) | ||||
| 2. | Comet Darner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1.5 | 0 | 5 (2019) | ||||
| 3. | Swamp Darner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4337 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 24 | 4518 | 1130 | 2 | 4337 (2019) | ||||
| 4. | Eastern Pondhawk | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 1 (2019) | ||||
| 5. | Bar-winged Skimmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 (2024) | ||||
| 6. | Twelve-spotted Skimmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9 | 45 | 11.3 | 0 | 23 (2019) | ||||
| 7. | Painted Skimmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 1 (2025) | ||||
| 8. | Great Blue Skimmer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 68 | 17 | 0 | 63 (2019) | ||||
| 9. | Skimmer sp. (Libellula sp.) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 1 (2019) | ||||
| 10. | Blue Dasher | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 58 | 98 | 24.5 | 0 | 58 (2025) | ||||
| 11. | Wandering Glider | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 66 | 253 | 63 | 0 | 135 (2024) | ||||
| 12. | Spot-winged Glider | 0 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 19 | 107 | 27 | 0 | 74 (2019) | ||||
| 13. | Wandering/Spot-winged Glider | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 1 (2019) | ||||
| 14. | Striped Saddlebags | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0.8 | 0 | 3 (2024) | ||||
| 15. | Carolina Saddlebags | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 606 | 10 | 773 | 193 | 0 | 606 (2024) | ||||
| 16. | Black Saddlebags | 0 | 0 | 0 | 362 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1797 | 42 | 2202 | 551 | 0 | 1797 (2024) | ||||
| Other species | |||||||||||||||||||
| 1. | Sphinx moth sp. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0.3 | 0 | 1 (2025) | ||||
| Species | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Totals | Average | Present | Year Maximum | |||||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6920 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17838 | 785 | 25546 | 6387 | 3 | ||||||
| Observation hours | 20:35 | 0:30 | 118:39 | 19:30 | 159:14 | 39:49 | |||||||||||||
