Select until 26 January

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



 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
1.Pale-bellied Brent Goose4134173742813423240830651202263130290259102879804281 (2018)
2.Canada Goose101061021472135933489406919403964148070529035878014807 (2024)
3.Lesser Canada Goose100114212140353.9014 (2024)
4.Ross's Goose03137101110273011 (2024)
5.Snow/Ross's Goose002110000040.402 (2018)
6.Snow Goose413442525371863217657314944393014166157404425 (2017)
7.goose sp.00010110000121.3011 (2021)
8.Eurasian White-fronted Goose000001000010.101 (2021)
9.Mute Swan022000010050.602 (2017)
10.Bewick's Swan97107780000000282310107 (2017)
11.Tundra Swan000686251081643340723800334 (2024)
12.Wood Duck975741935689733186660614232200010168113002200 (2024)
13.Blue-winged Teal73113212857171612020222057 (2021)
14.Shoveler31681339216614385100243010611180243 (2024)
15.Gadwall5926443613735291090403450109 (2024)
16.American Wigeon179322219444355397294418678033063670678 (2024)
17.Mallard438467322247281307192261828033433710828 (2024)
18.Black Duck236515671912179515404633150640427109026469294107109 (2024)
19.Black Duck/Mallard160798234324623817059147015241690343 (2019)
20.Pintail285622712009115818623107187122223217020573228603217 (2024)
21.dabbling duck sp.16139335274839850337141314140475352801414 (2024)
22.duck sp.7111840717011710906188966950418246501090 (2021)
23.Green-winged Teal8472544665288049657383851143616208166940877919755016694 (2024)
24.Canvasback1052201180202.208 (2024)
25.Redhead357704411059672231130728810223 (2023)
26.Ring-necked Duck6845203123111137103260354014041560354 (2024)
27.Scaup926964939513680683439104818720806489601872 (2024)
28.Lesser Scaup582300675628780449591165318310748983201831 (2024)
29.Aythya sp.26174182311329331177846440028163130846 (2023)
30.Greater / Lesser Scaup624757774354319639265552680049645520774 (2018)
31.King Eider1032101030111.203 (2018)
32.Eider11925330912710786698816902218246121078 (2020)
33.eider sp.000000001010.101 (2024)
34.Harlequin Duck044251433230586.4025 (2019)
35.Surf Scoter986621051921162309239013987780017129914129179170966010624271180470170966 (2024)
36.White-winged Scoter233105276937571030851192511500603367001150 (2024)
37.Black Scoter192190266697297543152101254013104613313107320799438381023394442599380438381 (2024)
38.scoter sp.45978181377844329153064330117362636812438472036216940241177844 (2018)
39.Surf/Black Scoter39168418265636064575232758146575813601346587037353141503064575 (2019)
40.Long-tailed Duck944127139061313634136659119401297013262147403906 (2018)
41.Bufflehead3525882168099682410686268811475011957132903525 (2016)
42.Goldeneye30573136231011723022825057 (2017)
43.Hooded Merganser175167198124196165161142460017881990460 (2024)
44.Goosander10286168750535.9010 (2016)
45.Red-breasted Merganser985110511879681379122689133943212014347159403394 (2023)
46.Ruddy Duck17512716976910015217069 (2023)
47.Common Nighthawk000000110020.201 (2022)
48.Chimney Swift002642000500271300264 (2018)
49.Ruby-throated Hummingbird4113103710212.307 (2023)
50.hummingbird sp000113201080.903 (2021)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
51.Yellow-billed Cuckoo00701000109107 (2018)
52.Feral Pigeon000001100020.201 (2021)
53.Mourning Dove102300316850475.2016 (2022)
54.American Coot100100000020.201 (2016)
55.Pied-billed Grebe002310000060.703 (2019)
56.Red-necked Grebe11967319100475.2010 (2024)
57.Slavonian Grebe63756466583962137900654730137 (2023)
58.Black-necked Grebe000000010010.101 (2023)
59.American Oystercatcher3902815792302576014936133630380742319613 (2023)
60.Grey Plover316197781035511292630845940316 (2016)
61.American Golden Plover5011150330192.105 (2016)
62.Killdeer5235634102824011713034 (2021)
63.Semipalmated Plover301002863137890276311137 (2022)
64.Piping Plover001000000010.101 (2018)
65.Hudsonian Whimbrel6302512520262.906 (2016)
66.Hudsonian Godwit00000032000323.6032 (2022)
67.Marbled Godwit10115000010182015 (2019)
68.Long-billed Dowitcher000007000070.807 (2021)
69.Short-billed Dowitcher2000086000161.808 (2021)
70.dowitcher sp.31000001000141.6010 (2017)
71.American Woodcock0025110120121.305 (2019)
72.Wilson's Snipe100001001030.301 (2016)
73.Grey Phalarope000100000010.101 (2019)
74.Red-necked Phalarope000000100010.101 (2022)
75.Spotted Sandpiper000100120040.402 (2023)
76.Solitary Sandpiper000010000010.101 (2020)
77.Lesser Yellowlegs100200020050.602 (2019)
78.Willet3070001000111.207 (2018)
79.Willet (Western)000000004040.404 (2024)
80.Greater Yellowlegs13122494680495.4012 (2018)
81.Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs010000000010.101 (2017)
82.Turnstone97044124000404.4012 (2021)
83.Knot65030093611298018821065 (2016)
84.wader sp.001000200030.302 (2022)
85.small wader0000002619270728027 (2024)
86.large wader00000013000131.4013 (2022)
87.Stilt Sandpiper000001000010.101 (2021)
88.Sanderling607577301201290600204522741290 (2022)
89.Dunlin2561242847896172868171818361312010785119802868 (2021)
90.Purple Sandpiper1236161495436029022425060 (2023)
91.Least Sandpiper7020113110161.807 (2016)
92.White-rumped Sandpiper10000260160707.8060 (2022)
93.Pectoral Sandpiper10104257800374.1010 (2016)
94.Western Sandpiper0004014400131.404 (2019)
95.Semipalmated Sandpiper0040016282800768.4028 (2022)
96.Black Skimmer11971159162956524724284012261360284 (2024)
97.Least Tern200000000020.202 (2016)
98.Caspian Tern13413125531325140490417461134 (2016)
99.Black Tern800000000080.908 (2016)
100.American Black Tern020000000020.202 (2017)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
101.Forster's Tern574428814340330723021675447494345601039758441809434 (2023)
102.Arctic Tern001000000010.101 (2018)
103.Common Tern14913730716398138427217017621960721 (2023)
104.sterna sp.6818621361401017319068 (2016)
105.Sandwich Tern000200000020.202 (2019)
106.Royal Tern164110691120174121333038198629463497019171213013497 (2024)
107.Little Gull001010102050.602 (2024)
108.Kittiwake80204216147009810.9042 (2019)
109.Bonaparte's Gull1905351171115011288140129731313829610359683996013138 (2023)
110.Black-headed Gull100000033070.803 (2023)
111.small gull sp.000000100010.101 (2022)
112.Laughing Gull21108602229097235722354921753169993928336561021794424216239283 (2023)
113.Franklin's Gull20022111009102 (2016)
114.Ring-billed Gull821818956702897775807190582711162196060771578573019606 (2024)
115.Herring Gull168129313233435307340732423117631291904098345543212919 (2024)
116.Great Black-backed Gull10106561226148013701388951286622940132411471242866 (2023)
117.Glaucous Gull000000020020.202 (2023)
118.Lesser Black-backed Gull251185134314235201498718022212470718 (2024)
119.large gull sp.000010101030.301 (2020)
120.Iceland Gull300100111070.803 (2016)
121.Long-tailed Skua001000001020.201 (2018)
122.skua sp.000210002050.602 (2019)
123.Arctic Skua20324019834499138360398346023262580398 (2023)
124.S. parasiticus / pomarinus1067270100242.707 (2019)
125.Pomarine Skua004301000080.904 (2018)
126.Puffin100000000010.101 (2016)
127.Razorbill11325303071611252690520010055111706905 (2023)
128.Razorbill/Guillemot001259873000000137615301259 (2018)
129.Little Auk0007100600141.607 (2019)
130.Red-billed Tropicbird000000001010.101 (2024)
131.Red-throated Diver703266209360075507176586157278753231211381164680679279754750121138 (2023)
132.Pacific Loon1012132610171.906 (2023)
133.Great Northern Diver186513981569106013541297116632743630016613184663630 (2024)
134.diver sp.002166201018206 (2020)
135.Wilson's Storm-Petrel200000000020.202 (2016)
136.Cory's Shearwater00560006300748.2063 (2023)
137.Cory's/Scopoli's Shearwater140000002890294330289 (2024)
138.Sooty Shearwater000000010010.101 (2023)
139.Great Shearwater3102000940192.109 (2023)
140.large shearwater sp.010100000020.201 (2017)
141.Manx Shearwater02101010120171.9010 (2018)
142.shearwater sp.023101010080.903 (2018)
143.Gannet631153943834835677118480510800337728951671031390633941704380108003 (2021)
144.Brown Booby2016333210212.306 (2019)
145.gannat/booby sp.0005451000151.705 (2019)
146.Masked Booby100000000010.101 (2016)
147.Cormorant (p. c. carbo)452438402727254452032236152 (2024)
148.Double-crested Cormorant17770190992129488128573140616139841156138160209187084013106421456271187084 (2024)
149.White Ibis000117225248943012901430943 (2024)
150.Glossy Ibis00001211000232.6021 (2021)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
151.American Bittern100000001020.201 (2016)
152.Yellow-crowned Night Heron000000031040.403 (2023)
153.Night Heron1192573602200190408450200 (2023)
154.Little Blue Heron000100000010.101 (2019)
155.Tricolored Heron000234099027309 (2023)
156.Snowy Egret292720915012021177698809801090211 (2021)
157.Egretta sp.0000000150150165180150 (2023)
158.Green Heron000000100010.101 (2022)
159.Great White Egret208181347577668310168545660036644070668 (2020)
160.heron sp.00190600101000261290190 (2018)
161.Great Blue Heron524727859357698673274570514051965770859 (2018)
162.Brown Pelican24526339759484311809538398690618368701180 (2021)
163.Black Vulture002100000030.302 (2018)
164.Turkey Vulture390224171812151250288320151 (2023)
165.Osprey16245184525354483031335083 (2024)
166.Golden Eagle001000000010.101 (2018)
167.Sharp-shinned Hawk01302251090323.6010 (2023)
168.Cooper's Hawk55244116243209310.3032 (2024)
169.Northern Harrier2472462029124326019121043 (2023)
170.Bald Eagle541114484546106019822354 (2016)
171.Red-shouldered Hawk000010110030.301 (2020)
172.Red-tailed Hawk2011810710212.308 (2020)
173.Rough-legged Buzzard000010000010.101 (2020)
174.Short-eared Owl101100002050.602 (2024)
175.Snowy Owl000010001020.201 (2020)
176.Kingfisher100000000010.101 (2016)
177.Belted Kingfisher01122445320333.7012 (2018)
178.Red-headed Woodpecker001010000020.201 (2018)
179.Red-bellied Woodpecker1031208130192.108 (2022)
180.Yellow-bellied Sapsucker001101000030.301 (2018)
181.Downy Woodpecker000000203050.603 (2024)
182.Hairy Woodpecker001010000020.201 (2018)
183.Northern Flicker1431564291144120228250144 (2023)
184.Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)4150518041000839.2041 (2022)
185.American Kestrel16581536493013215081 (2018)
186.Merlin231442302750423625028932050 (2021)
187.Peregrine625535313664754628043248075 (2022)
188.Eastern Phoebe12711036940434.8010 (2020)
189.Least Flycatcher000010000010.101 (2020)
190.Eastern Kingbird000100000010.101 (2019)
191.Blue-headed Vireo012002010060.702 (2018)
192.Blue Jay000050000050.605 (2020)
193.American Crow00001457100637057 (2022)
194.Fish Crow000000005050.605 (2024)
195.Raven000000031040.403 (2023)
196.Cedar Waxwing542018722181409911022 (2022)
197.Tufted Titmouse000030100040.403 (2020)
198.Shore Lark0229410310900677.4029 (2018)
199.Tree Swallow6361920913951131388225700757484203619 (2017)
200.Northern Rough-winged Swallow00001054310505.6043 (2023)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
201.Swallow51113112510303.3013 (2019)
202.Cliff Swallow000000100010.101 (2022)
203.Cave Swallow300010103080.903 (2016)
204.swallow sp.255000100000256280255 (2016)
205.Ruby-crowned Kinglet01314131770374.1017 (2023)
206.Golden-/Ruby-crowned Kinglet00001004100151.7010 (2024)
207.Golden-crowned Kinglet36941114163130012414031 (2023)
208.Marsh Wren010210101060.702 (2019)
209.Wren002000000020.202 (2018)
210.Winter Wren000211130080.903 (2023)
211.House Wren000021210060.702 (2020)
212.Blue-grey Gnatcatcher000000010010.101 (2023)
213.White-breasted Nuthatch002000100030.302 (2018)
214.Red-breasted Nuthatch101106010010293.2011 (2018)
215.Brown Creeper10216722140353.9014 (2024)
216.Grey Catbird000020031060.703 (2023)
217.Northern Mockingbird000000100010.101 (2022)
218.Brown Thrasher100000100020.201 (2016)
219.Starling00002191400050364400219 (2020)
220.Eastern Bluebird000001033070.803 (2023)
221.Swainson's Thrush000000020020.202 (2023)
222.Hermit Thrush20331103800485.3038 (2023)
223.Catharus sp.001000010020.201 (2018)
224.American Robin4933675463165448034839075 (2019)
225.sparrow sp.2000023400111.204 (2023)
226.House Sparrow0073000000101.107 (2018)
227.American Buff-bellied Pipit131635122726336847027731068 (2023)
228.finch sp.00103300000343.8033 (2020)
229.Evening Grosbeak000010000010.101 (2020)
230.Purple Finch10110333020232.6011 (2018)
231.House Finch715022250100525.8022 (2021)
232.Mealy Redpoll001030000040.403 (2020)
233.Crossbill00101811000212.3018 (2020)
234.Two-barred Crossbill000000001010.101 (2024)
235.American Goldfinch1852897196101001081260859950289 (2018)
236.Pine Siskin3012612261053050243127002261 (2020)
237.Lapland Bunting1001121170141.607 (2024)
238.Snow Bunting210671139100760224250100 (2023)
239.Grasshopper Sparrow000000010010.101 (2023)
240.sparrow sp. 030000010040.403 (2017)
241.Lark Sparrow000000010010.101 (2023)
242.Chipping Sparrow04174041740414.6017 (2018)
243.Clay-colored Sparrow000001000010.101 (2021)
244.Field Sparrow1000003510101.105 (2023)
245.Fox Sparrow (Red)001000101030.301 (2018)
246.Dark-eyed Junco6512625230210899.9030 (2023)
247.Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)204027012000455027 (2020)
248.White-crowned Sparrow002000000020.202 (2018)
249.White-throated Sparrow20852113250566.2132 (2023)
250.Vesper Sparrow000110011040.401 (2019)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
251.Savannah Sparrow7732414410120637014 (2021)
252.Savannah Sparrow (Ipswich)000000100010.101 (2022)
253.Song Sparrow32333631410384.2114 (2023)
254.Lincoln's Sparrow000000010010.101 (2023)
255.Swamp Sparrow1002120940192.109 (2023)
256.Eastern Towhee000000300030.303 (2022)
257.Yellow-breasted Chat001121000050.602 (2020)
258.Bobolink10002311000171.9011 (2022)
259.Eastern Meadowlark43573151930505.6015 (2021)
260.Red-winged Blackbird4317242771472655132120832922242 (2018)
261.Brown-headed Cowbird00102111000151.7011 (2022)
262.Rusty Blackbird101101111070.801 (2016)
263.blackbird sp.00000310000313.4031 (2021)
264.Common Grackle000001000010.101 (2021)
265.Boat-tailed Grackle00000100809108 (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 (2023)
271.Nashville Warbler101000130060.703 (2023)
272.Common Yellowthroat10111137830353.9011 (2020)
273.American Redstart0106816310262.908 (2020)
274.Cape May Warbler0033226430232.606 (2022)
275.Northern Parula100521341830556.1021 (2020)
276.Magnolia Warbler100132731018207 (2022)
277.Bay-breasted Warbler000000100010.101 (2022)
278.Blackburnian Warbler000010000010.101 (2020)
279.American Yellow Warbler000003030060.703 (2021)
280.Chestnut-sided Warbler000102011050.602 (2021)
281.Blackpoll Warbler503401251551509110.1034 (2018)
282.Black-throated Blue Warbler00011111300171.9011 (2020)
283.Palm Warbler94263322273533017119035 (2023)
284.Palm Warbler (Yellow)011010001040.401 (2017)
285.Palm Warbler (Western)200120100060.702 (2016)
286.Pine Warbler000010040050.604 (2023)
287.Myrtle Warbler13519253813022725545721336033443720725 (2021)
288.Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)013007101000859.4071 (2020)
289.Prairie Warbler001002101050.602 (2021)
290.Black-throated Green Warbler001111101060.701 (2018)
291.Canada Warbler000100000010.101 (2019)
292.Wilson's Warbler000000200020.202 (2022)
293.Scarlet Tanager000000010010.101 (2023)
294.Northern Cardinal001000100020.201 (2018)
295.Dickcissel001100210050.602 (2022)
296.Blue Grosbeak000100100020.201 (2019)
297.Indigo Bunting00011212209102 (2021)
298.passerine sp.103522273820808.9035 (2018)
299.warbler sp. 20344438222247021824082 (2021)
Other species
1.Bottle-Nosed Dolphin145158371061073614392253370312134701451 (2016)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
2.Minke Whale300002000050.603 (2016)
3.Fin Whale000000100010.101 (2022)
4.Humpback whale202108611283132014816032 (2024)
5.whale sp.100000010020.201 (2016)
6.Grey seal002000111050.602 (2018)
7.Common Seal4130101020121.304 (2016)
8.Common / Grey seal000000010010.101 (2023)
9.bat sp.11817121012610687.6018 (2017)
10.Eastern Red Bat32510510328180849.3025 (2017)
11.Hoary Bat000000001010.101 (2024)
12.Ocean Sunfish100000010020.201 (2016)
Other species
1.Sachem 000000002020.202 (2024)
2.Orange Sulphur 170611824210606.7021 (2024)
3.Orange/Clouded Sulphur1106500010141.606 (2019)
4.Clouded Sulphur0503500020151.705 (2017)
5.Monarch105914801203257599512046378452676012674140802676 (2024)
6.Variegated Fritillary1000016070151.707 (2024)
7.Sleepy Orange000000020020.202 (2023)
8.Common Buckeye 13164303332165118106116737020722300737 (2024)
9.American Snout000200010030.302 (2019)
10.Camberwell Beauty051018419960626.9019 (2022)
11.Ocola Skipper000000001010.101 (2024)
12.Black Swallowtail0020044030131.404 (2021)
13.Cloudless Sulphur 5118488834825411500508560150 (2024)
14.Pearl Crescent000100000010.101 (2019)
15.Small White3645446180414.608 (2024)
16.white sp. (butterfly)220000000040.402 (2016)
17.Eastern Comma000001000010.101 (2021)
18.Question Mark/Eastern Comma22462113190404.4019 (2024)
19.Question Mark01000000230242.7023 (2024)
20.Long-tailed Skipper000100012040.402 (2024)
21.Red Admiral684628121318751850391430185 (2024)
22.Painted Lady09219411150424.7019 (2019)
23.American Lady0010132120101.103 (2021)
Other species
1.Common Green Darner165313882620285442109891100421 (2024)
2.Swamp Darner000200023070.803 (2024)
3.Twelve-spotted Skimmer000100000010.101 (2019)
4.Great Blue Skimmer000100000010.101 (2019)
5.Blue Dasher000100001020.201 (2019)
6.Wandering Glider80641410914641010284320101 (2024)
7.Spot-winged Glider204313229280728029 (2023)
8.Common Whitetail000000100010.101 (2022)
9.Black Saddlebags2008113411250647.1025 (2024)
10.Dragonfly unknown000001002030.302 (2024)
Other species
1.Bumblebee sp.000001123070.803 (2024)
2.Geometer sp.000000001010.101 (2024)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
  Totals 7764106670798632136697658171436154178882601088976127021907656482850720192  
  Observation hours 963:38966:44980:22979:48975:25969:52963:40886:43890:218,576:33952:57  


 
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