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Totals Cape May Bird Observatory - Morning Flight (NJ) 2016 - 2025



 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
1.Pale-bellied Brent Goose007523133616146810480530133 (2020)
2.Canada Goose60014113136317673276904430437248601313 (2019)
3.Lesser Canada Goose001000100020.201 (2018)
4.Ross's Goose000100000010.101 (2019)
5.Snow Goose00216522072000261290165 (2019)
6.goose sp.000000010010.101 (2023)
7.Eurasian White-fronted Goose000000010010.101 (2023)
8.Mute Swan00010624512130889.8045 (2022)
9.Bewick's Swan00210000000212.3021 (2018)
10.Tundra Swan000106001700333.7017 (2023)
11.Wood Duck2809216452551211397909821090452 (2020)
12.Blue-winged Teal00407216406320021524072 (2020)
13.Shoveler00112344324230497550432 (2022)
14.Gadwall001212013970444.9013 (2022)
15.American Wigeon00541663028309210.2030 (2022)
16.Mallard501293382542553028231082 (2021)
17.Black Duck001655140821101731500726810173 (2023)
18.Black Duck/Mallard3060152000171.906 (2018)
19.Pintail002171139229100540524580229 (2022)
20.dabbling duck sp.00010120160300203230160 (2023)
21.duck sp.004800000110596.6048 (2018)
22.Green-winged Teal1095220271791010488540220 (2020)
23.Canvasback000010000010.101 (2020)
24.Redhead000000004040.404 (2024)
25.Ring-necked Duck0004310220240637024 (2024)
26.Scaup00191813165521019622081 (2020)
27.Lesser Scaup001801812163881018320081 (2024)
28.Aythya sp.0000422440161.804 (2020)
29.Greater / Lesser Scaup00306031810313.4018 (2023)
30.Eider00022720100323.6027 (2020)
31.Harlequin Duck000000001010.101 (2024)
32.Surf Scoter5031724293680304449825051145402604728943011454 (2024)
33.White-winged Scoter00101383383541016618041 (2024)
34.Black Scoter4123367840292335815024521921647471000176576196203047100 (2024)
35.scoter sp.0025102579566076515027364012136134807364 (2024)
36.Surf/Black Scoter4206825102147343988217228166150820909121039882 (2022)
37.Long-tailed Duck003310071360424.7013 (2023)
38.Bufflehead0026811752734150232260117 (2020)
39.Hooded Merganser00549200470768.4154 (2018)
40.Goosander000300000030.303 (2019)
41.Red-breasted Merganser0011331157868019722078 (2023)
42.Ruddy Duck000400220080.904 (2019)
43.Common Nighthawk554761911182066019722066 (2024)
44.Chimney Swift1312542325670681302364225023512610706 (2020)
45.Ruby-throated Hummingbird7310338096399160227416234020882320416 (2023)
46.hummingbird sp000012001040.402 (2021)
47.Yellow-billed Cuckoo31396101473909210.2039 (2018)
48.Black-billed Cuckoo003000010040.403 (2018)
49.Feral Pigeon000000100010.101 (2022)
50.Collared Dove000110010030.301 (2019)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
51.Mourning Dove1049590912738282207396703520543360401049 (2016)
52.White-winged Dove001000000010.101 (2018)
53.Mangrove Rail000000001010.101 (2024)
54.Sandhill Crane000240100070.804 (2020)
55.Red-necked Grebe000000001010.101 (2024)
56.Slavonian Grebe000000021030.302 (2023)
57.American Oystercatcher40452511570434.8011 (2022)
58.Black-necked Stilt000000001010.101 (2024)
59.American Avocet200110010050.602 (2016)
60.Grey Plover2001693930183623019121039 (2020)
61.American Golden Plover00115141140273011 (2023)
62.Killdeer169381102326139177174167013381490326 (2020)
63.Semipalmated Plover3106710114351221162590754840259 (2024)
64.Piping Plover100000101030.301 (2016)
65.Upland Sandpiper0024211130141.604 (2019)
66.Hudsonian Whimbrel30232929810576.3029 (2020)
67.Hudsonian Godwit00800004556010912056 (2024)
68.Marbled Godwit000010000010.101 (2020)
69.Long-billed Dowitcher000011000020.201 (2020)
70.Short-billed Dowitcher60241135433237200298330135 (2020)
71.dowitcher sp.202425201300667.3030 (2024)
72.American Woodcock001000001020.201 (2018)
73.Wilson's Snipe2630402191330889.8040 (2020)
74.Wilson's Phalarope000000120030.302 (2023)
75.Red-necked Phalarope000000007070.807 (2024)
76.Spotted Sandpiper10702125150333.7015 (2024)
77.Solitary Sandpiper1402810934494247028732093 (2020)
78.Lesser Yellowlegs32511936669135273861809029393270861 (2023)
79.Willet21156518150444.9011 (2017)
80.Willet (Eastern)000000212050.602 (2022)
81.Willet (Western)00110012780293.2012 (2022)
82.Greater Yellowlegs5053418619541371160574640186 (2020)
83.Greater/Lesser Yellowlegs013000000040.403 (2018)
84.Turnstone2010046128160586.4016 (2024)
85.Knot000000230050.603 (2023)
86.Ruff000000001010.101 (2024)
87.wader sp.0000033463290020122090 (2024)
88.small wader000004255339724090340137802409 (2024)
89.Stilt Sandpiper30100108111085013715085 (2024)
90.Buff-breasted Sandpiper000002220060.702 (2021)
91.Sanderling404751918522331415970239426601597 (2024)
92.Dunlin0032161158154440351390154 (2023)
93.Purple Sandpiper000500200070.805 (2019)
94.Baird's Sandpiper021100012070.802 (2017)
95.Least Sandpiper3301031724714133222300010691190300 (2024)
96.White-rumped Sandpiper23240904480546023 (2016)
97.Pectoral Sandpiper80914831034775323012561400775 (2023)
98.Western Sandpiper0011200330101.103 (2023)
99.Calidris sp.001610000000161180161 (2018)
100.Western/Semipalmated Sandpiper9000312360242.709 (2016)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
101.Semipalmated Sandpiper47031593435187206427753024632740753 (2024)
102.Black Skimmer217011331142282490744830249 (2024)
103.Sooty Tern000000020020.202 (2023)
104.Least Tern101300225140465.1025 (2023)
105.Gull-billed Tern0120303210121.303 (2020)
106.Caspian Tern405214514655143024828065 (2022)
107.Black Tern7800270010109810.9078 (2016)
108.American Black Tern00000081009108 (2022)
109.tern/marsh tern sp.000000010010.101 (2023)
110.Forster's Tern0001502591341923391410120893199203914 (2023)
111.Arctic Tern000000010010.101 (2023)
112.Common/Arctic Tern000000010010.101 (2023)
113.Common Tern000030111283762290774860376 (2023)
114.Roseate Tern000000061070.806 (2023)
115.sterna sp.000000600060.706 (2022)
116.Sandwich Tern000020020040.402 (2020)
117.Royal Tern00017359563304357013571510563 (2022)
118.Kittiwake0001240210101.104 (2021)
119.Bonaparte's Gull101884474292425123684050411345702368 (2023)
120.small gull sp.000000001010.101 (2024)
121.Laughing Gull25110057673656120115784411360889198803656 (2020)
122.Franklin's Gull000000100010.101 (2022)
123.Ring-billed Gull200363529125102209185012361370529 (2020)
124.Herring Gull40061264595322022024064 (2021)
125.Great Black-backed Gull00006388119011713081 (2023)
126.Lesser Black-backed Gull20001730623110899.9030 (2021)
127.Long-tailed Skua000000010010.101 (2023)
128.skua sp.000000223070.803 (2024)
129.Arctic Skua0162416383457773160578640316 (2024)
130.S. parasiticus / pomarinus100001000020.201 (2016)
131.Pomarine Skua000000020020.202 (2023)
132.Red-throated Diver00610145152114917630210923401763 (2024)
133.Pacific Loon000002011040.402 (2021)
134.Great Northern Diver32207628140103761151320722800140 (2020)
135.diver sp.000000115070.805 (2024)
136.Wilson's Storm-Petrel000000011020.201 (2023)
137.storm-petrel sp.000000001010.101 (2024)
138.Cory's/Scopoli's Shearwater000000004040.404 (2024)
139.Gannet94561741534716156512358101013394148808101 (2024)
140.Brown Booby000010121050.602 (2023)
141.gannat/booby sp.000100101030.301 (2019)
142.Cormorant (p. c. carbo)10121725520353.9017 (2020)
143.Double-crested Cormorant3282272826671877052131253815975154530620016889315975 (2023)
144.White Ibis0000183342153214660247027401466 (2024)
145.Glossy Ibis101033726966244027931096 (2022)
146.American Bittern000000130040.403 (2023)
147.Yellow-crowned Night Heron000030010040.403 (2020)
148.Night Heron00020201550242.7015 (2023)
149.Little Blue Heron0000314940212.309 (2023)
150.Tricolored Heron190010101102290819029 (2024)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
151.Snowy Egret8201989015712234789190012751420347 (2022)
152.Egretta sp.000000005050.605 (2024)
153.Green Heron4025040151050637025 (2018)
154.Cattle Egret300100000040.403 (2016)
155.Great White Egret12218750923991551160653730122 (2016)
156.Great Blue Heron63161394436313610796223011871320363 (2020)
157.Brown Pelican31752995586205233417013741530417 (2024)
158.Black Vulture000000487809010078 (2024)
159.Turkey Vulture6001994030277443543014931660543 (2024)
160.Osprey694681496222396359977025922880977 (2024)
161.Golden Eagle020041353018205 (2023)
162.Sharp-shinned Hawk235162114086172349836483928842784018689207704839 (2022)
163.Cooper's Hawk9052298131679258120258210600435248401202 (2022)
164.Accipiter sp.00900000009109 (2018)
165.American Goshawk0000004250111.205 (2024)
166.Northern Harrier591888251947013115421009491050210 (2024)
167.Bald Eagle23564401782751270406455127 (2024)
168.Mississippi Kite000000002020.202 (2024)
169.Red-shouldered Hawk5012186912891062210532590221 (2024)
170.Broad-winged Hawk10221271491375177770551610177 (2023)
171.Swainson's Hawk000100111040.401 (2019)
172.Red-tailed Hawk111591790411772162430855950243 (2024)
173.Red-tailed Hawk (Northern)000000002020.202 (2024)
174.Rough-legged Buzzard010010060080.906 (2023)
175.Belted Kingfisher27245819618478342039644096 (2020)
176.Red-headed Woodpecker514103176130505.6013 (2024)
177.Red-bellied Woodpecker1253521410328543523383012341371352 (2022)
178.Yellow-bellied Sapsucker4411116261014620166730684760201 (2022)
179.Downy Woodpecker443126497361255022425155 (2024)
180.Hairy Woodpecker6130547160333.707 (2022)
181.Northern Flicker202981459246217245292915293623749660460585118015293 (2022)
182.Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)076500004000769850765 (2017)
183.Pileated Woodpecker000010000010.101 (2020)
184.woodpecker sp.002000000020.202 (2018)
185.American Kestrel832913656312171188180269014241581312 (2020)
186.Merlin685815557419191204158160014701632419 (2020)
187.Peregrine81134168043672652033737080 (2020)
188.Eastern Phoebe36547406120937210197125016691850740 (2018)
189.Olive-sided Flycatcher0001502510141.605 (2020)
190.Eastern Wood Pewee133118179725663632033537097 (2020)
191.wood-pewee sp.000000110020.201 (2022)
192.Yellow-bellied Flycatcher010001010030.301 (2017)
193.Willow Flycatcher0021010330101.103 (2023)
194.Alder Flycatcher2210101230121.303 (2024)
195.Alder/Willow Flycatcher095312768110616.8012 (2020)
196.Least Flycatcher31010421470323.6014 (2023)
197.Empidonax sp.510593615172324014416036 (2020)
198.Vermilion Flycatcher000101000020.201 (2019)
199.Western Kingbird30112100109103 (2016)
200.Eastern Kingbird24581612259618204669224292319773549021846242704669 (2020)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
201.kingbird sp.001101102060.702 (2024)
202.Ash-throated Flycatcher000000020020.202 (2023)
203.Great Crested Flycatcher433121146890606.7012 (2019)
204.Red-eyed Vireo1792671919911923083943103600330036731192 (2020)
205.Philadelphia Vireo424052424027305 (2020)
206.Philadelphia/Warbling Vireo2320372000192.107 (2021)
207.Warbling Vireo360210651280525.8012 (2023)
208.Yellow-throated Vireo011010020050.602 (2023)
209.Blue-headed Vireo218216410960586.4016 (2020)
210.Blue Jay4793213677361229247929727419140222442472012292 (2020)
211.American Crow14400261811460490402450144 (2016)
212.Fish Crow162100432320610301330162 (2016)
213.Raven0000322230121.303 (2020)
214.Cedar Waxwing493332206991171094722709902264647713052234580409472 (2020)
215.Tufted Titmouse113017716619018721077 (2020)
216.Carolina Chickadee000040000040.404 (2020)
217.Shore Lark1251213245850758.3024 (2021)
218.Sand Martin28447117201186456920591660201 (2020)
219.Tree Swallow8642151713915590689095403137701146027090722318026013915 (2018)
220.Purple Martin45661332286823204305328423963331017499194403331 (2024)
221.Northern Rough-winged Swallow76403242439113540310340113 (2023)
222.Swallow14631536538821007974200548161326940450425964733013269 (2023)
223.Cliff Swallow01212216810190798.8021 (2020)
224.Cave Swallow10000130330384.2033 (2024)
225.swallow sp.0010020000120114130100 (2018)
226.Cliff/Cave Swallow000000210030.302 (2022)
227.Ruby-crowned Kinglet13810676843639178629384397032823650768 (2018)
228.Golden-/Ruby-crowned Kinglet186727501020130484540275 (2018)
229.Golden-crowned Kinglet215104850111947624139910817580608967701399 (2022)
230.Marsh Wren000011101040.401 (2020)
231.Winter Wren0001101810121.308 (2023)
232.Blue-grey Gnatcatcher37759124152680020089210646590535059401064 (2023)
233.White-breasted Nuthatch2806701730980230389431173 (2020)
234.Red-breasted Nuthatch639016560286630106581430640771222866 (2020)
235.Brown Creeper125564155203120470350390155 (2020)
236.Grey Catbird218120353036271520312352152 (2024)
237.Northern Mockingbird17384676965678274046552082 (2023)
238.Brown Thrasher3020213722170667.3022 (2023)
239.Starling26885823774389459579034032011149001972221913504595 (2020)
240.Eastern Bluebird7616096719471474512993034383820993 (2024)
241.Wood Thrush000000011020.201 (2023)
242.Swainson's Thrush203111111610364011 (2020)
243.Hermit Thrush0031510381760808.9331 (2018)
244.Catharus sp.1300719200232.609 (2022)
245.Grey-cheeked Thrush1000701220131.407 (2020)
246.Grey-cheeked Thrush / Bicknell's Thrush000000010010.101 (2023)
247.Veery21324411113814010812241 (2020)
248.American Robin1732614991091069540910162481198156413228418101179089217299130550228418 (2023)
249.thrush sp.000100000010.101 (2019)
250.flycatcher sp.000013001050.603 (2021)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
251.sparrow sp.00500030110192.1011 (2024)
252.House Sparrow11010017994427181163147263016641850427 (2020)
253.American Buff-bellied Pipit20314386188639207119513447025452830639 (2020)
254.finch sp.40806560085740011331261656 (2018)
255.Evening Grosbeak0060177012010196220177 (2020)
256.Purple Finch436031964368260636105382229014301158913682 (2020)
257.House Finch189823315885613460854243918333067015933177003460 (2020)
258.Mealy Redpoll001030000040.403 (2020)
259.Crossbill00112211100273022 (2020)
260.Two-barred Crossbill000000002020.202 (2024)
261.American Goldfinch9901041655516230415113100311139655760753428371030415 (2020)
262.Pine Siskin20911144433195104640560452715030043319 (2020)
263.Lapland Bunting11103003009103 (2020)
264.Snow Bunting000110041070.804 (2023)
265.bunting sp.000000001010.101 (2024)
266.sparrow sp. 003000040070.804 (2023)
267.Lark Sparrow1132111030131.403 (2018)
268.Chipping Sparrow1283616212716984476108850246427401698 (2020)
269.Clay-colored Sparrow0211012210101.102 (2017)
270.Field Sparrow43144129412130758.3014 (2018)
271.Fox Sparrow (Red)00211415250303.3014 (2020)
272.Dark-eyed Junco17720271115112821915486157680486154001548 (2022)
273.Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)070000000070.817 (2017)
274.White-crowned Sparrow1160121200141.606 (2018)
275.White-throated Sparrow1120824883441221190646720248 (2020)
276.Vesper Sparrow30561064540434.8010 (2020)
277.Seaside Sparrow000000010010.101 (2023)
278.Savannah Sparrow13910619633560119154216119016421820560 (2020)
279.Song Sparrow0080101298360839.2136 (2024)
280.Lincoln's Sparrow000000001010.101 (2024)
281.Swamp Sparrow2032141736150808.9036 (2023)
282.Eastern Towhee10212023110222.4011 (2024)
283.Yellow-breasted Chat010001000020.201 (2017)
284.Yellow-headed Blackbird10412001009104 (2018)
285.Bobolink94777760516741929839582910254530264950643157146010254 (2022)
286.Eastern Meadowlark10745859220518512326784011931330267 (2023)
287.Bullock's Oriole000000010010.101 (2023)
288.Baltimore Oriole37824319493662191367476576031803530662 (2020)
289.Orchard Oriole4189744174222919027230097 (2018)
290.Red-winged Blackbird1028848862047463572983213538343522626726861017285519206134352 (2022)
291.Brown-headed Cowbird3406105111963543710819326751453426022374248605145 (2023)
292.Rusty Blackbird242122614140777421207262019302140421 (2022)
293.blackbird sp.20665810910141250000734181604125 (2021)
294.Common Grackle1393624345341818314713297111303201140642087134020114 (2024)
295.Boat-tailed Grackle754974814150738.1015 (2024)
296.Ovenbird15281792820214439022125044 (2023)
297.Worm-eating Warbler69108196151714010412019 (2020)
298.Louisiana Waterthrush724715616211609410.4021 (2023)
299.Northern Waterthrush495720594628911484837876982065277251982 (2024)
300.Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush364623241820757341035640075 (2022)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
301.Golden-winged Warbler0210013310111.203 (2022)
302.Blue-winged Warbler815146207121615011313020 (2020)
303.Blue-winged/Golden-winged Warbler121000000040.402 (2017)
304.Black-and-white Warbler47198428827986434265912727720593165901272 (2023)
305.Prothonotary Warbler8611121511101912010412019 (2023)
306.Oreothlypis sp.151200000000273015 (2016)
307.Tennessee Warbler67242212021345194159113010741190242 (2017)
308.Orange-crowned Warbler4440117550313.407 (2022)
309.Nashville Warbler46231746224787464039244078 (2022)
310.Connecticut Warbler131227111013131409510.6014 (2024)
311.Mourning Warbler000010000010.101 (2020)
312.Common Yellowthroat402431144734354242030934147 (2020)
313.Hooded Warbler0210221110101.102 (2017)
314.American Redstart35331865836856667116471091825599102419890010083811204025599 (2022)
315.Cape May Warbler359224291148616274736736508038924320736 (2022)
316.Cerulean Warbler001011113080.903 (2024)
317.Northern Parula120719131483118767224858771273073090035479394207712 (2022)
318.Magnolia Warbler7915429407534120121700722800154 (2017)
319.Bay-breasted Warbler14161821017373237018320037 (2022)
320.Blackburnian Warbler32482474731474139031635048 (2017)
321.American Yellow Warbler454609780947135585789011099860798788701355 (2020)
322.Chestnut-sided Warbler471864621822264731270668740186 (2017)
323.Blackpoll Warbler245432741672374613260618785191014017815197904613 (2020)
324.Bay-breasted/Blackpoll Warbler38383361117331015017038 (2016)
325.Black-throated Blue Warbler37622489124366107391308149021342370391 (2022)
326.Palm Warbler254041912079182846922187037701208015700174403770 (2023)
327.Palm Warbler (Yellow)24400000000465.1044 (2017)
328.Palm Warbler (Western)039100000000391432391 (2017)
329.Pine Warbler29215129106335979660473530106 (2020)
330.Myrtle Warbler2301610861030443385263946104889190267147769567010724570805080190267 (2022)
331.Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)2153610000170001538017095015361 (2017)
332.Yellow-throated Warbler0340135530242.705 (2022)
333.Prairie Warbler375469458022817149050856081 (2022)
334.Black-throated Green Warbler111954917814252101480596660111 (2016)
335.Canada Warbler11404245640404.4014 (2017)
336.Wilson's Warbler2212151530222.405 (2021)
337.Summer Tanager1120641220192.106 (2020)
338.Scarlet Tanager2268489155977996670641710155 (2020)
339.Rose-breasted Grosbeak15233776343334399036340099 (2024)
340.Northern Cardinal104010030020475.2030 (2022)
341.Dickcissel322865202579966388049655096 (2022)
342.Blue Grosbeak162737126442373230029733064 (2020)
343.Indigo Bunting248170307162507119278249333023732640507 (2020)
344.passerine sp.00830811010000832092408308 (2018)
345.warbler sp. 103551700702881203506757692726083900926166025774528638172608 (2022)
Other species
1.Bottle-Nosed Dolphin300000000160465.1030 (2016)
2.bat sp.0001002830141.608 (2023)
3.Silver-haired Bat000000100010.101 (2022)
4.Eastern Red Bat10010111409104 (2024)
Other species
1.Pipevine Swallowtail000000001010.101 (2024)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
2.Orange Sulphur 000001001020.201 (2021)
3.Clouded Sulphur000000001010.101 (2024)
4.Monarch1632866656971490434169216028513170971 (2020)
5.Variegated Fritillary000000001010.101 (2024)
6.Fiery Skipper000000100010.101 (2022)
7.Common Buckeye 100100549150444.9015 (2024)
8.American Snout000001000010.101 (2021)
9.Red-spotted Purple1020003600121.306 (2023)
10.Camberwell Beauty000000302050.603 (2022)
11.Ocola Skipper000000010010.101 (2023)
12.Cloudless Sulphur 2002436111943012614043 (2020)
13.Small White0000000280101.108 (2024)
14.Question Mark/Eastern Comma000000401050.604 (2022)
15.Question Mark000011003050.603 (2024)
16.Red Admiral000387122456011012056 (2024)
17.Painted Lady000100000010.101 (2019)
Other species
1.Common Green Darner7000325615095361405562450598536650156245 (2024)
2.Comet Darner0012235310171.905 (2022)
3.Swamp Darner90721828392838805593020414754608038805 (2022)
4.Twelve-spotted Skimmer000000100010.101 (2022)
5.Great Blue Skimmer000121200060.702 (2020)
6.Blue Dasher00030201000060100111112010000 (2023)
7.Wandering Glider40603412180384.2012 (2022)
8.Spot-winged Glider1019214225553180634700553 (2023)
9.Wandering/Spot-winged Glider000000005050.605 (2024)
10.Carolina Saddlebags000311325340768.4034 (2024)
11.Black Saddlebags5025714518406809921100840 (2023)
12.Dragonfly unknown000000010010.101 (2023)
 Species2016201720182019202020212022202320242025TotalsAveragePresentYear
Maximum
  Totals 12577779862401697191074508846336911759272642041496817035422973935891048  
  Observation hours 228:56190:23329:55292:15425:45371:45411:40446:35475:423,172:56352:33  


 
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