Bird Observations

			Date Range: Jan-Dec, 1900-2024

Cape May

Updated ~33 hr(s) ago.

454 species (+183 other taxa)	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Snow/Ross's Goose
Graylag Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Pink-footed Goose
Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)
Brant
Barnacle Goose
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Swan Goose x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Greater White-fronted x Canada Goose (hybrid)
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Graylag x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Domestic goose sp. x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Cackling/Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Black Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Trumpeter/Tundra Swan
swan sp.
goose sp.
Ruddy Shelduck
Muscovy Duck
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Blue-winged/Cinnamon Teal
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Eurasian x American Wigeon (hybrid)
Eurasian/American Wigeon
Mallard
American Black Duck
Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)
Mallard/American Black Duck
Northern Pintail
Green-winged Teal
teal sp.
dabbling duck sp.
Canvasback
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Tufted Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Greater/Lesser Scaup
Aythya sp.
King Eider
Common Eider
King/Common Eider
eider sp.
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Surf/Black Scoter
scoter sp.
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Common Goldeneye x Hooded Merganser (hybrid)
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Common/Red-breasted Merganser
merganser sp.
Ruddy Duck
duck sp.
waterfowl sp.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Helmeted Guineafowl
Northern Bobwhite
Wild Turkey
Ruffed Grouse
Ring-necked Pheasant
Indian Peafowl
Red Junglefowl
Chukar
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Horned/Eared Grebe
Western Grebe
Western/Clark's Grebe
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
grebe sp.
Rock Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Common Ground Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
pigeon/dove sp.
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed/Black-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus sp.
cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Chuck-will's-widow
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Antrostomus sp.
nightjar sp.
Black Swift
Cypseloides sp.
Chimney Swift
large swift sp.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Ruby-throated/Black-chinned Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Allen's Hummingbird
Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Broad-tailed Hummingbird
Selasphorus sp.
hummingbird sp.
King Rail
Clapper Rail
King/Clapper Rail
large rail sp.
Virginia Rail
Rallus sp.
Corn Crake
Sora
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Purple Gallinule
Yellow Rail
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Black Rail
rail/crake sp.
Sandhill Crane
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
American Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
golden-plover sp.
Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Northern Lapwing
Siberian Sand-Plover
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Wilson's Plover
Mountain Plover
plover sp.
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Long-billed Curlew
Bar-tailed Godwit
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
godwit sp.
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher
American Woodcock
Wilson's Snipe
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Wilson's Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red/Red-necked Phalarope
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa sp.
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Ruff
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Curlew Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Red-necked Stint
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Sanderling
Dunlin
Purple Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Little Stint
White-rumped Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western/Semipalmated Sandpiper
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
peep sp.
Calidris sp.
large shorebird sp.
shorebird sp.
Long-tailed Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed/Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger
Great Skua
South Polar Skua
jaeger sp.
Atlantic Puffin
Black Guillemot
Razorbill
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Dovekie
Thick-billed Murre
Common Murre
Thick-billed/Common Murre
large alcid sp.
alcid sp.
Little Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Ivory Gull
Sabine's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Black-headed Gull
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Black-tailed Gull
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Heermann's Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Black-headed x Ring-billed Gull (hybrid)
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Herring x Great Black-backed Gull (hybrid)
Glaucous Gull
Herring x Glaucous Gull (hybrid)
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Herring x Lesser Black-backed Gull (hybrid)
California Gull
Iceland Gull
white-winged gull sp.
Larus sp.
gull sp.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Black Skimmer
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Sooty/Bridled Tern
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Whiskered Tern
Black Tern
White-winged Tern
Forster's Tern
Arctic Tern
Common Tern
Forster's/Common Tern
Common/Arctic Tern
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Roseate Tern
Sterna sp.
Sandwich Tern
Royal Tern
large tern sp.
tern sp.
gull/tern sp.
White-tailed Tropicbird
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Arctic/Pacific Loon
Common Loon
loon sp.
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross
Black-browed Albatross
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
White-faced Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates sp.
storm-petrel sp. (white-rumped)
storm-petrel sp.
Northern Fulmar
Black-capped Petrel
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Cory's/Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Audubon's Shearwater
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
black-and-white shearwater sp.
shearwater sp.
procellariid sp.
Wood Stork
Magnificent Frigatebird
frigatebird sp.
Northern Gannet
Brown Booby
Masked Booby
booby sp.
sulid sp.
Anhinga
Great Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Great/Double-crested Cormorant
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Neotropic Cormorant
Double-crested/Neotropic Cormorant
cormorant sp.
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Yellow-crowned/Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Snowy Egret
Snowy x Little Egret (hybrid)
Green Heron
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
heron sp.
white egret sp.
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Glossy x White-faced Ibis (hybrid)
Glossy/White-faced Ibis
ibis sp.
Roseate Spoonbill
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
new world vulture sp.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Osprey
Swallow-tailed Kite
Golden Eagle
Mississippi Kite
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk
American Goshawk
Accipiter sp.
Bald Eagle
Harris's Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Zone-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo sp.
Buteo/eagle sp.
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
Barn Owl
Eastern Screech-Owl
Snowy Owl
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Long-eared/Short-eared Owl
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Asio sp.
Northern Saw-whet Owl
owl sp.
Belted Kingfisher
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Downy/Hairy Woodpecker
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
woodpecker sp.
Crested Caracara
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
American Kestrel
Merlin
Saker Falcon
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine Falcon
large falcon sp.
small falcon sp.
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Budgerigar
Orange-fronted Parakeet
Nanday Parakeet
parakeet sp.
parrot sp.
Olive-sided Flycatcher
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Western/Eastern Wood-Pewee
pewee sp. (Contopus sp.)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)
Least Flycatcher
Western Flycatcher
Empidonax sp.
Eastern Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus sp.
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Cassin's Kingbird
Western Kingbird
yellow-bellied kingbird sp.
Eastern Kingbird
Gray Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Western Kingbird x Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (hybrid)
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Tyrannus sp.
new world flycatcher sp.
White-eyed Vireo
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Bell's Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Cassin's/Blue-headed Vireo
solitary vireo sp.
Philadelphia Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia/Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Yellow-green Vireo
Red-eyed/Yellow-green Vireo
vireo sp.
Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Shrike
Blue Jay
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
American Crow
Fish Crow
American/Fish Crow
crow sp.
Common Raven
crow/raven sp.
Carolina Chickadee
Black-capped Chickadee
Carolina/Black-capped Chickadee
chickadee sp.
Tufted Titmouse
Horned Lark
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Purple Martin
Brown-chested Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Cave Swallow
Cliff/Cave Swallow
swallow sp.
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned/Golden-crowned Kinglet
White-breasted Nuthatch
Brown-headed Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Rock Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Sedge/Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
wren sp.
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Eastern Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
bluebird sp.
Townsend's Solitaire
Varied Thrush
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Bicknell's Thrush
Gray-cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Catharus sp.
Wood Thrush
American Robin
thrush sp.
Northern Wheatear
Bohemian Waxwing
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cedar Waxwing
Zebra Finch
House Sparrow
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
American Pipit
Evening Grosbeak
Pine Grosbeak
House Finch
Purple Finch
House/Purple Finch
Haemorhous sp.
Common Redpoll
Common/Hoary Redpoll
redpoll sp.
Red Crossbill
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
White-winged Crossbill
European Goldfinch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
Acanthis/Spinus sp.
finch sp.
Lapland Longspur
Smith's Longspur
Snow Bunting
Grasshopper Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Spizella sp.
Lark Sparrow
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Lark Bunting
American Tree Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
LeConte's Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sparrow
Nelson's x Saltmarsh Sparrow (hybrid)
Nelson's/Saltmarsh Sparrow (Sharp-tailed Sparrow)
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Ammospiza sp.
Savannah Sparrow
Henslow's Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow
Lincoln's/Swamp Sparrow
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Eastern Towhee
new world sparrow sp.
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Bobolink
Eastern Meadowlark
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Western/Eastern Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Bullock's/Baltimore Oriole
new world oriole sp.
Red-winged Blackbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Rusty/Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed Grackle
Boat-tailed/Great-tailed Grackle
grackle sp.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
blackbird sp.
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Golden-winged x Blue-winged Warbler (hybrid)
Brewster's Warbler (hybrid)
Lawrence's Warbler (hybrid)
Golden-winged/Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Swainson's Warbler
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Leiothlypis sp.
Connecticut Warbler
MacGillivray's Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Connecticut/MacGillivray's/Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Kirtland's Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Northern Parula
Cerulean Warbler x Northern Parula (hybrid)
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Bay-breasted/Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga sp.
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
new world warbler sp.
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Western Tanager
tanager sp. (Piranga sp.)
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Indigo Bunting
Lazuli/Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Passerina sp.
Dickcissel
passerine sp.
bird sp.

KEY:| = insufficient data | = rare to widespread

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