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WINGS Birding Tours – Bird List

New Jersey: Cape May

Cumulative Checklist

with Jon Feenstra as leader

  • Column A = number of tours out of two on which this species has been recorded
  • Column B = number of days this species was seen on the 2011 tour
  • Column C = maximum daily count for this species on the 2011 tour
  • Column D= H = heard only, X= seen In 2011
A B C D
1 Snow Goose 1 1 X Chen caerulescens
2 Canada Goose 4 70 X Branta canadensis
2 Mute Swan 2 5 X Cygnus olor
2 Wood Duck 2 15 X Aix sponsa
1 Gadwall 2 4 X Anas strepera
2 American Wigeon 1 5 X Anas americana
2 American Black Duck 4 350 X Anas rubripes
2 Mallard 4 200 X Anas platyrhynchos
2 Blue-winged Teal 2 15 X Anas discors
2 Northern Shoveler 2 5 X Anas clypeata
2 Northern Pintail 3 125 X Anas acuta
2 Green-winged Teal 3 50 X Anas crecca
1 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
1 Black Scoter Melanitta nigra
1 Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
1 Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
1 Ring-necked Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
1 Wild Turkey 1 2 X Meleagris gallopavo
2 Pied-billed Grebe 3 1 X Podilymbus podiceps
1 Brown Booby 1 1 X Sula leucogaster
1 Northern Gannet 2 4 X Morus bassanus
2 Double-crested Cormorant 5 300 X Phalacrocorax auritus
1 Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
1 Brown Pelican 1 1 X Pelecanus occidentalis
1 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
2 Great Blue Heron 5 15 X Ardea herodias
2 Great Egret 5 50 X Ardea alba
2 Snowy Egret 5 200 X Egretta thula
2 Little Blue Heron 1 2 X Egretta caerulea
2 Tricolored Heron 3 3 X Egretta tricolor
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis
2 Green Heron 1 1 X Butorides virescens
2 Black-crowned Night-Heron 3 6 X Nycticorax nycticorax
2 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 2 5 X Nyctanassa violacea
2 Glossy Ibis 1 11 X Plegadis falcinellus
1 Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
2 Black Vulture 1 5 X Coragyps atratus
2 Turkey Vulture 4 4 X Cathartes aura
2 Osprey 5 4 X Pandion haliaetus
2 Bald Eagle 2 6 X Haliaeetus leucocephalus
2 Northern Harrier 2 7 X Circus cyaneus
2 Sharp-shinned Hawk 3 4 X Accipiter striatus
2 Cooper's Hawk 4 2 X Accipiter cooperii
1 Red-shouldered Hawk 1 1 X Buteo lineatus
2 Red-tailed Hawk 1 1 X Buteo jamaicensis
2 American Kestrel 1 1 X Falco sparverius
2 Merlin 4 2 X Falco columbarius
2 Peregrine Falcon 2 3 X Falco peregrinus
2 Clapper Rail 3 3 X Rallus longirostris
1 Sora 1 1 X Porzana carolina
1 Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
2 Black-bellied Plover 4 75 X Pluvialis squatarola
2 Semipalmated Plover 3 20 X Charadrius semipalmatus
2 Piping Plover 1 13 X Charadrius melodus
1 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
2 American Oystercatcher 1 25 X Haemotopus palliatus
1 American Avocet 1 70 X Recurvirostra americana
1 Spotted Sandpiper 2 1 X Actitis macularius
1 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
2 Greater Yellowlegs 4 10 X Tringa melanoleuca
1 Willet Tringa semipalmata
2 Lesser Yellowlegs 3 5 X Tringa flavipes
1 Whimbrel 1 1 X Numenius phaeopus
2 Hudsonian Godwit 2 11 X Limosa haemastica
2 Marbled Godwit 1 3 X Limosa fedoa
1 Ruddy Turnstone 3 2 X Arenaria interpres
2 Sanderling 3 200 X Calidris alba
2 Semipalmated Sandpiper 5 1500 X Calidris pusilla
2 Western Sandpiper 2 5 X Calidris mauri
2 Least Sandpiper 2 5 X Calidris minutilla
2 White-rumped Sandpiper 1 10 X Calidris fuscicollis
1 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
2 Pectoral Sandpiper 1 1 X Calidris melanotos
2 Dunlin 2 25 X Calidris alpina
2 Stilt Sandpiper 2 6 X Calidris himantopus
2 Short-billed Dowitcher 3 6 X Limnodromus griseus
1 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
2 Laughing Gull 5 700 X Leucophaeus atricilla
2 Ring-billed Gull 3 10 X Larus delawarensis
2 Herring Gull 5 500 X Larus argentatus
1 Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 2 X Larus fuscus
2 Great Black-backed Gull 5 100 X Larus marinus
2 Caspian Tern 4 3 X Hydroprogne caspia
1 Black Tern 1 6 X Chlidonia niger
2 Common Tern 4 75 X Sterna hirundo
2 Forster's Tern 5 325 X Sterna forsteri
2 Royal Tern 4 40 X Thalasseus maximus
2 Black Skimmer 3 350 X Rynchops niger
1 Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
2 Rock Pigeon 5 25 X Columba livia
1 Eurasian Collared-Dove 1 2 X Streptopelia decaocto
2 Mourning Dove 4 5 X Zenaida macroura
1 Barred Owl 1 1 H Strix varia
2 Chimney Swift 2 25 X Chaetura pelagica
2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 2 X Archilochus colubris
2 Belted Kingfisher 4 4 X Megaceryle alcyon
2 Red-bellied Woodpecker 4 8 X Melanerpes carolinus
1 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
2 Downy Woodpecker 3 2 X Picoides pubescens
2 Northern Flicker 3 25 X Colaptes auratus
1 Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
1 Eastern Kingbird 1 1 X Tyrannus tyrannus
2 White-eyed Vireo 2 1 X Vireo griseus
2 Red-eyed Vireo 5 3 X Vireo olivaceus
2 Blue Jay 5 10 X Cyanocitta cristata
1 American Crow 5 4 X Corvus brachyrhynchos
1 Fish Crow 3 1 X Corvus ossifragus
1 Horned Lark 1 15 X Eromophila alpestris
2 Tree Swallow 5 3000 X Tachycineta bicolor
1 Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
2 Barn Swallow 2 15 X Hirundo rustica
2 Carolina Chickadee 4 5 X Poecile carolinensis
2 Tufted Titmouse 3 2 X Baeolophus bicolor
1 Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
2 White-breasted Nuthatch 2 2 X Sitta carolinensis
2 Brown-headed Nuthatch 1 2 X Sitta pusilla
1 Brown Creeper Certhia americana
2 Carolina Wren 5 5 X Thryothorus ludovicianus
2 House Wren 3 2 X Troglodytes aedon
2 Marsh Wren 2 1 X Cistothorus palustris
1 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
1 Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
1 Ruby-crowned Kinglet Regulus calendula
1 Eastern Bluebird 1 6 X Sialia sialis
2 American Robin 4 25 X Turdus migratorius
2 Gray Catbird 5 6 X Dumetella carolinensis
2 Northern Mockingbird 4 8 X Mimus polyglottos
2 Brown Thrasher 1 1 X Toxostoma rufum
2 European Starling 5 250 X Sturnus vulgaris
2 Cedar Waxwing 2 40 X Bombycilla cedrorum
2 Northern Waterthrush 2 2 X Parkesia noveboracensis
2 Black-and-white Warbler 3 5 X Mniotilta varia
1 Nashville Warbler Oreothlypis ruficapilla
2 Common Yellowthroat 4 3 X Geothlypis trichas
2 American Redstart 2 2 X Setophaga ruticilla
2 Northern Parula 1 1 X Setophaga americana
2 Magnolia Warbler 1 1 X Setophaga magnolia
2 Yellow Warbler 1 1 X Setophaga petechia
1 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
2 Blackpoll Warbler 1 10 X Setophaga striata
1 Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
2 Palm Warbler 2 5 X Setophaga palmarum
1 Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
1 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata
2 Prairie Warbler 2 1 X Setophaga discolor
1 Black-throated Green Warbler 2 1 X Setophaga virens
1 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
2 Eastern Towhee 1 1 H Pipilo erythrophthalmus
2 Chipping Sparrow 1 1 X Spizella passerina
2 Savannah Sparrow 3 20 X Passerculus sandwichensis
1 Saltmarsh Sparrow Ammodramus caudacutus
2 Seaside Sparrow 1 5 X Ammodramus maritimus
2 Song Sparrow 1 2 X Melospiza melodia
2 Swamp Sparrow 1 1 H Melospiza georgiana
1 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
2 Northern Cardinal 5 8 X Cardinalis cardinalis
1 Dickey's [Audubon's] Oriole 2 7 X Icterus [graduacauda] dickayae
1 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
2 Bobolink 2 30 X Dolichonyx oryzivorus
2 Red-winged Blackbird 4 150 X Agelaius phoeniceus
1 Eastern Meadowlark 1 1 X Sturnella magna
1 Yellow-headed Blackbird 1 1 X Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
2 Common Grackle 2 4 X Quiscalus quiscula
2 Boat-tailed Grackle 2 15 X Quiscalus major
2 Brown-headed Cowbird 2 100 X Molothrus ater
1 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
2 House Finch 3 5 X Carpodacus mexicanus
2 American Goldfinch 1 10 X Carduelis tristis
2 House Sparrow 4 10 X Passer domesticus

Mammals
Eastern Gray Squirrel X Sciurus carolinensis
Muskrat X Ondatra zibethicus
Eastern Cottontail X Sylvilagus floridanus
White-tailed Deer X Odocoileus virginianus
Red Fox X Vulpes vulpes
Bottlenose Dolphin X Tursiops truncatus

Amphibians and Reptiles
Painted Turtle X Chrysemys picta
American Toad X Bufo americanus
Spring Peeper X Pseudacris crucifer

Butterflies
Black Swallowtail X Papilio polyxenes
Cabbage White X Pieris rapae
Painted Lady X Vanessa cardui
Monarch X Danaus plexippus
Common Buckeye X Junonia coenia

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