United States · New Jersey
Cape Island – Cape May Point SP
361 species and 952,605 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September–October, with up to 269 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Mute SwanCygnus olor
American WigeonMareca americana
GadwallMareca strepera
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
Northern PintailAnas acuta
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
American CootFulica americana220 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 361 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Cape Island – CMPSP – Hawkwatch Platform0 km339 species
- Cape Island – CMP – Coral Ave. dune crossing1 km340 species
- Cape Island – South Cape May Meadows1 km347 species
- Cape Island – CMP1 km366 species
- Cape Island – The Beanery/Rea Farm2 km301 species
- Cape Island2 km357 species
All 361 species recorded here
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- American Coot Fulica americana
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Saltmarsh Sparrow Ammospiza caudacuta
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Bicknell's Thrush Catharus bicknelli
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Sargasso Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia
- Little Auk Alle alle
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Allen's Hummingbird Selasphorus sasin
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Cape Island – Cape May Point SP?
May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 269 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Cape Island – Cape May Point SP?
361 species, from 952,605 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Cape Island – Cape May Point SP in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, Mute Swan, American Wigeon, Gadwall and Myrtle Warbler.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.