United States · New Jersey
Cape Island – CMP – Coral Ave. dune crossing
340 species and 342,279 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: April–May and September–October, with up to 220 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black ScoterMelanitta americana
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Northern GannetMorus bassanus
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillata
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritum
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus180 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 340 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Cape Island – CMP1 km366 species
- Cape Island – CMPSP – Hawkwatch Platform1 km339 species
- Cape Island – Cape May Point SP1 km361 species
- Cape Island – South Cape May Meadows2 km347 species
- Cape Island – The Beanery/Rea Farm3 km301 species
- Cape Island3 km357 species
All 340 species recorded here
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Little Auk Alle alle
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Bicknell's Thrush Catharus bicknelli
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Townsend's Solitaire Myadestes townsendi
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Saltmarsh Sparrow Ammospiza caudacuta
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Sargasso Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Cory's Shearwater Calonectris borealis
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Cape Island – CMP – Coral Ave. dune crossing?
April–May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 220 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Cape Island – CMP – Coral Ave. dune crossing?
340 species, from 342,279 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Cape Island – CMP – Coral Ave. dune crossing in November?
The most recorded in November: Black Scoter, Great Black-backed Gull, American Herring Gull, Northern Gannet 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.