United States · New Jersey
Cape Island – CMP
366 species and 222,473 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September–October, with up to 235 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
American GoldfinchSpinus tristis
Carolina ChickadeePoecile carolinensis
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanus
Double-crested CormorantNannopterum auritumSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Cape Island – CMP – Coral Ave. dune crossing1 km340 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 Farm2 km301 species
- Cape Island – Higbee Beach WMA3 km331 species
All 366 species recorded here
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Black-capped Chickadee Poecile atricapillus
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Eurasian Tree Sparrow Passer montanus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Bicknell's Thrush Catharus bicknelli
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Black-throated Grey Warbler Setophaga nigrescens
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Saltmarsh Sparrow Ammospiza caudacuta
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Brown-headed Nuthatch Sitta pusilla
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Harlequin Duck Histrionicus histrionicus
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Ross's Goose Anser rossii
- Rock Wren Salpinctes obsoletus
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Little Auk Alle alle
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Spotted Towhee Pipilo maculatus
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Ruffed Grouse Bonasa umbellus
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Band-rumped Storm Petrel Hydrobates castro
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Thick-billed Murre Uria lomvia
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Heermann's Gull Larus heermanni
- Sargasso Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Black-backed Woodpecker Picoides arcticus
- Pine Grosbeak Pinicola enucleator
- Cassin's Kingbird Tyrannus vociferans
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- Sabine's Gull Xema sabini
- Calliope Hummingbird Selasphorus calliope
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Pacific Loon Gavia pacifica
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Cape Island – CMP?
May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 235 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Cape Island – CMP?
366 species, from 222,473 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Cape Island – CMP in November?
The most recorded in November: Myrtle Warbler, Mourning Dove, American Robin, Northern Mockingbird and Great Black-backed Gull.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.