United States · New Jersey
Cape Island – South Cape May Meadows
347 species and 946,636 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September–October, with up to 253 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Mute SwanCygnus olor
Eurasian TealAnas crecca
Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
GadwallMareca strepera
Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinus
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos202 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 347 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Cape Island – Cape May Point SP1 km361 species
- Cape Island – The Beanery/Rea Farm1 km301 species
- Cape Island – CMPSP – Hawkwatch Platform1 km339 species
- Cape Island1 km357 species
- Cape Island – CMP – Coral Ave. dune crossing2 km340 species
- Cape Island – CMP2 km366 species
All 347 species recorded here
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Canvasback Aythya valisineria
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Roseate Tern Sterna dougallii
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- King Rail Rallus elegans
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Seaside Sparrow Ammospiza maritima
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Common Swift Apus apus
- Wilson's Storm Petrel Oceanites oceanicus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Iceland Gull Larus glaucoides
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Saltmarsh Sparrow Ammospiza caudacuta
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Glaucous Gull Larus hyperboreus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus
- Common Eider Somateria mollissima
- Great Shearwater Ardenna gravis
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Purple Sandpiper Calidris maritima
- Little Auk Alle alle
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Say's Phoebe Sayornis saya
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Red-necked Grebe Podiceps grisegena
- Ruff Calidris pugnax
- Black Swan Cygnus atratus
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Common Goldeneye Bucephala clangula
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus
- Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus
- Sooty Shearwater Ardenna grisea
- Little Stint Calidris minuta
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius
- Northern Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe
- Bicknell's Thrush Catharus bicknelli
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Smith's Longspur Calcarius pictus
- King Eider Somateria spectabilis
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- White-winged Tern Chlidonias leucopterus
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- California Gull Larus californicus
- Loggerhead Shrike Lanius ludovicianus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Razorbill Alca torda
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Whiskered Tern Chlidonias hybrida
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Brown Booby Sula leucogaster
- Black-necked Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Ruddy Shelduck Tadorna ferruginea
- Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Western Grebe Aechmophorus occidentalis
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Rufous Hummingbird Selasphorus rufus
- Lark Bunting Calamospiza melanocorys
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Cape Island – South Cape May Meadows?
May and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 253 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Cape Island – South Cape May Meadows?
347 species, from 946,636 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Cape Island – South Cape May Meadows in November?
The most recorded in November: Mallard, Canada Goose, Myrtle Warbler, Mute Swan and Eurasian Teal.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.