United States · New Jersey
Cape Island – The Beanery/Rea Farm
301 species and 273,750 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and September–November, with up to 192 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Song SparrowMelospiza melodia
American RobinTurdus migratorius
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Carolina WrenThryothorus ludovicianus
White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchos
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalis
Myrtle WarblerSetophaga coronata
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinus167 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 301 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Cape Island1 km357 species
- Cape Island – South Cape May Meadows1 km347 species
- Cape Island – Cape May Point SP2 km361 species
- Cape Island – CMPSP – Hawkwatch Platform2 km339 species
- Cape Island – Higbee Beach WMA2 km331 species
- Cape Island – CMP2 km366 species
All 301 species recorded here
- Carolina Wren Thryothorus ludovicianus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Northern Cardinal Cardinalis cardinalis
- American Crow Corvus brachyrhynchos
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Northern Mockingbird Mimus polyglottos
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Red-bellied Woodpecker Melanerpes carolinus
- Common Starling Sturnus vulgaris
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Carolina Chickadee Poecile carolinensis
- Canada Goose Branta canadensis
- American Robin Turdus migratorius
- Blue Jay Cyanocitta cristata
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Song Sparrow Melospiza melodia
- Downy Woodpecker Dryobates pubescens
- Common Grackle Quiscalus quiscula
- Northern Flicker Colaptes auratus
- White-throated Sparrow Zonotrichia albicollis
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- American Goldfinch Spinus tristis
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Swamp Sparrow Melospiza georgiana
- Savannah Sparrow Passerculus sandwichensis
- Tufted Titmouse Baeolophus bicolor
- Field Sparrow Spizella pusilla
- Brown-headed Cowbird Molothrus ater
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Eastern Phoebe Sayornis phoebe
- American Herring Gull Larus smithsonianus
- Bald Eagle Haliaeetus leucocephalus
- House Finch Haemorhous mexicanus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Brown Thrasher Toxostoma rufum
- Double-crested Cormorant Nannopterum auritum
- Fish Crow Corvus ossifragus
- Ruby-crowned Kinglet Corthylio calendula
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Eastern Towhee Pipilo erythrophthalmus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Eastern Bluebird Sialia sialis
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Chipping Sparrow Spizella passerina
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Blue-grey Gnatcatcher Polioptila caerulea
- Wood Duck Aix sponsa
- Golden-crowned Kinglet Regulus satrapa
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Red-shouldered Hawk Buteo lineatus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Rusty Blackbird Euphagus carolinus
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Mute Swan Cygnus olor
- Winter Wren Troglodytes hiemalis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus
- Dark-eyed Junco Junco hyemalis
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Hermit Thrush Catharus guttatus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Red Fox Sparrow Passerella iliaca
- Purple Finch Haemorhous purpureus
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- American Black Duck Anas rubripes
- Vesper Sparrow Pooecetes gramineus
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Red-breasted Nuthatch Sitta canadensis
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- American Pipit Anthus rubescens
- Gadwall Mareca strepera
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Brown Creeper Certhia americana
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- White-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia leucophrys
- Common Loon Gavia immer
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- White-breasted Nuthatch Sitta carolinensis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Ring-billed Gull Larus delawarensis
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Orange-crowned Warbler Leiothlypis celata
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Pine Siskin Spinus pinus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Snow Goose Anser caerulescens
- Barred Owl Strix varia
- Lincoln's Sparrow Melospiza lincolnii
- Lark Sparrow Chondestes grammacus
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Clay-colored Sparrow Spizella pallida
- Sandhill Crane Antigone canadensis
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- American Woodcock Scolopax minor
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Pine Warbler Setophaga pinus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Great Horned Owl Bubo virginianus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Northern Raven Corvus corax
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Boat-tailed Grackle Quiscalus major
- Horned Lark Eremophila alpestris
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Bell's Vireo Vireo bellii
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Red-headed Woodpecker Melanerpes erythrocephalus
- Eastern Screech Owl Megascops asio
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Virginia Rail Rallus limicola
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Bufflehead Bucephala albeola
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Vermilion Flycatcher Pyrocephalus rubinus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Ash-throated Flycatcher Myiarchus cinerascens
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Evening Grosbeak Hesperiphona vespertina
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Henslow's Sparrow Centronyx henslowii
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Tundra Swan Cygnus columbianus
- American Tree Sparrow Spizelloides arborea
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Red-throated Loon Gavia stellata
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Northern Shrike Lanius borealis
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Marsh Wren Cistothorus palustris
- Western Flycatcher Empidonax difficilis
- American Goshawk Astur atricapillus
- Hooded Merganser Lophodytes cucullatus
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Red Crossbill Loxia curvirostra
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Golden-crowned Sparrow Zonotrichia atricapilla
- LeConte's Sparrow Ammospiza leconteii
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis
- Brant Goose Branta bernicla
- Cackling Goose Branta hutchinsii
- Northern Bobwhite Colinus virginianus
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Grass Wren Cistothorus platensis
- Surf Scoter Melanitta perspicillata
- Great Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo
- Greater White-fronted Goose Anser albifrons
- Greylag Goose Anser anser
- White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Snow Bunting Plectrophenax nivalis
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis
- Black Scoter Melanitta americana
- Northern Gannet Morus bassanus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Two-barred Crossbill Loxia leucoptera
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Red-breasted Merganser Mergus serrator
- Yellow-headed Blackbird Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Rough-legged Buzzard Buteo lagopus
- Harris's Sparrow Zonotrichia querula
- Pileated Woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus
- Nelson's Sparrow Ammospiza nelsoni
- Piping Plover Charadrius melodus
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus
- Brewer's Blackbird Euphagus cyanocephalus
- Common Pheasant Phasianus colchicus
- Redhead Aythya americana
- Lapland Longspur Calcarius lapponicus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Clapper Rail Rallus crepitans
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus
- Greater Scaup Aythya marila
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Redpoll Acanthis flammea
- Eurasian Wigeon Mareca penelope
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Swainson's Warbler Limnothlypis swainsonii
- Saltmarsh Sparrow Ammospiza caudacuta
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Green-tailed Towhee Pipilo chlorurus
- Northern Saw-whet Owl Aegolius acadicus
- Yellow Rail Coturnicops noveboracensis
- White-winged Scoter Melanitta deglandi
- Common Merganser Mergus merganser
- Black-headed Grosbeak Pheucticus melanocephalus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Cape Island – The Beanery/Rea Farm?
May and September–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 192 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Cape Island – The Beanery/Rea Farm?
301 species, from 273,750 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Cape Island – The Beanery/Rea Farm in November?
The most recorded in November: Song Sparrow, American Robin, Turkey Vulture, Carolina Wren and White-throated Sparrow.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.