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Fall Migration at Cape May
This list includes species likely, but not guaranteed, to be seen on this tour. The birds included here have been seen on the majority of past tours to the region.
| Snow Goose | Chen caerulescens |
| Canada Goose | Branta canadensis |
| Brant | Branta bernicla |
| Mute Swan | Cygnus olor |
| Wood Duck | Aix sponsa |
| Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos |
| American Black Duck | Anas rubripes |
| Gadwall | Anas strepera |
| Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca |
| American Wigeon | Anas americana |
| Northern Pintail | Anas acuta |
| Northern Shoveler | Anas clypeata |
| Blue-winged Teal | Anas discors |
| Common Eider | Somateria mollissima |
| Black Scoter | Melanitta nigra |
| White-winged Scoter | Melanitta fusca |
| Surf Scoter | Melanitta perspicillata |
| Northern Bobwhite | Colinus virginianus |
| Common Loon | Gavia immer |
| Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps |
| Northern Gannet | Morus bassanus |
| Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis |
| Great Cormorant | Phalacrocorax carbo |
| Double-crested Cormorant | Phalacrocorax auritus |
| American Bittern | Botaurus lentiginosus |
| Least Bittern | Ixobrychus exilis |
| Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Nyctanassa violacea |
| Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax |
| Green Heron | Butorides virescens |
| Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor |
| Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias |
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura |
| Black Vulture | Corgipes atratus |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus |
| Northern Harrier | Circus cyaneus |
| Bald Eagle | Haliaeetus leucocephalus |
| Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus |
| Cooper's Hawk | Accipiter cooperii |
| Northern Goshawk | Accipiter gentiles |
| Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus |
| Red-shouldered Hawk | Buteo lineatus |
| Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis |
| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius |
| Merlin | Falco columbianus |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
| Clapper Rail | Rallus longirostrus |
| Virginia Rail | Rallus limocola |
| Sora | Porzana carolina |
| Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus |
| American Coot | Fulicula americana |
| Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola |
| American Golden-Plover | Pluvialis dominica |
| Piping Plover | Charadrius melodus |
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus |
| Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus |
| American Oystercatcher | Haematopus palliatus |
| Willet | Tringa semipalmata |
| Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitus macularius |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres |
| Red Knot | Calidris canutus |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba |
| Dunlin | Calidris alpina |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla |
| Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri |
| Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus |
| Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus |
| Wilson's Snipe | Galligano delicata |
| Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus |
| Laughing Gull | Larus atricilla |
| Bonaparte's Gull | Larus philadelphia |
| Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis |
| Herring Gull | Larus argentatus |
| Great Black-backed Gull | Larus marinus |
| Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis |
| Royal Tern | Thalasseus maxima |
| Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia |
| Forster's Tern | Sterna forsteri |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo |
| Black Tern | Chlidonias niger |
| Black Skimmer | Rynchops niger |
| Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus |
| Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura |
| Black-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus erythropthalmus |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus |
| Barn Owl | Tyto alba |
| Eastern Screech-Owl | Otus asio |
| Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus |
| Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor |
| Whip-poor-will | Caprimulgus vociferus |
| Chimney Swift | Chaetura pelagica |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Archilochus colubris |
| Belted Kingfisher | Ceryle alcyon |
| Red-headed Woodpecker | Melanerpes erythrocephalus |
| Red-bellied Woodpecker | Melanerpes carolinensis |
| Northern Flicker | Colaptes auratus |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus varius |
| Downy Woodpecker | Picoides pubescens |
| Hairy Woodpecker | Picoides villosus |
| Pileated Woodpecker | Dryocopus pileatus |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | Contopus virens |
| Least Flycatcher | Empidonax minimus |
| Eastern Phoebe | Sayornis phoebe |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus crinitus |
| Eastern Kingbird | Tyrannus tyrannus |
| White-eyed Vireo | Vireo griseus |
| Blue-headed Vireo | Vireo solitarius |
| Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus |
| Philadelphia Vireo | Vireo philadelphicus |
| Warbling Vireo | Vireo gilvus |
| Blue Jay | Cyanocitta cristata |
| American Crow | Corvus brachyrhynchos |
| Fish Crow | Corvus ossifragus |
| Common Raven | Corvus corax |
| Horned Lark | Eremophila alpestris |
| Tree Swallow | Tachycineta bicolor |
| Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota |
| Barn Swallow | Hirundo rustica |
| Tufted Titmouse | Baeolophus bicolor |
| Carolina Chickadee | Poecile carolinensis |
| Red-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta canadensis |
| White-breasted Nuthatch | Sitta carolinensis |
| House Wren | Troglodytes aedon |
| Winter Wren | Troglodytes troglodytes |
| Carolina Wren | Thryothorus ludovicianus |
| Marsh Wren | Cistothorus palustris |
| Golden-crowned Kinglet | Regulus satrapa |
| Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Regulus calendula |
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Polioptila caerulea |
| Eastern Bluebird | Sialia sialis |
| Wood Thrush | Catharus mustelina |
| Veery | Catharus fuscescens |
| Gray-cheeked Thrush | Catharus minimus |
| Swainson's Thrush | Catharus ustulatus |
| Hermit Thrush | Catharus guttatus |
| American Robin | Turdus migratorius |
| Gray Catbird | Dumatella carolinensis |
| Northern Mockingbird | Mimus polyglottos |
| Brown Thrasher | Toxostoma rufum |
| European Starling | Sturnus vulgaris |
| American Pipit | Anthus rubescens |
| Cedar Waxwing | Bombycilla cedrorum |
| Blue-winged Warbler | Vermivora pinus |
| Tennessee Warbler | Vermivora peregrina |
| Orange-crowned Warbler | Vermivora celata |
| Nashville Warbler | Vermivora ruficapilla |
| Northern Parula | Parula americana |
| Cape May Warbler | Dendroica tigrina |
| Magnolia Warbler | Dendroica magnolia |
| Yellow-rumped Warbler | Dendroica coronata |
| Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia |
| Black-throated Blue Warbler | Dendroica caerulescens |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | Dendroica virens |
| Prairie Warbler | Dendroica discors |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | Dendroica castanea |
| Blackpoll Warbler | Dendroica striata |
| Pine Warbler | Dendroica pinus |
| Palm Warbler | Dendroica palmarum |
| Yellow Warbler | Dendroica petechia |
| Wilson's Warbler | Wilsonia pusilla |
| Hooded Warbler | Wilsonia citrina |
| Northern Waterthrush | Seiurus noveboracensis |
| Common Yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas |
| Yellow-breasted Chat | Icteria virens |
| American Redstart | Setophaga ruticilla |
| Scarlet Tanager | Piranga olivacea |
| Eastern Towhee | Pipilo erythropthalmus |
| Field Sparrow | Spizella pusilla |
| Chipping Sparrow | Spizella passerina |
| Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow | Ammodramus caudacutus |
| Seaside Sparrow | Ammodramus maritimus |
| Savannah Sparrow | Passerculus sandwichensis |
| Lincoln's Sparrow | Melospiza lincolnii |
| Song Sparrow | Melospiza melodia |
| Swamp Sparrow | Melospiza georgiana |
| White-throated Sparrow | Zonotrichia albicollis |
| Dark-eyed Junco | Junco hyemalis |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheucticus ludovicianus |
| Northern Cardinal | Cardinalis cardinalis |
| Blue Grosbeak | Passerina caerulea |
| Indigo Bunting | Passerina cyanea |
| Bobolink | Dolichonyx oryzivorus |
| Eastern Meadowlark | Sturnella magna |
| Red-winged Blackbird | Agelaius phoeniceus |
| Common Grackle | Quiscalus quiscula |
| Boat-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus major |
| Brown-headed Cowbird | Molothrus ater |
| Baltimore Oriole | Icterus galbula |
| Purple Finch | Carpodacus purpureus |
| House Finch | Carpodacus mexicanus |
| Pine Siskin | Carduelis pinus |
| American Goldfinch | Carduelis tristis |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
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