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Quarter-Month Status
Birds of Plum Island, Essex County, Massachusetts

Compiled by Tom Wetmore


This table shows the quarter-month status of the birds of Plum Island. It is based on my own data and on data collected for inclusion on the Plum Island sigthings web site.


Quarter-Month Status of the Birds of Plum Island — updated January 20, 2025

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Snow Goose 518 
Ross's Goose 14 
Greater White-fronted Goose 26 
Brant 1197 
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose 6961 
Mute Swan 4306 
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck 455 
Blue-winged Teal 1305 
Northern Shoveler 1431 
Gadwall 5603 
Eurasian Wigeon 284 
American Wigeon 2008 
Mallard 6754 
American Black Duck 6740 
Northern Pintail 3378 
Green-winged Teal 4989 
Canvasback 21 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Redhead 153 
Ring-necked Duck 379 
Greater Scaup 1180 
Lesser Scaup 752 
King Eider 121 
Common Eider 4315 
Harlequin Duck 59 
Surf Scoter 2016 
White-winged Scoter 4188 
Black Scoter 3168 
Long-tailed Duck 3283 
Bufflehead 3078 
Common Goldeneye 2365 
Barrow's Goldeneye 35 
Hooded Merganser 2253 
Common Merganser 467 
Red-breasted Merganser 3660 
Ruddy Duck 626 
Wild Turkey 2427 
Ring-necked Pheasant 85 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Pied-billed Grebe 925 
Horned Grebe 2592 
Red-necked Grebe 1580 
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe 71 
Rock Pigeon 4510 
Ringed Turtle-Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove 5771 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 293 
Black-billed Cuckoo 365 
Common Nighthawk 91 
Chuck-will's-widow
Eastern Whip-poor-will 358 
Chimney Swift 662 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 749 
King Rail 182 
Clapper Rail 110 
Virginia Rail 812 
Sora 525 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Common Gallinule 176 
American Coot 560 
Black Rail 18 
Sandhill Crane
Black-necked Stilt 10 
American Avocet 234 
American Oystercatcher 66 
Northern Lapwing
Black-bellied Plover 3570 
American Golden-Plover 667 
Pacific Golden-Plover
Killdeer 3709 
Common Ringed Plover
Semipalmated Plover 3063 
Piping Plover 2252 
Wilson's Plover
Upland Sandpiper 20 
Whimbrel 755 
Black-tailed Godwit 11 
Hudsonian Godwit 395 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Marbled Godwit 100 
Ruddy Turnstone 960 
Red Knot 815 
Ruff 18 
Stilt Sandpiper 1050 
Curlew Sandpiper 26 
Red-necked Stint
Sanderling 3219 
Dunlin 3101 
Purple Sandpiper 481 
Baird's Sandpiper 384 
Least Sandpiper 2434 
White-rumped Sandpiper 2137 
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 215 
Pectoral Sandpiper 1013 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 3059 
Western Sandpiper 363 
Short-billed Dowitcher 2293 
Long-billed Dowitcher 975 
American Woodcock 848 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Wilson's Snipe 424 
Spotted Sandpiper 1648 
Solitary Sandpiper 264 
Lesser Yellowlegs 2808 
Willet 2378 
Greater Yellowlegs 4603 
Wilson's Phalarope 248 
Red-necked Phalarope 41 
Red Phalarope 30 
Pomarine Jaeger 12 
Parasitic Jaeger 60 
Long-tailed Jaeger
Dovekie 53 
Common Murre 19 
Thick-billed Murre 45 
Razorbill 1094 
Black Guillemot 244 
Atlantic Puffin
Black-legged Kittiwake 404 
Sabine's Gull
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Bonaparte's Gull 1672 
Black-headed Gull 40 
Little Gull 124 
Laughing Gull 912 
Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gull 5253 
Herring Gull 7015 
Iceland Gull 156 
Lesser Black-backed Gull 253 
Glaucous Gull 51 
Great Black-backed Gull 6540 
Least Tern 2239 
Gull-billed Tern 44 
Caspian Tern 187 
Black Tern 152 
Roseate Tern 567 
Common Tern 2519 
Arctic Tern 34 
Forster's Tern 316 
Royal Tern 40 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Sandwich Tern
Elegant Tern
Black Skimmer 83 
Red-throated Loon 2706 
Pacific Loon 17 
Common Loon 4822 
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 162 
Leach's Storm-Petrel 11 
Northern Fulmar
Cory's Shearwater 86 
Sooty Shearwater 23 
Great Shearwater 58 
Manx Shearwater 70 
Northern Gannet 2556 
Great Cormorant 834 
Double-crested Cormorant 4956 
Neotropic Cormorant
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
American Bittern 783 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Least Bittern 967 
Great Blue Heron 4368 
Great Egret 4614 
Little Egret
Snowy Egret 3739 
Little Blue Heron 221 
Tricolored Heron 264 
Cattle Egret 27 
Green Heron 408 
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1827 
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 392 
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis 1065 
White-faced Ibis 22 
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture 2433 
Osprey 3594 
Golden Eagle
Northern Harrier 5580 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1116 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Cooper's Hawk 2000 
Northern Goshawk 44 
Bald Eagle 2145 
Mississippi Kite
Red-shouldered Hawk 75 
Broad-winged Hawk 77 
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk 2871 
Rough-legged Hawk 1500 
Eastern Screech-Owl 12 
Great Horned Owl 381 
Snowy Owl 1494 
Barred Owl 273 
Long-eared Owl 33 
Short-eared Owl 675 
Northern Saw-whet Owl 43 
Belted Kingfisher 1023 
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker 497 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 606 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Downy Woodpecker 4324 
Hairy Woodpecker 647 
Northern Flicker 2657 
Pileated Woodpecker
American Kestrel 1056 
Merlin 2272 
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine Falcon 2858 
Prairie Falcon
Monk Parakeet
Ash-throated Flycatcher 13 
Great Crested Flycatcher 1245 
Western Kingbird 40 
Eastern Kingbird 2663 
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 26 
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Olive-sided Flycatcher 91 
Eastern Wood-Pewee 571 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 198 
Acadian Flycatcher 16 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Alder Flycatcher 411 
Willow Flycatcher 1651 
Least Flycatcher 401 
Eastern Phoebe 2132 
Say's Phoebe
White-eyed Vireo 118 
Yellow-throated Vireo 106 
Blue-headed Vireo 825 
Philadelphia Vireo 268 
Warbling Vireo 359 
Red-eyed Vireo 1809 
Yellow-green Vireo
Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Shrike 778 
Blue Jay 5855 
American Crow 6552 
Fish Crow 242 
Common Raven 1061 
Black-capped Chickadee 6601 
Tufted Titmouse 653 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Horned Lark 1702 
Bank Swallow 1380 
Tree Swallow 3752 
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 242 
Purple Martin 2312 
Barn Swallow 2772 
Cliff Swallow 161 
Cave Swallow 11 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1416 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1611 
Bohemian Waxwing 18 
Cedar Waxwing 3534 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2368 
White-breasted Nuthatch 900 
Brown Creeper 721 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 380 
House Wren 763 
Winter Wren 235 
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren 3031 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Carolina Wren 1497 
Gray Catbird 4422 
Brown Thrasher 3209 
Sage Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird 6334 
European Starling 5885 
Eastern Bluebird 64 
Townsend's Solitaire
Veery 396 
Gray-cheeked Thrush 50 
Bicknell's Thrush
Swainson's Thrush 447 
Hermit Thrush 1788 
Wood Thrush 192 
American Robin 6885 
Northern Wheatear
House Sparrow 4864 
American Pipit 722 
Evening Grosbeak 16 
Pine Grosbeak 17 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
House Finch 4062 
Purple Finch 3004 
Common Redpoll 353 
Hoary Redpoll 16 
Red Crossbill 218 
White-winged Crossbill 148 
Pine Siskin 386 
American Goldfinch 5349 
Lapland Longspur 378 
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Snow Bunting 1299 
Grasshopper Sparrow 25 
Lark Sparrow 76 
Lark Bunting
Chipping Sparrow 1294 
Clay-colored Sparrow 239 
Field Sparrow 2292 
Fox Sparrow 294 
American Tree Sparrow 2754 
Dark-eyed Junco 2245 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
White-crowned Sparrow 668 
White-throated Sparrow 3380 
Vesper Sparrow 54 
Seaside Sparrow 973 
Nelson's Sparrow 148 
Saltmarsh Sparrow 2151 
Savannah Sparrow 3183 
Song Sparrow 6507 
Lincoln's Sparrow 270 
Swamp Sparrow 2363 
Green-tailed Towhee 12 
Eastern Towhee 4014 
Yellow-breasted Chat 98 
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Bobolink 2386 
Eastern Meadowlark 627 
Western Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole 967 
Baltimore Oriole 2177 
Red-winged Blackbird 4188 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Brown-headed Cowbird 2305 
Rusty Blackbird 115 
Common Grackle 3648 
Ovenbird 559 
Worm-eating Warbler 30 
Louisiana Waterthrush 10 
Northern Waterthrush 674 
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler 116 
Black-and-white Warbler 1110 
Prothonotary Warbler 17 
Swainson's Warbler
Tennessee Warbler 189 
Orange-crowned Warbler 131 
Nashville Warbler 570 
Connecticut Warbler 67 
Mourning Warbler 169 
Kentucky Warbler 21 
Common Yellowthroat 2935 
Hooded Warbler 61 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
American Redstart 2068 
Cape May Warbler 282 
Cerulean Warbler
Northern Parula 935 
Magnolia Warbler 835 
Bay-breasted Warbler 344 
Blackburnian Warbler 450 
Yellow Warbler 2589 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 500 
Blackpoll Warbler 975 
Black-throated Blue Warbler 760 
Palm Warbler 922 
Pine Warbler 761 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2866 
Yellow-throated Warbler 10 
Prairie Warbler 346 
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler 916 
Canada Warbler 415 
Wilson's Warbler 584 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Summer Tanager 45 
Scarlet Tanager 392 
Western Tanager
Northern Cardinal 6006 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 640 
Blue Grosbeak 16 
Indigo Bunting 161 
Dickcissel 153 

January 20, 2025, Tom Wetmore