Tom’s Birding Page

2006 Quarter-Month Status
Birds of Plum Island, Essex County, Massachusetts

Compiled by Tom Wetmore


This table shows the 2006 quarter-month status of the birds of Plum Island. It is based on data collected for inclusion on the Plum Island sigthings web site. The column labeled N shows the number days the species was reported in 2006.


Status of the Birds of Plum Island — 2006

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snow Goose 53 
Brant 83 
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose 354 
Mute Swan 215 
Wood Duck 35 
Gadwall 309 
Eurasian Wigeon 19 
American Wigeon 118 
American Black Duck 326 
Mallard 345 
Blue-winged Teal 88 
Northern Shoveler 29 
Northern Pintail 211 
Green-winged Teal 254 
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck 21 
Greater Scaup 35 
Lesser Scaup 48 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
King Eider
Common Eider 175 
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter 80 
White-winged Scoter 175 
Black Scoter 129 
Long-tailed Duck 131 
Bufflehead 141 
Common Goldeneye 120 
Hooded Merganser 90 
Common Merganser 18 
Red-breasted Merganser 167 
Ruddy Duck 31 
Ring-necked Pheasant
Wild Turkey
Red-throated Loon 112 
Common Loon 196 
Pied-billed Grebe 58 
Horned Grebe 104 
Red-necked Grebe 85 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Greater Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Northern Gannet 108 
American White Pelican
Double-crested Cormorant 237 
Great Cormorant 37 
American Bittern 74 
Least Bittern 42 
Great Blue Heron 206 
Great Egret 203 
Snowy Egret 190 
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron 15 
Green Heron 33 
Black-crowned Night-Heron 82 
Glossy Ibis 55 
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture 106 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Osprey 151 
Bald Eagle 27 
Northern Harrier 281 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 54 
Cooper's Hawk 48 
Northern Goshawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk 68 
Rough-legged Hawk 13 
American Kestrel 62 
Merlin 96 
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine Falcon 135 
Clapper Rail 24 
King Rail 19 
Virginia Rail 47 
Sora 46 
Common Moorhen 24 
American Coot 56 
Black-bellied Plover 151 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
American Golden-Plover 18 
Semipalmated Plover 120 
Piping Plover 94 
Killdeer 154 
American Oystercatcher
American Avocet
Spotted Sandpiper 67 
Solitary Sandpiper 11 
Greater Yellowlegs 217 
Willet 104 
Lesser Yellowlegs 150 
Whimbrel 48 
Black-tailed Godwit 11 
Hudsonian Godwit 13 
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone 42 
Red Knot 26 
Sanderling 119 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 124 
Western Sandpiper 15 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Least Sandpiper 111 
White-rumped Sandpiper 71 
Baird's Sandpiper 21 
Pectoral Sandpiper 43 
Purple Sandpiper 51 
Dunlin 85 
Stilt Sandpiper 32 
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 16 
Ruff
Short-billed Dowitcher 93 
Long-billed Dowitcher 47 
Wilson's Snipe 32 
American Woodcock 37