Tom’s Birding Page

2007 Quarter-Month Status
Birds of Plum Island, Essex County, Massachusetts

Compiled by Tom Wetmore


This table shows the 2007 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 has been reported in 2007.


Status of the Birds of Plum Island &mdash 2007

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snow Goose 63 
Brant 71 
Canada Goose 299 
Mute Swan 146 
Wood Duck 26 
Gadwall 254 
Eurasian Wigeon 19 
American Wigeon 87 
American Black Duck 285 
Mallard 282 
Blue-winged Teal 94 
Northern Shoveler 36 
Northern Pintail 148 
Green-winged Teal 212 
Redhead 13 
Ring-necked Duck 10 
Greater Scaup 50 
Lesser Scaup 18 
Common Eider 200 
Harlequin Duck
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Surf Scoter 86 
White-winged Scoter 191 
Black Scoter 141 
Long-tailed Duck 126 
Bufflehead 122 
Common Goldeneye 85 
Barrow's Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser 93 
Common Merganser 26 
Red-breasted Merganser 153 
Ruddy Duck
Ring-necked Pheasant
Wild Turkey
Red-throated Loon 119 
Common Loon 209 
Pied-billed Grebe 70 
Horned Grebe 114 
Red-necked Grebe 79 
Western Grebe
Greater Shearwater
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Manx Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Northern Gannet 113 
Double-crested Cormorant 208 
Great Cormorant 31 
American Bittern 80 
Least Bittern 58 
Great Blue Heron 200 
Great Egret 205 
Snowy Egret 174 
Little Blue Heron 12 
Tricolored Heron
Cattle Egret
Green Heron 26 
Black-crowned Night-Heron 71 
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Glossy Ibis 66 
Turkey Vulture 99 
Osprey 146 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Bald Eagle 38 
Northern Harrier 259 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 67 
Cooper's Hawk 59 
Northern Goshawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk 74 
Rough-legged Hawk 80 
American Kestrel 58 
Merlin 106 
Peregrine Falcon 108 
Clapper Rail
King Rail 20 
Virginia Rail 45 
Sora 53 
Common Moorhen 24 
American Coot 41 
Black-bellied Plover 158 
American Golden-Plover 47 
Wilson's Plover
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Semipalmated Plover 122 
Piping Plover 85 
Killdeer 147 
American Oystercatcher
American Avocet
Spotted Sandpiper 56 
Solitary Sandpiper 15 
Greater Yellowlegs 212 
Willet 98 
Lesser Yellowlegs 117 
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel 71 
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone 43 
Red Knot 41 
Sanderling 122 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 116 
Western Sandpiper 27 
Least Sandpiper 105 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
White-rumped Sandpiper 81 
Baird's Sandpiper 25 
Pectoral Sandpiper 43 
Purple Sandpiper 38 
Dunlin 108 
Stilt Sandpiper 35 
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 21 
Ruff
Short-billed Dowitcher 93 
Long-billed Dowitcher 41 
Wilson's Snipe 38 
American Woodcock 52 
Wilson's Phalarope