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2010 Quarter-Month Status
Birds of Plum Island, Essex County, Massachusetts

Compiled by Tom Wetmore


This table shows the 2010 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 2010.


Status of the Birds of Plum Island — updated March 11, 2010 — day 70

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snow Goose
Brant
Canada Goose 57 
Mute Swan
Gadwall 13 
American Wigeon
American Black Duck 57 
Mallard 40 
Northern Pintail 17 
Green-winged Teal
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
King Eider
Common Eider 44 
Surf Scoter 12 
White-winged Scoter 49 
Black Scoter 35 
Long-tailed Duck 47 
Bufflehead 45 
Common Goldeneye 53 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Hooded Merganser 31 
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser 49 
Wild Turkey
Red-throated Loon 38 
Common Loon 47 
Horned Grebe 43 
Red-necked Grebe 41 
Northern Gannet 12 
Great Cormorant 20 
Turkey Vulture
Bald Eagle 32 
Northern Harrier 51 
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk 30 
Rough-legged Hawk 22 
American Kestrel 10 
Merlin 16 
Peregrine Falcon
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Killdeer
Sanderling
Purple Sandpiper 11 
Dunlin 13 
American Woodcock
Black-legged Kittiwake 12 
Bonaparte's Gull
Ring-billed Gull 42 
Herring Gull 55 
Iceland Gull 10 
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull 53 
Razorbill 18 
Black Guillemot
Rock Pigeon 41 
Mourning Dove 38 
Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl 49 
Barred Owl
Short-eared Owl 11 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Downy Woodpecker 13 
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Shrike 23 
Blue Jay 44 
American Crow 54 
Horned Lark 28 
Black-capped Chickadee 50 
Tufted Titmouse 10 
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Brown Creeper
Hermit Thrush
American Robin 47 
Northern Mockingbird 43 
European Starling 41 
American Pipit
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
Yellow-rumped Warbler
American Tree Sparrow 45 
Savannah Sparrow
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Song Sparrow 12 
White-throated Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting 23 
Northern Cardinal 31 
Red-winged Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Common Grackle
House Finch
American Goldfinch 18 
House Sparrow 31 

Total species 92. Total reports 3,359. Total sightings 1,932.

March 11, 2010, Tom Wetmore