Tom’s Birding Page

2012 Quarter-Month Status
Birds of Plum Island, Essex County, Massachusetts

Compiled by Tom Wetmore

This table shows the 2012 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 2012.

Status of the Birds of Plum Island — updated January 1, 2013 — day 1

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 1 
Snow Goose 21 
Brant 73 
Canada Goose 342 
Mute Swan 228 
Wood Duck 16 
Gadwall 320 
Eurasian Wigeon 29 
American Wigeon 158 
American Black Duck 333 
Mallard 335 
Blue-winged Teal 35 
Northern Shoveler 118 
Northern Pintail 196 
Green-winged Teal 276 
Redhead 62 
Ring-necked Duck 38 
Greater Scaup 74 
Lesser Scaup 104 
Common Eider 192 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Harlequin Duck 1 
Surf Scoter 122 
White-winged Scoter 194 
Black Scoter 146 
Long-tailed Duck 175 
Bufflehead 184 
Common Goldeneye 104 
Hooded Merganser 119 
Common Merganser 8 
Red-breasted Merganser 183 
Ruddy Duck 129 
Wild Turkey 201 
Red-throated Loon 172 
Pacific Loon 7 
Common Loon 231 
Pied-billed Grebe 29 
Horned Grebe 160 
Red-necked Grebe 121 
Western Grebe 25 
Cory's Shearwater 1 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Sooty Shearwater 4 
Manx Shearwater 2 
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 2 
Northern Gannet 159 
Double-crested Cormorant 234 
Great Cormorant 75 
American White Pelican 2 
American Bittern 54 
Least Bittern 53 
Great Blue Heron 238 
Great Egret 222 
Snowy Egret 178 
Little Blue Heron 16 
Green Heron 13 
Black-crowned Night-Heron 107 
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 30 
Glossy Ibis 90 
Black Vulture 1 
Turkey Vulture 153 
Osprey 183 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Bald Eagle 64 
Northern Harrier 292 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 79 
Cooper's Hawk 89 
Northern Goshawk 1 
Red-shouldered Hawk 3 
Broad-winged Hawk 5 
Red-tailed Hawk 187 
Rough-legged Hawk 92 
Golden Eagle 1 
King Rail 1 
Virginia Rail 41 
Sora 22 
American Coot 30 
Sandhill Crane 1 
Black-bellied Plover 194 
American Golden-Plover 29 
Semipalmated Plover 139 
Piping Plover 131 
Killdeer 177 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
American Oystercatcher 2 
Spotted Sandpiper 85 
Solitary Sandpiper 12 
Greater Yellowlegs 244 
Willet 104 
Lesser Yellowlegs 150 
Whimbrel 33 
Hudsonian Godwit 1 
Marbled Godwit 13 
Ruddy Turnstone 45 
Red Knot 55 
Sanderling 201 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 146 
Western Sandpiper 22 
Least Sandpiper 113 
White-rumped Sandpiper 99 
Baird's Sandpiper 14 
Pectoral Sandpiper 59 
Purple Sandpiper 27 
Dunlin 204 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Stilt Sandpiper 55 
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 7 
Short-billed Dowitcher 112 
Long-billed Dowitcher 42 
Wilson's Snipe 31 
American Woodcock 46 
Wilson's Phalarope 10 
Red-necked Phalarope 4 
Black-legged Kittiwake 42 
Bonaparte's Gull 139 
Black-headed Gull 3 
Little Gull 2 
Laughing Gull 51 
Ring-billed Gull 299 
Herring Gull 340 
Iceland Gull 8 
Lesser Black-backed Gull 7 
Glaucous Gull 3 
Great Black-backed Gull 327 
Least Tern 120 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Caspian Tern 11 
Black Tern 2 
Roseate Tern 30 
Common Tern 124 
Arctic Tern 2 
Forster's Tern 25 
Royal Tern 5 
Black Skimmer 2 
Pomarine Jaeger 1 
Parasitic Jaeger 2 
Thick-billed Murre 2 
Razorbill 74 
Black Guillemot 6 
Rock Pigeon 216 
Mourning Dove 291 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 11 
Black-billed Cuckoo 14 
Eastern Screech-Owl 2 
Great Horned Owl 11 
Snowy Owl 108 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Barred Owl 28 
Long-eared Owl 1 
Short-eared Owl 35 
Northern Saw-whet Owl 2 
Common Nighthawk 2 
Eastern Whip-poor-will 22 
Chimney Swift 26 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 42 
Belted Kingfisher 75 
Red-headed Woodpecker 1 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 31 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 27 
Downy Woodpecker 232 
Hairy Woodpecker 32 
Northern Flicker 143 
American Kestrel 52 
Merlin 95 
Peregrine Falcon 158 
Olive-sided Flycatcher 3 
Eastern Wood-Pewee 19 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 7 
Alder Flycatcher 15 
Willow Flycatcher 69 
Least Flycatcher 17 
Eastern Phoebe 121 
Say's Phoebe 2 
Great Crested Flycatcher 51 
Eastern Kingbird 119 
Northern Shrike 22 
White-eyed Vireo 4 
Yellow-throated Vireo 2 
Blue-headed Vireo 47 
Warbling Vireo 19 
Philadelphia Vireo 14 
Red-eyed Vireo 65 
Blue Jay 280 
American Crow 325 
Fish Crow 5 
Common Raven 5 
Horned Lark 76 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Purple Martin 110 
Tree Swallow 184 
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 5 
Bank Swallow 74 
Cliff Swallow 11 
Cave Swallow 1 
Barn Swallow 130 
Black-capped Chickadee 304 
Tufted Titmouse 90 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 153 
White-breasted Nuthatch 52 
Brown Creeper 54 
House Wren 33 
Winter Wren 13 
Marsh Wren 129 
Carolina Wren 45 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 20 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 95 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 58 
Eastern Bluebird 3 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Veery 16 
Gray-cheeked Thrush 3 
Swainson's Thrush 31 
Hermit Thrush 75 
Wood Thrush 8 
American Robin 337 
Gray Catbird 210 
Northern Mockingbird 330 
Brown Thrasher 158 
European Starling 316 
American Pipit 30 
Bohemian Waxwing 1 
Cedar Waxwing 165 
Lapland Longspur 16 
Snow Bunting 63 
Ovenbird 19 
Worm-eating Warbler 3 
Northern Waterthrush 27 
Blue-winged Warbler 2 
Black-and-white Warbler 50 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Prothonotary Warbler 1 
Tennessee Warbler 7 
Orange-crowned Warbler 4 
Nashville Warbler 31 
Connecticut Warbler 1 
Mourning Warbler 11 
Kentucky Warbler 4 
Common Yellowthroat 119 
Hooded Warbler 3 
American Redstart 87 
Cape May Warbler 7 
Northern Parula 43 
Magnolia Warbler 41 
Bay-breasted Warbler 9 
Blackburnian Warbler 23 
Yellow Warbler 108 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 25 
Blackpoll Warbler 55 
Black-throated Blue Warbler 40 
Palm Warbler 49 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Pine Warbler 28 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 98 
Prairie Warbler 9 
Black-throated Green Warbler 40 
Canada Warbler 18 
Wilson's Warbler 28 
Yellow-breasted Chat 14 
Eastern Towhee 185 
American Tree Sparrow 124 
Chipping Sparrow 72 
Clay-colored Sparrow 21 
Field Sparrow 129 
Vesper Sparrow 2 
Lark Sparrow 6 
Savannah Sparrow 149 
Nelson's Sparrow 1 
Saltmarsh Sparrow 93 
Seaside Sparrow 55 
Fox Sparrow 21 
Song Sparrow 318 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Lincoln's Sparrow 15 
Swamp Sparrow 105 
White-throated Sparrow 163 
White-crowned Sparrow 36 
Dark-eyed Junco 129 
Summer Tanager 2 
Scarlet Tanager 18 
Northern Cardinal 301 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 33 
Indigo Bunting 8 
Dickcissel 6 
Bobolink 98 
Red-winged Blackbird 189 
Eastern Meadowlark 20 
Rusty Blackbird 1 
Common Grackle 172 
Brown-headed Cowbird 101 
Orchard Oriole 9 
Baltimore Oriole 93 
Pine Grosbeak 3 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Purple Finch 152 
House Finch 147 
Red Crossbill 26 
White-winged Crossbill 46 
Common Redpoll 43 
Hoary Redpoll 3 
Pine Siskin 33 
American Goldfinch 237 
Evening Grosbeak 2 
House Sparrow 233 

Total species 290. Total reports 68,401. Total sightings 23,091.

January 1, 2013, Tom Wetmore