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2016 Quarter-Month Status
Birds of Plum Island, Essex County, Massachusetts

Compiled by Tom Wetmore


This table shows the 2016 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 2016.


Status of the Birds of Plum Island — updated January 2, 2017 — day 2

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Greater White-fronted Goose
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Brant 30 
Canada Goose 317 
Mute Swan 114 
Wood Duck 11 
Gadwall 203 
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon 78 
American Black Duck 327 
Mallard 326 
Blue-winged Teal 27 
Northern Shoveler 63 
Northern Pintail 153 
Green-winged Teal 232 
Canvasback
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup 53 
Lesser Scaup 39 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Common Eider 194 
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter 67 
White-winged Scoter 164 
Black Scoter 121 
Long-tailed Duck 124 
Bufflehead 133 
Common Goldeneye 87 
Hooded Merganser 96 
Common Merganser 21 
Red-breasted Merganser 138 
Ruddy Duck 14 
Wild Turkey 189 
Pied-billed Grebe 36 
Horned Grebe 76 
Red-necked Grebe 70 
Rock Pigeon 230 
Mourning Dove 257 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 13 
Black-billed Cuckoo 16 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Common Nighthawk
Eastern Whip-poor-will 12 
Chimney Swift 28 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 30 
Virginia Rail 14 
Sora 11 
Sandhill Crane
American Avocet 42 
Black-bellied Plover 184 
American Golden-Plover 32 
Semipalmated Plover 148 
Piping Plover 129 
Killdeer 192 
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel 21 
Hudsonian Godwit 21 
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone 42 
Red Knot 44 
Ruff
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Stilt Sandpiper 53 
Sanderling 127 
Dunlin 174 
Purple Sandpiper 13 
Baird's Sandpiper 14 
Least Sandpiper 110 
White-rumped Sandpiper 95 
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 13 
Pectoral Sandpiper 39 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 147 
Western Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher 127 
Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe 13 
American Woodcock 40 
Spotted Sandpiper 77 
Solitary Sandpiper 10 
Greater Yellowlegs 213 
Willet 119 
Lesser Yellowlegs 135 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Wilson's Phalarope 10 
Parasitic Jaeger
Thick-billed Murre
Razorbill 64 
Black Guillemot 15 
Black-legged Kittiwake 10 
Bonaparte's Gull 54 
Laughing Gull 33 
Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gull 243 
Herring Gull 331 
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull 307 
Least Tern 116 
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Roseate Tern 31 
Common Tern 114 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Forster's Tern 14 
Black Skimmer
Red-throated Loon 120 
Pacific Loon
Common Loon 215 
Cory's Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Northern Gannet 90 
Double-crested Cormorant 225 
Great Cormorant 23 
American Bittern 25 
Least Bittern
Great Blue Heron 208 
Great Egret 195 
Snowy Egret 169 
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Green Heron 10 
Black-crowned Night-Heron 72 
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 28 
Glossy Ibis 71 
White-faced Ibis
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture 96 
Osprey 174 
Bald Eagle 141 
Northern Harrier 247 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 36 
Cooper's Hawk 102 
Northern Goshawk
Red-shouldered Hawk 10 
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk 178 
Rough-legged Hawk 67 
Great Horned Owl 17 
Snowy Owl 44 
Barred Owl
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl 33 
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Belted Kingfisher 37 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 13 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Downy Woodpecker 213 
Hairy Woodpecker 12 
Northern Flicker 116 
American Kestrel 41 
Merlin 91 
Peregrine Falcon 114 
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee 19 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher 14 
Willow Flycatcher 84 
Least Flycatcher 17 
Eastern Phoebe 103 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Great Crested Flycatcher 63 
Eastern Kingbird 122 
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Northern Shrike
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo 36 
Philadelphia Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo 102 
Blue Jay 307 
American Crow 322 
Fish Crow 20 
Common Raven 59 
Horned Lark 48 
Purple Martin 107 
Tree Swallow 176 
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Bank Swallow 60 
Cliff Swallow
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Barn Swallow 135 
Black-capped Chickadee 329 
Tufted Titmouse 20 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 133 
White-breasted Nuthatch 83 
Brown Creeper 26 
House Wren 30 
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren 126 
Carolina Wren
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 13 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 71 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 60 
Eastern Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
Veery 13 
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush 16 
Hermit Thrush 83 
Wood Thrush
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
American Robin 323 
Gray Catbird 181 
Brown Thrasher 149 
Northern Mockingbird 297 
European Starling 280 
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing 166 
House Sparrow 273 
American Pipit 17 
Pine Grosbeak
House Finch 199 
Purple Finch 173 
Red Crossbill
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch 267 
Lapland Longspur 12 
Snow Bunting 44 
Ovenbird 19 
Worm-eating Warbler
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Northern Waterthrush 24 
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler 38 
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler 24 
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat 131 
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart 79 
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Northern Parula 28 
Magnolia Warbler 26 
Bay-breasted Warbler 11 
Blackburnian Warbler 12 
Yellow Warbler 107 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 20 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Blackpoll Warbler 46 
Black-throated Blue Warbler 27 
Palm Warbler 41 
Pine Warbler 74 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 111 
Prairie Warbler 13 
Black-throated Green Warbler 40 
Canada Warbler 14 
Wilson's Warbler 17 
Yellow-breasted Chat
Eastern Towhee 185 
American Tree Sparrow 117 
Chipping Sparrow 56 
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow 98 
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow 121 
Grasshopper Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Saltmarsh Sparrow 99 
Seaside Sparrow 57 
Fox Sparrow
Song Sparrow 304 
Lincoln's Sparrow 16 
Swamp Sparrow 105 
White-throated Sparrow 138 
White-crowned Sparrow 19 
Dark-eyed Junco 92 
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager 18 
Northern Cardinal 305 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 25 
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel 10 
Bobolink 105 
Red-winged Blackbird 170 
Eastern Meadowlark
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle 169 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Brown-headed Cowbird 103 
Orchard Oriole 68 
Baltimore Oriole 110 

Total species 283. Total reports 36,938. Total sightings 19,920.

January 2, 2017, Tom Wetmore