Tom’s Birding Page

2017 Quarter-Month Status
Birds of Plum Island, Essex County, Massachusetts

Compiled by Tom Wetmore

This table shows the 2017 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 2017.

Status of the Birds of Plum Island — updated January 1, 2018 — day 1

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snow Goose 5 
Brant 51 
Canada Goose 301 
Mute Swan 138 
Wood Duck 10 
Gadwall 202 
Eurasian Wigeon 1 
American Wigeon 81 
American Black Duck 302 
Mallard 299 
Blue-winged Teal 26 
Northern Shoveler 34 
Northern Pintail 128 
Green-winged Teal 203 
Ring-necked Duck 5 
Greater Scaup 23 
Lesser Scaup 12 
Common Eider 226 
Surf Scoter 68 
White-winged Scoter 183 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Black Scoter 157 
Long-tailed Duck 141 
Bufflehead 126 
Common Goldeneye 81 
Hooded Merganser 66 
Common Merganser 5 
Red-breasted Merganser 164 
Ruddy Duck 2 
Wild Turkey 135 
Pied-billed Grebe 25 
Horned Grebe 85 
Red-necked Grebe 61 
Rock Pigeon 243 
Mourning Dove 246 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 9 
Black-billed Cuckoo 24 
Common Nighthawk 3 
Eastern Whip-poor-will 11 
Chimney Swift 27 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 19 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
King Rail 1 
Virginia Rail 22 
Sora 3 
Common Gallinule 14 
American Coot 12 
American Avocet 3 
American Oystercatcher 2 
Black-bellied Plover 166 
American Golden-Plover 39 
Semipalmated Plover 145 
Piping Plover 86 
Killdeer 166 
Whimbrel 16 
Hudsonian Godwit 15 
Marbled Godwit 2 
Ruddy Turnstone 29 
Red Knot 32 
Stilt Sandpiper 80 
Sanderling 134 
Dunlin 179 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Purple Sandpiper 15 
Baird's Sandpiper 20 
Least Sandpiper 111 
White-rumped Sandpiper 134 
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 9 
Pectoral Sandpiper 39 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 138 
Western Sandpiper 13 
Short-billed Dowitcher 108 
Long-billed Dowitcher 37 
Wilson's Snipe 25 
American Woodcock 32 
Spotted Sandpiper 73 
Solitary Sandpiper 10 
Greater Yellowlegs 202 
Willet 97 
Lesser Yellowlegs 111 
Wilson's Phalarope 3 
Parasitic Jaeger 1 
Dovekie 1 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Common Murre 1 
Razorbill 56 
Black Guillemot 3 
Black-legged Kittiwake 4 
Bonaparte's Gull 45 
Laughing Gull 23 
Ring-billed Gull 206 
Herring Gull 311 
Iceland Gull 2 
Lesser Black-backed Gull 14 
Glaucous Gull 3 
Great Black-backed Gull 280 
Least Tern 89 
Caspian Tern 3 
Black Tern 5 
Roseate Tern 16 
Common Tern 88 
Arctic Tern 2 
Forster's Tern 3 
Red-throated Loon 109 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Pacific Loon 3 
Common Loon 216 
Cory's Shearwater 9 
Great Shearwater 6 
Manx Shearwater 5 
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 7 
Northern Gannet 120 
Double-crested Cormorant 218 
Great Cormorant 14 
Brown Pelican 5 
American Bittern 14 
Least Bittern 47 
Great Blue Heron 165 
Great Egret 199 
Snowy Egret 161 
Little Blue Heron 5 
Tricolored Heron 3 
Cattle Egret 1 
Green Heron 7 
Black-crowned Night-Heron 60 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 9 
Glossy Ibis 56 
White-faced Ibis 2 
Turkey Vulture 104 
Osprey 162 
Bald Eagle 99 
Northern Harrier 232 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 32 
Cooper's Hawk 71 
Broad-winged Hawk 2 
Red-tailed Hawk 131 
Rough-legged Hawk 88 
Great Horned Owl 14 
Snowy Owl 46 
Barred Owl 36 
Long-eared Owl 3 
Short-eared Owl 23 
Northern Saw-whet Owl 8 
Belted Kingfisher 32 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 3 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 39 
Downy Woodpecker 178 
Hairy Woodpecker 11 
Northern Flicker 86 
American Kestrel 32 
Merlin 110 
Peregrine Falcon 138 
Olive-sided Flycatcher 3 
Eastern Wood-Pewee 14 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 6 
Acadian Flycatcher 1 
Alder Flycatcher 10 
Willow Flycatcher 63 
Least Flycatcher 12 
Eastern Phoebe 82 
Great Crested Flycatcher 55 
Eastern Kingbird 112 
Northern Shrike 30 
White-eyed Vireo 22 
Yellow-throated Vireo 3 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Blue-headed Vireo 36 
Philadelphia Vireo 6 
Warbling Vireo 9 
Red-eyed Vireo 81 
Blue Jay 280 
American Crow 293 
Fish Crow 11 
Common Raven 41 
Horned Lark 53 
Purple Martin 107 
Tree Swallow 163 
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 5 
Bank Swallow 51 
Cliff Swallow 6 
Barn Swallow 130 
Black-capped Chickadee 300 
Tufted Titmouse 27 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 103 
White-breasted Nuthatch 8 
Brown Creeper 15 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
House Wren 12 
Winter Wren 3 
Marsh Wren 123 
Carolina Wren 1 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 18 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 83 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 79 
Eastern Bluebird 3 
Veery 12 
Gray-cheeked Thrush 4 
Swainson's Thrush 15 
Hermit Thrush 71 
Wood Thrush 4 
American Robin 307 
Gray Catbird 194 
Brown Thrasher 134 
Northern Mockingbird 279 
European Starling 251 
Cedar Waxwing 154 
House Sparrow 241 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
American Pipit 15 
House Finch 173 
Purple Finch 126 
Red Crossbill 14 
Common Redpoll 7 
American Goldfinch 244 
Lapland Longspur 13 
Snow Bunting 59 
Ovenbird 17 
Worm-eating Warbler 1 
Louisiana Waterthrush 1 
Northern Waterthrush 31 
Blue-winged Warbler 5 
Black-and-white Warbler 42 
Prothonotary Warbler 1 
Tennessee Warbler 4 
Orange-crowned Warbler 8 
Nashville Warbler 18 
Connecticut Warbler 5 
Mourning Warbler 1 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Common Yellowthroat 134 
Hooded Warbler 4 
American Redstart 100 
Cape May Warbler 12 
Northern Parula 39 
Magnolia Warbler 34 
Bay-breasted Warbler 8 
Blackburnian Warbler 14 
Yellow Warbler 109 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 12 
Blackpoll Warbler 40 
Black-throated Blue Warbler 28 
Palm Warbler 40 
Pine Warbler 30 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 115 
Prairie Warbler 14 
Black-throated Green Warbler 42 
Canada Warbler 14 
Wilson's Warbler 22 
Eastern Towhee 173 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
American Tree Sparrow 107 
Chipping Sparrow 50 
Clay-colored Sparrow 22 
Field Sparrow 80 
Vesper Sparrow 2 
Lark Sparrow 4 
Savannah Sparrow 136 
Nelson's Sparrow 9 
Saltmarsh Sparrow 95 
Seaside Sparrow 47 
Fox Sparrow 3 
Song Sparrow 296 
Lincoln's Sparrow 9 
Swamp Sparrow 81 
White-throated Sparrow 127 
White-crowned Sparrow 29 
Dark-eyed Junco 84 
Scarlet Tanager 15 
Northern Cardinal 263 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 23 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Indigo Bunting 8 
Dickcissel 11 
Bobolink 111 
Red-winged Blackbird 183 
Eastern Meadowlark 5 
Western Meadowlark 2 
Rusty Blackbird 1 
Common Grackle 157 
Brown-headed Cowbird 90 
Orchard Oriole 61 
Baltimore Oriole 100 

Total species 271. Total reports 33,266. Total sightings 18,634.

January 1, 2018, Tom Wetmore