Tom’s Birding Page

2019 Quarter-Month Status
Birds of Plum Island, Essex County, Massachusetts

Compiled by Tom Wetmore

This table shows the 2019 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 2019.

Status of the Birds of Plum Island — updated January 1, 2020 — day 1

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Ross's Goose 1 
Brant 50 
Canada Goose 329 
Mute Swan 170 
Tundra Swan 2 
Wood Duck 35 
Blue-winged Teal 44 
Northern Shoveler 64 
Gadwall 234 
Eurasian Wigeon 4 
American Wigeon 93 
Mallard 323 
American Black Duck 322 
Northern Pintail 113 
Green-winged Teal 207 
Redhead 1 
Ring-necked Duck 38 
Greater Scaup 60 
Lesser Scaup 22 
King Eider 47 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Common Eider 241 
Surf Scoter 76 
White-winged Scoter 180 
Black Scoter 188 
Long-tailed Duck 148 
Bufflehead 153 
Common Goldeneye 148 
Hooded Merganser 73 
Common Merganser 14 
Red-breasted Merganser 162 
Ruddy Duck 10 
Wild Turkey 151 
Pied-billed Grebe 28 
Horned Grebe 95 
Red-necked Grebe 36 
Rock Pigeon 218 
Mourning Dove 274 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 3 
Black-billed Cuckoo 9 
Common Nighthawk 2 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Chuck-will's-widow 1 
Eastern Whip-poor-will 23 
Chimney Swift 19 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 28 
Clapper Rail 2 
Virginia Rail 12 
Sora 17 
American Coot 25 
Sandhill Crane 1 
American Avocet 16 
American Oystercatcher 7 
Black-bellied Plover 167 
American Golden-Plover 37 
Killdeer 186 
Common Ringed Plover 3 
Semipalmated Plover 144 
Piping Plover 118 
Wilson's Plover 4 
Whimbrel 30 
Hudsonian Godwit 26 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Marbled Godwit 5 
Ruddy Turnstone 48 
Red Knot 31 
Stilt Sandpiper 33 
Red-necked Stint 4 
Sanderling 153 
Dunlin 147 
Purple Sandpiper 8 
Baird's Sandpiper 24 
Least Sandpiper 111 
White-rumped Sandpiper 87 
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 8 
Pectoral Sandpiper 49 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 147 
Western Sandpiper 42 
Short-billed Dowitcher 114 
Long-billed Dowitcher 69 
American Woodcock 30 
Wilson's Snipe 5 
Spotted Sandpiper 99 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Solitary Sandpiper 7 
Lesser Yellowlegs 120 
Willet 112 
Greater Yellowlegs 213 
Wilson's Phalarope 12 
Parasitic Jaeger 3 
Thick-billed Murre 1 
Razorbill 27 
Black-legged Kittiwake 1 
Bonaparte's Gull 24 
Laughing Gull 36 
Ring-billed Gull 216 
Herring Gull 335 
Iceland Gull 1 
Lesser Black-backed Gull 17 
Glaucous Gull 3 
Great Black-backed Gull 301 
Least Tern 113 
Gull-billed Tern 10 
Caspian Tern 13 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Black Tern 3 
Roseate Tern 21 
Common Tern 108 
Forster's Tern 6 
Royal Tern 5 
Black Skimmer 9 
Red-throated Loon 73 
Pacific Loon 1 
Common Loon 219 
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 16 
Sooty Shearwater 1 
Manx Shearwater 4 
Northern Gannet 106 
Neotropic Cormorant 1 
Double-crested Cormorant 232 
Great Cormorant 10 
American Bittern 22 
Least Bittern 29 
Great Blue Heron 186 
Great Egret 227 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Little Egret 1 
Snowy Egret 169 
Little Blue Heron 3 
Tricolored Heron 2 
Green Heron 7 
Black-crowned Night-Heron 72 
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 28 
Glossy Ibis 13 
Black Vulture 1 
Turkey Vulture 128 
Osprey 178 
Golden Eagle 1 
Northern Harrier 228 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 37 
Cooper's Hawk 92 
Bald Eagle 104 
Red-shouldered Hawk 3 
Broad-winged Hawk 3 
Red-tailed Hawk 151 
Rough-legged Hawk 80 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Eastern Screech-Owl 1 
Great Horned Owl 11 
Snowy Owl 57 
Barred Owl 17 
Long-eared Owl 3 
Short-eared Owl 24 
Northern Saw-whet Owl 5 
Belted Kingfisher 37 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 16 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 29 
Downy Woodpecker 190 
Hairy Woodpecker 102 
Northern Flicker 120 
American Kestrel 47 
Merlin 92 
Peregrine Falcon 137 
Ash-throated Flycatcher 2 
Great Crested Flycatcher 82 
Western Kingbird 3 
Eastern Kingbird 131 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Olive-sided Flycatcher 7 
Eastern Wood-Pewee 32 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 12 
Acadian Flycatcher 1 
Alder Flycatcher 32 
Willow Flycatcher 81 
Least Flycatcher 23 
Eastern Phoebe 100 
Northern Shrike 42 
White-eyed Vireo 9 
Yellow-throated Vireo 7 
Blue-headed Vireo 33 
Philadelphia Vireo 9 
Warbling Vireo 12 
Red-eyed Vireo 91 
Blue Jay 287 
American Crow 249 
Fish Crow 10 
Common Raven 64 
Horned Lark 47 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Bank Swallow 42 
Tree Swallow 191 
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10 
Purple Martin 117 
Barn Swallow 123 
Cliff Swallow 5 
Black-capped Chickadee 324 
Tufted Titmouse 21 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 91 
White-breasted Nuthatch 48 
Brown Creeper 16 
House Wren 11 
Winter Wren 13 
Sedge Wren 1 
Marsh Wren 138 
Carolina Wren 189 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 28 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 64 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 66 
Eastern Bluebird 3 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Veery 20 
Gray-cheeked Thrush 1 
Swainson's Thrush 33 
Hermit Thrush 88 
Wood Thrush 6 
American Robin 330 
Gray Catbird 216 
Brown Thrasher 139 
Northern Mockingbird 268 
European Starling 276 
Cedar Waxwing 170 
House Sparrow 250 
American Pipit 23 
House Finch 228 
Purple Finch 126 
Common Redpoll 9 
Red Crossbill 1 
Pine Siskin 5 
American Goldfinch 270 
Lapland Longspur 6 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snow Bunting 56 
Lark Sparrow 4 
Chipping Sparrow 60 
Clay-colored Sparrow 1 
Field Sparrow 116 
Fox Sparrow 13 
American Tree Sparrow 110 
Dark-eyed Junco 85 
White-crowned Sparrow 25 
White-throated Sparrow 163 
Vesper Sparrow 3 
Seaside Sparrow 50 
Nelson's Sparrow 9 
Saltmarsh Sparrow 112 
Savannah Sparrow 134 
Song Sparrow 293 
Lincoln's Sparrow 13 
Swamp Sparrow 151 
Eastern Towhee 193 
Yellow-breasted Chat 14 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Yellow-headed Blackbird 2 
Bobolink 116 
Eastern Meadowlark 9 
Orchard Oriole 74 
Baltimore Oriole 98 
Red-winged Blackbird 205 
Brown-headed Cowbird 107 
Common Grackle 167 
Ovenbird 28 
Worm-eating Warbler 2 
Northern Waterthrush 36 
Blue-winged Warbler 2 
Black-and-white Warbler 40 
Tennessee Warbler 16 
Orange-crowned Warbler 3 
Nashville Warbler 21 
Connecticut Warbler 2 
Mourning Warbler 10 
Kentucky Warbler 1 
Common Yellowthroat 146 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
American Redstart 107 
Cape May Warbler 20 
Northern Parula 38 
Magnolia Warbler 37 
Bay-breasted Warbler 28 
Blackburnian Warbler 20 
Yellow Warbler 124 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 25 
Blackpoll Warbler 47 
Black-throated Blue Warbler 33 
Palm Warbler 43 
Pine Warbler 63 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 135 
Yellow-throated Warbler 2 
Prairie Warbler 15 
Black-throated Green Warbler 44 
Canada Warbler 17 
Wilson's Warbler 22 
Summer Tanager 4 
Scarlet Tanager 14 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Northern Cardinal 293 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 18 
Indigo Bunting 4 
Dickcissel 4 

Total species 284. Total reports 41,506. Total sightings 20,660.

January 1, 2020, Tom Wetmore