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2021 Quarter-Month Status
Birds of Plum Island, Essex County, Massachusetts

Compiled by Tom Wetmore


This table shows the 2021 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 2021.


Status of the Birds of Plum Island — updated January 1, 2022 — day 1

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snow Goose 20 
Brant 56 
Canada Goose 350 
Mute Swan 292 
Wood Duck 19 
Blue-winged Teal 69 
Northern Shoveler 59 
Gadwall 301 
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon 79 
Mallard 353 
American Black Duck 331 
Northern Pintail 178 
Green-winged Teal 270 
Canvasback
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup 46 
Lesser Scaup 11 
King Eider
Common Eider 239 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Harlequin Duck 20 
Surf Scoter 138 
White-winged Scoter 254 
Black Scoter 195 
Long-tailed Duck 183 
Bufflehead 170 
Common Goldeneye 134 
Barrow's Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser 109 
Common Merganser 13 
Red-breasted Merganser 188 
Ruddy Duck 11 
Wild Turkey 157 
Ring-necked Pheasant
Pied-billed Grebe 40 
Horned Grebe 149 
Red-necked Grebe 58 
Rock Pigeon 281 
Mourning Dove 313 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 12 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Eastern Whip-poor-will 16 
Chimney Swift 35 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 38 
Clapper Rail
King Rail 18 
Virginia Rail 30 
Sora
Common Gallinule
American Coot 80 
American Avocet
American Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover 187 
American Golden-Plover 29 
Killdeer 215 
Semipalmated Plover 168 
Piping Plover 123 
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel 26 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Hudsonian Godwit 21 
Ruddy Turnstone 69 
Red Knot 36 
Ruff
Stilt Sandpiper 70 
Sanderling 201 
Dunlin 195 
Purple Sandpiper 26 
Baird's Sandpiper 11 
Least Sandpiper 130 
White-rumped Sandpiper 108 
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper 46 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 164 
Western Sandpiper 15 
Short-billed Dowitcher 127 
Long-billed Dowitcher 62 
American Woodcock 28 
Wilson's Snipe
Spotted Sandpiper 103 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Solitary Sandpiper 22 
Lesser Yellowlegs 132 
Willet 129 
Greater Yellowlegs 228 
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Parasitic Jaeger
Razorbill 72 
Black Guillemot 31 
Black-legged Kittiwake
Bonaparte's Gull 45 
Little Gull
Laughing Gull 39 
Ring-billed Gull 257 
Herring Gull 359 
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull 20 
Great Black-backed Gull 346 
Least Tern 113 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Caspian Tern 11 
Black Tern
Roseate Tern 26 
Common Tern 122 
Arctic Tern
Forster's Tern
Royal Tern
Black Skimmer
Red-throated Loon 134 
Common Loon 238 
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 25 
Sooty Shearwater
Northern Gannet 130 
Great Cormorant 39 
Double-crested Cormorant 247 
American Bittern 26 
Least Bittern 108 
Great Blue Heron 220 
Great Egret 242 
Snowy Egret 179 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Little Blue Heron 12 
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron 85 
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 32 
Glossy Ibis 27 
Turkey Vulture 119 
Osprey 185 
Golden Eagle
Northern Harrier 274 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 43 
Cooper's Hawk 136 
Bald Eagle 165 
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk 133 
Rough-legged Hawk 59 
Great Horned Owl 27 
Snowy Owl 99 
Short-eared Owl 24 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Belted Kingfisher 50 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 39 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 68 
Downy Woodpecker 270 
Hairy Woodpecker 35 
Northern Flicker 161 
American Kestrel 38 
Merlin 96 
Peregrine Falcon 168 
Great Crested Flycatcher 106 
Western Kingbird 13 
Eastern Kingbird 130 
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee 32 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher 16 
Willow Flycatcher 83 
Least Flycatcher 22 
Eastern Phoebe 114 
Northern Shrike
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo 39 
Blue-headed Vireo 48 
Philadelphia Vireo 15 
Warbling Vireo 23 
Red-eyed Vireo 131 
Blue Jay 315 
American Crow 322 
Fish Crow 29 
Common Raven 109 
Horned Lark 94 
Bank Swallow 75 
Tree Swallow 175 
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10 
Purple Martin 122 
Barn Swallow 146 
Cliff Swallow
Black-capped Chickadee 356 
Tufted Titmouse 25 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 154 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
White-breasted Nuthatch 17 
Brown Creeper 36 
House Wren 42 
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren 194 
Carolina Wren 132 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 12 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 74 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 69 
Eastern Bluebird
Veery 20 
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush 23 
Hermit Thrush 129 
Wood Thrush
American Robin 354 
Gray Catbird 288 
Brown Thrasher 146 
Northern Mockingbird 343 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
European Starling 300 
Cedar Waxwing 196 
House Sparrow 309 
American Pipit 34 
House Finch 302 
Purple Finch 158 
Common Redpoll 34 
Hoary Redpoll
Red Crossbill 43 
White-winged Crossbill
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch 286 
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting 62 
Lark Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow 78 
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow 129 
Fox Sparrow 31 
American Tree Sparrow 131 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Dark-eyed Junco 111 
White-crowned Sparrow 32 
White-throated Sparrow 193 
Seaside Sparrow 65 
Nelson's Sparrow 13 
Saltmarsh Sparrow 143 
Savannah Sparrow 160 
Song Sparrow 348 
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow 185 
Eastern Towhee 199 
Bobolink 128 
Eastern Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole 75 
Baltimore Oriole 109 
Red-winged Blackbird 255 
Brown-headed Cowbird 127 
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle 198 
Ovenbird 24 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush 30 
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler 53 
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler 19 
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat 148 
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart 115 
Cape May Warbler 15 
Northern Parula 49 
Magnolia Warbler 38 
Bay-breasted Warbler 19 
Blackburnian Warbler 24 
Yellow Warbler 128 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 23 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Blackpoll Warbler 47 
Black-throated Blue Warbler 20 
Palm Warbler 53 
Pine Warbler 92 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 164 
Prairie Warbler 20 
Black-throated Green Warbler 41 
Canada Warbler 14 
Wilson's Warbler 22 
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager 17 
Northern Cardinal 351 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 35 
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel 17 

Total species 275. Total reports 68,460. Total sightings 24,205.

January 1, 2022, Tom Wetmore