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2022 Quarter-Month Status
Birds of Plum Island, Essex County, Massachusetts

Compiled by Tom Wetmore


This table shows the 2022 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 2022.


Status of the Birds of Plum Island — updated January 1, 2023 — day 1

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snow Goose
Brant 51 
Canada Goose 354 
Mute Swan 301 
Wood Duck 25 
Blue-winged Teal 30 
Northern Shoveler 48 
Gadwall 284 
American Wigeon 71 
Mallard 352 
American Black Duck 350 
Northern Pintail 149 
Green-winged Teal 267 
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck 44 
Greater Scaup 51 
Lesser Scaup 20 
King Eider
Common Eider 204 
Harlequin Duck
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Surf Scoter 145 
White-winged Scoter 267 
Black Scoter 194 
Long-tailed Duck 188 
Bufflehead 158 
Common Goldeneye 143 
Hooded Merganser 139 
Common Merganser 25 
Red-breasted Merganser 182 
Ruddy Duck 12 
Wild Turkey 136 
Ring-necked Pheasant 18 
Pied-billed Grebe 34 
Horned Grebe 141 
Red-necked Grebe 59 
Western Grebe
Rock Pigeon 310 
Mourning Dove 314 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Common Nighthawk
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Chimney Swift 24 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 36 
King Rail 26 
Clapper Rail
Virginia Rail 70 
Sora 12 
American Coot 54 
American Avocet 69 
American Oystercatcher
Northern Lapwing
Black-bellied Plover 153 
American Golden-Plover 17 
Killdeer 212 
Semipalmated Plover 152 
Piping Plover 138 
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel 28 
Hudsonian Godwit
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone 36 
Red Knot
Stilt Sandpiper 55 
Sanderling 171 
Dunlin 158 
Purple Sandpiper 10 
Baird's Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper 121 
White-rumped Sandpiper 115 
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper 56 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 161 
Western Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher 107 
Long-billed Dowitcher 72 
American Woodcock 31 
Wilson's Snipe
Spotted Sandpiper 80 
Solitary Sandpiper 13 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Lesser Yellowlegs 127 
Willet 127 
Greater Yellowlegs 230 
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Parasitic Jaeger
Dovekie 10 
Thick-billed Murre
Razorbill 79 
Black Guillemot 20 
Black-legged Kittiwake 10 
Bonaparte's Gull 41 
Black-headed Gull
Laughing Gull 39 
Ring-billed Gull 265 
Herring Gull 359 
Iceland Gull 18 
Lesser Black-backed Gull 12 
Great Black-backed Gull 340 
Least Tern 114 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Caspian Tern 12 
Black Tern 16 
Roseate Tern 25 
Common Tern 127 
Arctic Tern
Forster's Tern
Black Skimmer
Red-throated Loon 142 
Common Loon 264 
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Cory's Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Northern Gannet 131 
Great Cormorant 29 
Double-crested Cormorant 256 
American Bittern 29 
Least Bittern 63 
Great Blue Heron 240 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Great Egret 231 
Snowy Egret 173 
Little Blue Heron 13 
Tricolored Heron 33 
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron 112 
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 52 
Glossy Ibis 40 
Turkey Vulture 138 
Osprey 186 
Golden Eagle
Northern Harrier 279 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 41 
Cooper's Hawk 148 
Bald Eagle 164 
Mississippi Kite
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk 144 
Rough-legged Hawk 33 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl 77 
Barred Owl 19 
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl 10 
Belted Kingfisher 50 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 59 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 81 
Downy Woodpecker 287 
Hairy Woodpecker 44 
Northern Flicker 178 
American Kestrel 53 
Merlin 139 
Peregrine Falcon 143 
Great Crested Flycatcher 89 
Eastern Kingbird 128 
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee 42 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Alder Flycatcher 27 
Willow Flycatcher 94 
Least Flycatcher 16 
Eastern Phoebe 123 
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo 37 
Philadelphia Vireo 14 
Warbling Vireo 18 
Red-eyed Vireo 135 
Northern Shrike 26 
Blue Jay 338 
American Crow 331 
Fish Crow 32 
Common Raven 120 
Black-capped Chickadee 356 
Tufted Titmouse 90 
Horned Lark 93 
Bank Swallow 68 
Tree Swallow 183 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Purple Martin 114 
Barn Swallow 149 
Cliff Swallow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 88 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 80 
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing 171 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 189 
White-breasted Nuthatch 100 
Brown Creeper 65 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 17 
House Wren 66 
Winter Wren 14 
Marsh Wren 167 
Carolina Wren 67 
Gray Catbird 253 
Brown Thrasher 172 
Northern Mockingbird 331 
European Starling 288 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Eastern Bluebird
Veery 22 
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush 32 
Hermit Thrush 125 
Wood Thrush
American Robin 351 
House Sparrow 305 
American Pipit 17 
Evening Grosbeak
House Finch 318 
Purple Finch 171 
Common Redpoll
Red Crossbill 18 
White-winged Crossbill
Pine Siskin 25 
American Goldfinch 289 
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting 56 
Grasshopper Sparrow
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Lark Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow 74 
Clay-colored Sparrow 21 
Field Sparrow 120 
Fox Sparrow 33 
American Tree Sparrow 143 
Dark-eyed Junco 135 
White-crowned Sparrow 35 
White-throated Sparrow 206 
Vesper Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow 52 
Nelson's Sparrow 13 
Saltmarsh Sparrow 124 
Savannah Sparrow 150 
Song Sparrow 349 
Lincoln's Sparrow 18 
Swamp Sparrow 173 
Eastern Towhee 226 
Yellow-breasted Chat
Bobolink 111 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Eastern Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole 82 
Baltimore Oriole 121 
Red-winged Blackbird 248 
Brown-headed Cowbird 133 
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle 197 
Ovenbird 25 
Northern Waterthrush 29 
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler 53 
Tennessee Warbler 14 
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler 26 
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Common Yellowthroat 151 
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart 124 
Cape May Warbler 25 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Northern Parula 62 
Magnolia Warbler 30 
Bay-breasted Warbler 13 
Blackburnian Warbler 18 
Yellow Warbler 125 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 19 
Blackpoll Warbler 48 
Black-throated Blue Warbler 34 
Palm Warbler 56 
Pine Warbler 63 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 207 
Prairie Warbler 17 
Black-throated Green Warbler 38 
Canada Warbler 23 
Wilson's Warbler 22 
Scarlet Tanager 13 
Northern Cardinal 348 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 38 
Indigo Bunting 10 
Dickcissel 13 

Total species 280. Total reports 77,294. Total sightings 24,388.

January 1, 2023, Tom Wetmore