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2023 Quarter-Month Status
Birds of Plum Island, Essex County, Massachusetts

Compiled by Tom Wetmore


This table shows the 2023 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 2023.


Status of the Birds of Plum Island — updated June 7, 2023 — day 158

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Brant 50 
Canada Goose 157 
Mute Swan 128 
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal 15 
Northern Shoveler 15 
Gadwall 134 
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon 12 
Mallard 154 
American Black Duck 152 
Northern Pintail 86 
Green-winged Teal 108 
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup 14 
Lesser Scaup
King Eider 12 
Common Eider 114 
Surf Scoter 96 
White-winged Scoter 127 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Black Scoter 118 
Long-tailed Duck 131 
Bufflehead 116 
Common Goldeneye 102 
Hooded Merganser 77 
Common Merganser 23 
Red-breasted Merganser 121 
Ruddy Duck
Wild Turkey 59 
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe 96 
Red-necked Grebe 51 
Rock Pigeon 132 
Mourning Dove 133 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Chimney Swift 20 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 24 
King Rail
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Virginia Rail 13 
Common Gallinule 14 
American Coot 13 
American Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover 47 
American Golden-Plover
Killdeer 87 
Semipalmated Plover 27 
Piping Plover 61 
Ruddy Turnstone 15 
Red Knot
Stilt Sandpiper
Sanderling 69 
Dunlin 59 
Purple Sandpiper 28 
Least Sandpiper 28 
White-rumped Sandpiper 16 
Pectoral Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper 27 
Short-billed Dowitcher 15 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Long-billed Dowitcher
American Woodcock 19 
Wilson's Snipe 18 
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs 44 
Willet 46 
Greater Yellowlegs 64 
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Common Murre
Thick-billed Murre
Razorbill 52 
Black Guillemot
Black-legged Kittiwake 16 
Bonaparte's Gull
Laughing Gull
Ring-billed Gull 99 
Herring Gull 157 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull 153 
Least Tern 27 
Caspian Tern
Roseate Tern 13 
Common Tern 32 
Royal Tern
Red-throated Loon 91 
Pacific Loon
Common Loon 129 
Northern Gannet 27 
Great Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant 74 
American Bittern
Least Bittern 15 
Great Blue Heron 63 
Great Egret 76 
Snowy Egret 46 
Green Heron
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Glossy Ibis
Turkey Vulture 58 
Osprey 71 
Northern Harrier 137 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 32 
Cooper's Hawk 50 
Bald Eagle 96 
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk 66 
Rough-legged Hawk 34 
Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl
Barred Owl 32 
Short-eared Owl 14 
Belted Kingfisher 14 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 23 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 16 
Downy Woodpecker 108 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker 59 
American Kestrel 51 
Merlin 54 
Peregrine Falcon 38 
Great Crested Flycatcher 30 
Eastern Kingbird 32 
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee 19 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher 18 
Least Flycatcher 17 
Eastern Phoebe 40 
White-eyed Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo 22 
Philadelphia Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo 25 
Blue Jay 141 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
American Crow 143 
Fish Crow 21 
Common Raven 94 
Black-capped Chickadee 153 
Tufted Titmouse 45 
Horned Lark 55 
Bank Swallow 18 
Tree Swallow 67 
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Purple Martin 53 
Barn Swallow 45 
Cliff Swallow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 43 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 32 
Cedar Waxwing 37 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 114 
White-breasted Nuthatch 39 
Brown Creeper 29 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 17 
House Wren 37 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren 59 
Carolina Wren 26 
Gray Catbird 45 
Brown Thrasher 52 
Northern Mockingbird 138 
European Starling 127 
Eastern Bluebird
Veery 18 
Swainson's Thrush 14 
Hermit Thrush 62 
Wood Thrush 11 
American Robin 149 
House Sparrow 141 
American Pipit
House Finch 143 
Purple Finch 62 
Red Crossbill 42 
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch 98 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snow Bunting 13 
Chipping Sparrow 31 
Field Sparrow 57 
Fox Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow 92 
Dark-eyed Junco 64 
White-crowned Sparrow 16 
White-throated Sparrow 96 
Seaside Sparrow 25 
Saltmarsh Sparrow 19 
Savannah Sparrow 50 
Song Sparrow 153 
Lincoln's Sparrow 10 
Swamp Sparrow 69 
Eastern Towhee 65 
Yellow-breasted Chat 11 
Bobolink 30 
Eastern Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole 41 
Baltimore Oriole 31 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Red-winged Blackbird 107 
Brown-headed Cowbird 75 
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle 101 
Ovenbird 25 
Northern Waterthrush 22 
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler 29 
Tennessee Warbler 17 
Nashville Warbler 15 
Mourning Warbler 10 
Common Yellowthroat 36 
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart 30 
Cape May Warbler 11 
Northern Parula 30 
Magnolia Warbler 29 
Bay-breasted Warbler 18 
Blackburnian Warbler 20 
Yellow Warbler 40 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Chestnut-sided Warbler 22 
Blackpoll Warbler 23 
Black-throated Blue Warbler 22 
Palm Warbler 37 
Pine Warbler 17 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 59 
Prairie Warbler 14 
Black-throated Green Warbler 27 
Canada Warbler 18 
Wilson's Warbler 20 
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager 15 
Northern Cardinal 142 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 22 
Indigo Bunting

Total species 235. Total reports 35,559. Total sightings 10,016.

June 7, 2023, Tom Wetmore