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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 6 
Blue-winged Teal 15 
Northern Shoveler 15 
Gadwall 134 
Eurasian Wigeon 2 
American Wigeon 12 
Mallard 154 
American Black Duck 152 
Northern Pintail 86 
Green-winged Teal 108 
Ring-necked Duck 4 
Greater Scaup 14 
Lesser Scaup 4 
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 1 
Wild Turkey 59 
Pied-billed Grebe 8 
Horned Grebe 96 
Red-necked Grebe 51 
Rock Pigeon 132 
Mourning Dove 133 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 6 
Black-billed Cuckoo 8 
Eastern Whip-poor-will 2 
Chimney Swift 20 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 24 
King Rail 6 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Virginia Rail 13 
Common Gallinule 14 
American Coot 13 
American Oystercatcher 1 
Black-bellied Plover 47 
American Golden-Plover 1 
Killdeer 87 
Semipalmated Plover 27 
Piping Plover 61 
Ruddy Turnstone 15 
Red Knot 1 
Stilt Sandpiper 1 
Sanderling 69 
Dunlin 59 
Purple Sandpiper 28 
Least Sandpiper 28 
White-rumped Sandpiper 16 
Pectoral Sandpiper 4 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 27 
Short-billed Dowitcher 15 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Long-billed Dowitcher 2 
American Woodcock 19 
Wilson's Snipe 18 
Spotted Sandpiper 8 
Solitary Sandpiper 4 
Lesser Yellowlegs 44 
Willet 46 
Greater Yellowlegs 64 
Wilson's Phalarope 5 
Red-necked Phalarope 3 
Red Phalarope 2 
Common Murre 1 
Thick-billed Murre 1 
Razorbill 52 
Black Guillemot 1 
Black-legged Kittiwake 16 
Bonaparte's Gull 7 
Laughing Gull 1 
Ring-billed Gull 99 
Herring Gull 157 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Iceland Gull 3 
Lesser Black-backed Gull 4 
Great Black-backed Gull 153 
Least Tern 27 
Caspian Tern 1 
Roseate Tern 13 
Common Tern 32 
Royal Tern 1 
Red-throated Loon 91 
Pacific Loon 1 
Common Loon 129 
Northern Gannet 27 
Great Cormorant 4 
Double-crested Cormorant 74 
American Bittern 5 
Least Bittern 15 
Great Blue Heron 63 
Great Egret 76 
Snowy Egret 46 
Green Heron 6 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Black-crowned Night-Heron 4 
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 4 
Glossy Ibis 9 
Turkey Vulture 58 
Osprey 71 
Northern Harrier 137 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 32 
Cooper's Hawk 50 
Bald Eagle 96 
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 
Red-tailed Hawk 66 
Rough-legged Hawk 34 
Great Horned Owl 2 
Snowy Owl 2 
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 3 
Northern Flicker 59 
American Kestrel 51 
Merlin 54 
Peregrine Falcon 38 
Great Crested Flycatcher 30 
Eastern Kingbird 32 
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 
Eastern Wood-Pewee 19 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 3 
Alder Flycatcher 7 
Willow Flycatcher 18 
Least Flycatcher 17 
Eastern Phoebe 40 
White-eyed Vireo 3 
Blue-headed Vireo 22 
Philadelphia Vireo 4 
Warbling Vireo 9 
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 7 
Purple Martin 53 
Barn Swallow 45 
Cliff Swallow 4 
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 4 
Marsh Wren 59 
Carolina Wren 26 
Gray Catbird 45 
Brown Thrasher 52 
Northern Mockingbird 138 
European Starling 127 
Eastern Bluebird 1 
Veery 18 
Swainson's Thrush 14 
Hermit Thrush 62 
Wood Thrush 11 
American Robin 149 
House Sparrow 141 
American Pipit 3 
House Finch 143 
Purple Finch 62 
Red Crossbill 42 
Pine Siskin 1 
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 7 
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 2 
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 5 
Common Grackle 101 
Ovenbird 25 
Northern Waterthrush 22 
Blue-winged Warbler 1 
Black-and-white Warbler 29 
Tennessee Warbler 17 
Nashville Warbler 15 
Mourning Warbler 10 
Common Yellowthroat 36 
Hooded Warbler 2 
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 1 
Scarlet Tanager 15 
Northern Cardinal 142 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 22 
Indigo Bunting 2 

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

June 7, 2023, Tom Wetmore