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2024 Quarter-Month Status
Birds of Plum Island, Essex County, Massachusetts

Compiled by Tom Wetmore


This table shows the 2024 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 2024.


Status of the Birds of Plum Island — updated November 20, 2024 — day 325

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Snow Goose
Brant 74 
Canada Goose 320 
Mute Swan 246 
Wood Duck 15 
Blue-winged Teal 42 
Northern Shoveler 79 
Gadwall 303 
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon 85 
Mallard 320 
American Black Duck 308 
Northern Pintail 193 
Green-winged Teal 292 
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup 114 
Lesser Scaup 107 
Common Eider 280 
Harlequin Duck
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Surf Scoter 154 
White-winged Scoter 203 
Black Scoter 170 
Long-tailed Duck 173 
Bufflehead 157 
Common Goldeneye 114 
Hooded Merganser 111 
Common Merganser 47 
Red-breasted Merganser 180 
Ruddy Duck 59 
Wild Turkey 141 
Ring-necked Pheasant
Pied-billed Grebe 44 
Horned Grebe 138 
Red-necked Grebe 48 
Rock Pigeon 224 
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove 297 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo 22 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Common Nighthawk
Eastern Whip-poor-will 32 
Chimney Swift 41 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 50 
King Rail 16 
Clapper Rail
Virginia Rail 77 
Sora 19 
American Coot 27 
American Oystercatcher 10 
Black-bellied Plover 150 
American Golden-Plover 36 
Killdeer 219 
Common Ringed Plover
Semipalmated Plover 173 
Piping Plover 138 
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel 34 
Hudsonian Godwit 15 
Ruddy Turnstone 51 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Red Knot 36 
Ruff
Stilt Sandpiper 69 
Curlew Sandpiper
Sanderling 204 
Dunlin 180 
Purple Sandpiper 14 
Baird's Sandpiper 10 
Least Sandpiper 130 
White-rumped Sandpiper 106 
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper 41 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 166 
Western Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher 116 
Long-billed Dowitcher 91 
American Woodcock 33 
Wilson's Snipe 10 
Spotted Sandpiper 94 
Solitary Sandpiper 12 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Lesser Yellowlegs 144 
Willet 127 
Greater Yellowlegs 220 
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Dovekie
Razorbill 44 
Black Guillemot 76 
Black-legged Kittiwake
Bonaparte's Gull 39 
Black-headed Gull
Laughing Gull 72 
Ring-billed Gull 271 
Herring Gull 320 
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull 27 
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull 313 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Least Tern 113 
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Roseate Tern 47 
Common Tern 143 
Arctic Tern
Forster's Tern 33 
Black Skimmer
Red-throated Loon 152 
Pacific Loon
Common Loon 282 
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Cory's Shearwater 41 
Sooty Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Northern Gannet 118 
Great Cormorant 20 
Double-crested Cormorant 247 
American Bittern 50 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Least Bittern 86 
Great Blue Heron 209 
Great Egret 231 
Snowy Egret 183 
Little Blue Heron 12 
Tricolored Heron 17 
Green Heron 10 
Black-crowned Night-Heron 115 
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 45 
Glossy Ibis 50 
Turkey Vulture 152 
Osprey 209 
Golden Eagle
Northern Harrier 259 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 60 
Cooper's Hawk 126 
Bald Eagle 151 
Mississippi Kite
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk 22 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Red-tailed Hawk 133 
Rough-legged Hawk 29 
Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl
Barred Owl 16 
Short-eared Owl 53 
Belted Kingfisher 84 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 36 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 31 
Downy Woodpecker 243 
Hairy Woodpecker 13 
Northern Flicker 215 
Pileated Woodpecker
American Kestrel 36 
Merlin 127 
Peregrine Falcon 132 
Great Crested Flycatcher 110 
Eastern Kingbird 127 
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Olive-sided Flycatcher
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Eastern Wood-Pewee 68 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 13 
Alder Flycatcher 14 
Willow Flycatcher 92 
Least Flycatcher 24 
Eastern Phoebe 115 
White-eyed Vireo 14 
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo 48 
Philadelphia Vireo
Warbling Vireo 22 
Red-eyed Vireo 142 
Northern Shrike
Blue Jay 299 
American Crow 308 
Fish Crow 34 
Common Raven 113 
Black-capped Chickadee 319 
Tufted Titmouse 46 
Horned Lark 54 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Bank Swallow 56 
Tree Swallow 173 
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10 
Purple Martin 125 
Barn Swallow 157 
Cliff Swallow
Cave Swallow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 69 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 110 
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing 160 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 87 
White-breasted Nuthatch 105 
Brown Creeper 34 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 18 
House Wren 105 
Winter Wren 10 
Marsh Wren 187 
Carolina Wren 251 
Gray Catbird 237 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Brown Thrasher 157 
Northern Mockingbird 308 
European Starling 289 
Eastern Bluebird
Veery 21 
Swainson's Thrush 21 
Hermit Thrush 112 
Wood Thrush
American Robin 319 
House Sparrow 288 
American Pipit 36 
House Finch 295 
Purple Finch 161 
Common Redpoll
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
Pine Siskin 27 
American Goldfinch 286 
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting 36 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Lark Sparrow
Lark Bunting
Chipping Sparrow 73 
Clay-colored Sparrow 11 
Field Sparrow 151 
Fox Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow 107 
Dark-eyed Junco 122 
White-crowned Sparrow 24 
White-throated Sparrow 195 
Vesper Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow 43 
Nelson's Sparrow 13 
Saltmarsh Sparrow 122 
Savannah Sparrow 151 
Song Sparrow 317 
Lincoln's Sparrow 15 
Swamp Sparrow 198 
Eastern Towhee 225 
Bobolink 110 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Eastern Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole 87 
Baltimore Oriole 127 
Red-winged Blackbird 250 
Brown-headed Cowbird 111 
Rusty Blackbird 12 
Common Grackle 211 
Ovenbird 43 
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush 31 
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler 69 
Tennessee Warbler 15 
Orange-crowned Warbler 16 
Nashville Warbler 28 
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler 10 
Common Yellowthroat 161 
Hooded Warbler
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
American Redstart 134 
Cape May Warbler 23 
Cerulean Warbler
Northern Parula 51 
Magnolia Warbler 40 
Bay-breasted Warbler 21 
Blackburnian Warbler 25 
Yellow Warbler 138 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 25 
Blackpoll Warbler 45 
Black-throated Blue Warbler 37 
Palm Warbler 45 
Pine Warbler 21 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 183 
Prairie Warbler 16 
Black-throated Green Warbler 40 
Canada Warbler 21 
Wilson's Warbler 26 
Scarlet Tanager 22 
Northern Cardinal 317 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 65 
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel

Total species 284. Total reports 81,761. Total sightings 24,234.

November 20, 2024, Tom Wetmore