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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 July 27, 2024 — day 209

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 1 
Snow Goose 7 
Brant 58 
Canada Goose 204 
Mute Swan 174 
Wood Duck 4 
Blue-winged Teal 20 
Northern Shoveler 66 
Gadwall 196 
Eurasian Wigeon 2 
American Wigeon 30 
Mallard 204 
American Black Duck 196 
Northern Pintail 108 
Green-winged Teal 177 
Ring-necked Duck 9 
Greater Scaup 99 
Lesser Scaup 100 
Common Eider 169 
Surf Scoter 97 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
White-winged Scoter 128 
Black Scoter 118 
Long-tailed Duck 140 
Bufflehead 125 
Common Goldeneye 108 
Hooded Merganser 89 
Common Merganser 45 
Red-breasted Merganser 137 
Ruddy Duck 57 
Wild Turkey 81 
Ring-necked Pheasant 1 
Pied-billed Grebe 20 
Horned Grebe 105 
Red-necked Grebe 30 
Rock Pigeon 142 
Mourning Dove 186 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 4 
Black-billed Cuckoo 20 
Eastern Whip-poor-will 22 
Chimney Swift 33 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 31 
King Rail 16 
Clapper Rail 7 
Virginia Rail 57 
Sora 1 
American Coot 27 
American Oystercatcher 8 
Black-bellied Plover 42 
American Golden-Plover 3 
Killdeer 148 
Semipalmated Plover 64 
Piping Plover 106 
Whimbrel 6 
Hudsonian Godwit 5 
Ruddy Turnstone 20 
Red Knot 7 
Ruff 1 
Stilt Sandpiper 18 
Curlew Sandpiper 2 
Sanderling 97 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Dunlin 94 
Purple Sandpiper 11 
Least Sandpiper 67 
White-rumped Sandpiper 24 
Pectoral Sandpiper 12 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 71 
Short-billed Dowitcher 52 
Long-billed Dowitcher 9 
American Woodcock 28 
Wilson's Snipe 8 
Spotted Sandpiper 45 
Solitary Sandpiper 2 
Lesser Yellowlegs 71 
Willet 94 
Greater Yellowlegs 104 
Wilson's Phalarope 3 
Red-necked Phalarope 1 
Pomarine Jaeger 1 
Dovekie 1 
Razorbill 32 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Black Guillemot 1 
Black-legged Kittiwake 2 
Bonaparte's Gull 12 
Black-headed Gull 1 
Laughing Gull 7 
Ring-billed Gull 155 
Herring Gull 204 
Iceland Gull 4 
Lesser Black-backed Gull 7 
Glaucous Gull 2 
Great Black-backed Gull 197 
Least Tern 78 
Caspian Tern 1 
Black Tern 1 
Roseate Tern 39 
Common Tern 84 
Arctic Tern 1 
Black Skimmer 3 
Red-throated Loon 101 
Pacific Loon 1 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Common Loon 175 
Cory's Shearwater 1 
Sooty Shearwater 1 
Manx Shearwater 1 
Northern Gannet 34 
Great Cormorant 7 
Double-crested Cormorant 131 
American Bittern 39 
Least Bittern 56 
Great Blue Heron 94 
Great Egret 124 
Snowy Egret 101 
Little Blue Heron 8 
Tricolored Heron 17 
Green Heron 4 
Black-crowned Night-Heron 45 
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 8 
Glossy Ibis 33 
Turkey Vulture 91 
Osprey 121 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Golden Eagle 1 
Northern Harrier 153 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 32 
Cooper's Hawk 51 
Bald Eagle 118 
Mississippi Kite 1 
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 
Broad-winged Hawk 3 
Red-tailed Hawk 75 
Rough-legged Hawk 27 
Great Horned Owl 3 
Barred Owl 3 
Short-eared Owl 50 
Belted Kingfisher 49 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 25 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 9 
Downy Woodpecker 136 
Hairy Woodpecker 1 
Northern Flicker 124 
American Kestrel 35 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Merlin 58 
Peregrine Falcon 44 
Great Crested Flycatcher 77 
Eastern Kingbird 86 
Olive-sided Flycatcher 6 
Eastern Wood-Pewee 53 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 10 
Alder Flycatcher 14 
Willow Flycatcher 73 
Least Flycatcher 19 
Eastern Phoebe 55 
White-eyed Vireo 14 
Yellow-throated Vireo 1 
Blue-headed Vireo 28 
Philadelphia Vireo 1 
Warbling Vireo 19 
Red-eyed Vireo 72 
Northern Shrike 1 
Blue Jay 183 
American Crow 196 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Fish Crow 32 
Common Raven 76 
Black-capped Chickadee 203 
Tufted Titmouse 24 
Horned Lark 43 
Bank Swallow 39 
Tree Swallow 108 
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 10 
Purple Martin 99 
Barn Swallow 102 
Cliff Swallow 2 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 37 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 55 
Cedar Waxwing 83 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 6 
White-breasted Nuthatch 22 
Brown Creeper 13 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 15 
House Wren 76 
Winter Wren 8 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Marsh Wren 124 
Carolina Wren 144 
Gray Catbird 140 
Brown Thrasher 99 
Northern Mockingbird 201 
European Starling 176 
Eastern Bluebird 4 
Veery 19 
Swainson's Thrush 16 
Hermit Thrush 78 
Wood Thrush 7 
American Robin 203 
House Sparrow 189 
American Pipit 5 
House Finch 192 
Purple Finch 116 
Red Crossbill 5 
Pine Siskin 5 
American Goldfinch 178 
Lapland Longspur 3 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snow Bunting 18 
Chipping Sparrow 39 
Field Sparrow 100 
Fox Sparrow 8 
American Tree Sparrow 90 
Dark-eyed Junco 68 
White-crowned Sparrow 8 
White-throated Sparrow 130 
Seaside Sparrow 38 
Nelson's Sparrow 1 
Saltmarsh Sparrow 74 
Savannah Sparrow 87 
Song Sparrow 201 
Lincoln's Sparrow 9 
Swamp Sparrow 134 
Eastern Towhee 118 
Bobolink 78 
Eastern Meadowlark 3 
Orchard Oriole 80 
Baltimore Oriole 80 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Red-winged Blackbird 177 
Brown-headed Cowbird 106 
Rusty Blackbird 10 
Common Grackle 161 
Ovenbird 41 
Louisiana Waterthrush 1 
Northern Waterthrush 30 
Blue-winged Warbler 2 
Black-and-white Warbler 48 
Tennessee Warbler 12 
Orange-crowned Warbler 3 
Nashville Warbler 17 
Mourning Warbler 9 
Common Yellowthroat 89 
Hooded Warbler 2 
American Redstart 86 
Cape May Warbler 9 
Cerulean Warbler 1 
Northern Parula 34 
Magnolia Warbler 31 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Bay-breasted Warbler 17 
Blackburnian Warbler 25 
Yellow Warbler 91 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 24 
Blackpoll Warbler 23 
Black-throated Blue Warbler 24 
Palm Warbler 23 
Pine Warbler 17 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 125 
Prairie Warbler 8 
Black-throated Green Warbler 32 
Canada Warbler 19 
Wilson's Warbler 22 
Scarlet Tanager 14 
Northern Cardinal 202 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 47 
Blue Grosbeak 3 
Indigo Bunting 4 

Total species 258. Total reports 50,533. Total sightings 14,717.

July 27, 2024, Tom Wetmore