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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 13, 2024 — day 318

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Snow Goose
Brant 74 
Canada Goose 313 
Mute Swan 243 
Wood Duck 15 
Blue-winged Teal 42 
Northern Shoveler 78 
Gadwall 297 
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon 81 
Mallard 313 
American Black Duck 301 
Northern Pintail 186 
Green-winged Teal 285 
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup 112 
Lesser Scaup 106 
Common Eider 273 
Harlequin Duck
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Surf Scoter 149 
White-winged Scoter 196 
Black Scoter 163 
Long-tailed Duck 166 
Bufflehead 150 
Common Goldeneye 111 
Hooded Merganser 104 
Common Merganser 46 
Red-breasted Merganser 173 
Ruddy Duck 59 
Wild Turkey 138 
Ring-necked Pheasant
Pied-billed Grebe 44 
Horned Grebe 132 
Red-necked Grebe 43 
Rock Pigeon 217 
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove 290 
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 144 
American Golden-Plover 36 
Killdeer 218 
Common Ringed Plover
Semipalmated Plover 170 
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 199 
Dunlin 173 
Purple Sandpiper 14 
Baird's Sandpiper 10 
Least Sandpiper 130 
White-rumped Sandpiper 105 
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper 41 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 166 
Western Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher 116 
Long-billed Dowitcher 86 
American Woodcock 32 
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 213 
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Dovekie
Razorbill 41 
Black Guillemot 72 
Black-legged Kittiwake
Bonaparte's Gull 39 
Black-headed Gull
Laughing Gull 72 
Ring-billed Gull 264 
Herring Gull 313 
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull 27 
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull 306 
 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 145 
Pacific Loon
Common Loon 275 
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
Cory's Shearwater 41 
Sooty Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Northern Gannet 111 
Great Cormorant 15 
Double-crested Cormorant 240 
American Bittern 47 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Least Bittern 86 
Great Blue Heron 202 
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 151 
Osprey 209 
Golden Eagle
Northern Harrier 252 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 57 
Cooper's Hawk 121 
Bald Eagle 146 
Mississippi Kite
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk 22 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Red-tailed Hawk 127 
Rough-legged Hawk 29 
Great Horned Owl
Barred Owl 10 
Short-eared Owl 51 
Belted Kingfisher 83 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 36 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 29 
Downy Woodpecker 236 
Hairy Woodpecker 10 
Northern Flicker 212 
Pileated Woodpecker
American Kestrel 36 
Merlin 120 
Peregrine Falcon 127 
Great Crested Flycatcher 110 
Eastern Kingbird 127 
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee 68 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
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 292 
American Crow 301 
Fish Crow 34 
Common Raven 111 
Black-capped Chickadee 312 
Tufted Titmouse 46 
Horned Lark 49 
Bank Swallow 56 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
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 103 
Cedar Waxwing 160 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 80 
White-breasted Nuthatch 101 
Brown Creeper 34 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 18 
House Wren 105 
Winter Wren 10 
Marsh Wren 187 
Carolina Wren 244 
Gray Catbird 234 
Brown Thrasher 157 
Northern Mockingbird 301 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
European Starling 283 
Eastern Bluebird
Veery 21 
Swainson's Thrush 21 
Hermit Thrush 105 
Wood Thrush
American Robin 312 
House Sparrow 281 
American Pipit 33 
House Finch 289 
Purple Finch 159 
Common Redpoll
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
Pine Siskin 22 
American Goldfinch 279 
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting 29 
Lark Sparrow
Lark Bunting
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Chipping Sparrow 71 
Clay-colored Sparrow 11 
Field Sparrow 151 
Fox Sparrow
American Tree Sparrow 100 
Dark-eyed Junco 115 
White-crowned Sparrow 24 
White-throated Sparrow 188 
Vesper Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow 43 
Nelson's Sparrow 13 
Saltmarsh Sparrow 122 
Savannah Sparrow 148 
Song Sparrow 310 
Lincoln's Sparrow 15 
Swamp Sparrow 193 
Eastern Towhee 220 
Bobolink 110 
Eastern Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole 87 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Baltimore Oriole 127 
Red-winged Blackbird 249 
Brown-headed Cowbird 111 
Rusty Blackbird 12 
Common Grackle 210 
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
American Redstart 134 
Cape May Warbler 23 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
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 43 
Pine Warbler 21 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 177 
Prairie Warbler 16 
Black-throated Green Warbler 40 
Canada Warbler 21 
Wilson's Warbler 26 
Scarlet Tanager 22 
Northern Cardinal 310 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 65 
Blue Grosbeak
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel

Total species 282. Total reports 79,969. Total sightings 23,738.

November 13, 2024, Tom Wetmore