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2025 Quarter-Month Status
Birds of Plum Island, Essex County, Massachusetts

Compiled by Tom Wetmore

This table shows the 2025 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 2025.

Status of the Birds of Plum Island — updated July 9, 2025 — day 190

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snow Goose 1 
Brant 67 
Canada Goose 183 
Mute Swan 142 
Wood Duck 11 
Blue-winged Teal 24 
Northern Shoveler 34 
Gadwall 132 
Eurasian Wigeon 12 
American Wigeon 21 
Mallard 179 
American Black Duck 173 
Northern Pintail 66 
Green-winged Teal 117 
Ring-necked Duck 6 
Greater Scaup 45 
Lesser Scaup 26 
King Eider 1 
Common Eider 146 
Surf Scoter 82 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
White-winged Scoter 121 
Black Scoter 154 
Long-tailed Duck 133 
Bufflehead 111 
Common Goldeneye 101 
Hooded Merganser 77 
Common Merganser 18 
Red-breasted Merganser 137 
Ruddy Duck 19 
Wild Turkey 91 
Pied-billed Grebe 9 
Horned Grebe 79 
Red-necked Grebe 44 
Rock Pigeon 125 
Mourning Dove 160 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 8 
Black-billed Cuckoo 21 
Common Nighthawk 4 
Eastern Whip-poor-will 20 
Chimney Swift 35 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 33 
King Rail 6 
Clapper Rail 36 
Virginia Rail 2 
Sora 1 
Common Gallinule 5 
American Coot 39 
Purple Gallinule 1 
Sandhill Crane 1 
Black-necked Stilt 11 
American Oystercatcher 13 
Black-bellied Plover 55 
American Golden-Plover 23 
Killdeer 126 
Semipalmated Plover 54 
Piping Plover 88 
Whimbrel 3 
Hudsonian Godwit 2 
Ruddy Turnstone 18 
Red Knot 5 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Ruff 8 
Stilt Sandpiper 7 
Sanderling 80 
Dunlin 95 
Purple Sandpiper 12 
Least Sandpiper 52 
White-rumped Sandpiper 30 
Pectoral Sandpiper 9 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 53 
Short-billed Dowitcher 36 
American Woodcock 26 
Wilson's Snipe 27 
Spotted Sandpiper 26 
Solitary Sandpiper 6 
Lesser Yellowlegs 55 
Willet 80 
Greater Yellowlegs 95 
Wilson's Phalarope 4 
Parasitic Jaeger 1 
Dovekie 1 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Thick-billed Murre 1 
Razorbill 35 
Black Guillemot 1 
Black-legged Kittiwake 2 
Bonaparte's Gull 35 
Little Gull 1 
Laughing Gull 17 
Ring-billed Gull 130 
Herring Gull 183 
Iceland Gull 3 
Lesser Black-backed Gull 5 
Glaucous Gull 1 
Great Black-backed Gull 166 
Least Tern 61 
Black Tern 3 
Roseate Tern 36 
Common Tern 67 
Arctic Tern 4 
Black Skimmer 2 
Red-throated Loon 70 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Common Loon 155 
Sooty Shearwater 2 
Manx Shearwater 2 
Northern Gannet 42 
Great Cormorant 24 
Double-crested Cormorant 109 
American Bittern 4 
Least Bittern 48 
Great Blue Heron 86 
Great Egret 109 
Snowy Egret 90 
Little Blue Heron 1 
Tricolored Heron 12 
Green Heron 9 
Black-crowned Night-Heron 27 
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 17 
Glossy Ibis 52 
White-faced Ibis 1 
Turkey Vulture 74 
Osprey 105 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Northern Harrier 141 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 27 
Cooper's Hawk 34 
Bald Eagle 97 
Red-shouldered Hawk 3 
Broad-winged Hawk 1 
Swainson's Hawk 8 
Red-tailed Hawk 43 
Rough-legged Hawk 21 
Great Horned Owl 5 
Snowy Owl 37 
Barred Owl 29 
Short-eared Owl 37 
Belted Kingfisher 35 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 16 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 14 
Downy Woodpecker 116 
Hairy Woodpecker 35 
Northern Flicker 107 
Pileated Woodpecker 1 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
American Kestrel 40 
Merlin 70 
Peregrine Falcon 25 
Great Crested Flycatcher 61 
Eastern Kingbird 71 
Olive-sided Flycatcher 4 
Eastern Wood-Pewee 36 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 10 
Alder Flycatcher 34 
Willow Flycatcher 51 
Least Flycatcher 24 
Eastern Phoebe 42 
White-eyed Vireo 8 
Yellow-throated Vireo 4 
Blue-headed Vireo 25 
Philadelphia Vireo 1 
Warbling Vireo 18 
Red-eyed Vireo 59 
Northern Shrike 4 
Blue Jay 166 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
American Crow 135 
Fish Crow 57 
Common Raven 106 
Black-capped Chickadee 179 
Tufted Titmouse 36 
Horned Lark 35 
Bank Swallow 31 
Tree Swallow 96 
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 15 
Purple Martin 82 
Barn Swallow 80 
Cliff Swallow 5 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 31 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 28 
Cedar Waxwing 62 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 50 
White-breasted Nuthatch 37 
Brown Creeper 20 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 39 
House Wren 53 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Winter Wren 10 
Marsh Wren 77 
Carolina Wren 59 
Gray Catbird 94 
Brown Thrasher 78 
Northern Mockingbird 164 
European Starling 156 
Eastern Bluebird 3 
Veery 17 
Gray-cheeked Thrush 2 
Swainson's Thrush 24 
Hermit Thrush 79 
Wood Thrush 14 
American Robin 183 
House Sparrow 163 
American Pipit 5 
House Finch 142 
Purple Finch 89 
American Goldfinch 131 
Lapland Longspur 4 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snow Bunting 20 
Chipping Sparrow 52 
Field Sparrow 52 
Fox Sparrow 18 
American Tree Sparrow 85 
Dark-eyed Junco 67 
White-crowned Sparrow 8 
White-throated Sparrow 80 
Vesper Sparrow 3 
Seaside Sparrow 48 
Nelson's Sparrow 12 
Saltmarsh Sparrow 55 
Savannah Sparrow 50 
Song Sparrow 173 
Lincoln's Sparrow 8 
Swamp Sparrow 103 
Eastern Towhee 88 
Yellow-breasted Chat 10 
Bobolink 64 
Eastern Meadowlark 6 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Orchard Oriole 69 
Baltimore Oriole 71 
Red-winged Blackbird 137 
Brown-headed Cowbird 104 
Common Grackle 134 
Ovenbird 63 
Worm-eating Warbler 2 
Northern Waterthrush 29 
Blue-winged Warbler 4 
Black-and-white Warbler 36 
Tennessee Warbler 7 
Nashville Warbler 21 
Mourning Warbler 11 
Common Yellowthroat 70 
American Redstart 69 
Cape May Warbler 10 
Northern Parula 35 
Magnolia Warbler 34 
Bay-breasted Warbler 20 
Blackburnian Warbler 19 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Yellow Warbler 73 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 28 
Blackpoll Warbler 31 
Black-throated Blue Warbler 28 
Palm Warbler 25 
Pine Warbler 10 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 39 
Yellow-throated Warbler 1 
Prairie Warbler 17 
Black-throated Green Warbler 30 
Canada Warbler 16 
Wilson's Warbler 20 
Summer Tanager 1 
Scarlet Tanager 17 
Northern Cardinal 174 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 44 
Indigo Bunting 9 

Total species 257. Total reports 49,187. Total sightings 12,693.

July 9, 2025, Tom Wetmore