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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 September 18, 2025 — day 261

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snow Goose
Brant 67 
Canada Goose 252 
Mute Swan 186 
Wood Duck 13 
Blue-winged Teal 34 
Northern Shoveler 37 
Gadwall 203 
Eurasian Wigeon 12 
American Wigeon 26 
Mallard 250 
American Black Duck 240 
Northern Pintail 74 
Green-winged Teal 176 
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup 45 
Lesser Scaup 26 
King Eider
Common Eider 208 
Surf Scoter 84 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
White-winged Scoter 128 
Black Scoter 164 
Long-tailed Duck 136 
Bufflehead 111 
Common Goldeneye 101 
Hooded Merganser 77 
Common Merganser 18 
Red-breasted Merganser 137 
Ruddy Duck 19 
Wild Turkey 152 
Pied-billed Grebe 14 
Horned Grebe 79 
Red-necked Grebe 45 
Rock Pigeon 167 
Mourning Dove 230 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo 24 
Common Nighthawk
Eastern Whip-poor-will 26 
Chimney Swift 48 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 52 
King Rail
Clapper Rail 40 
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Gallinule
American Coot 39 
Purple Gallinule
Sandhill Crane
Black-necked Stilt 11 
American Avocet
American Oystercatcher 26 
Black-bellied Plover 103 
American Golden-Plover 40 
Killdeer 185 
Semipalmated Plover 124 
Piping Plover 137 
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel 31 
Hudsonian Godwit
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Ruddy Turnstone 46 
Red Knot 26 
Ruff
Stilt Sandpiper 49 
Sanderling 130 
Dunlin 115 
Purple Sandpiper 12 
Baird's Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper 123 
White-rumped Sandpiper 87 
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper 33 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 124 
Western Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher 105 
Long-billed Dowitcher 38 
American Woodcock 30 
Wilson's Snipe 27 
Spotted Sandpiper 80 
Solitary Sandpiper 11 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Lesser Yellowlegs 126 
Willet 138 
Greater Yellowlegs 166 
Wilson's Phalarope 11 
Red-necked Phalarope
Parasitic Jaeger
Dovekie
Thick-billed Murre
Razorbill 35 
Black Guillemot
Black-legged Kittiwake
Bonaparte's Gull 54 
Little Gull
Laughing Gull 78 
Ring-billed Gull 201 
Herring Gull 254 
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull 25 
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull 236 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Least Tern 111 
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Roseate Tern 58 
Common Tern 133 
Arctic Tern
Forster's Tern
Black Skimmer
Red-throated Loon 71 
Common Loon 199 
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 10 
Cory's Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Northern Gannet 61 
Great Cormorant 25 
Double-crested Cormorant 180 
American Bittern
Least Bittern 72 
Great Blue Heron 157 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Great Egret 180 
Snowy Egret 161 
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron 31 
Green Heron 10 
Black-crowned Night-Heron 89 
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 25 
Glossy Ibis 72 
White-faced Ibis
Turkey Vulture 115 
Osprey 176 
Northern Harrier 190 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 29 
Cooper's Hawk 52 
Bald Eagle 111 
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk 58 
Rough-legged Hawk 21 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl 37 
Barred Owl 29 
Short-eared Owl 37 
Belted Kingfisher 47 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 16 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 14 
Downy Woodpecker 172 
Hairy Woodpecker 36 
Northern Flicker 158 
Pileated Woodpecker
American Kestrel 41 
Merlin 106 
Peregrine Falcon 80 
Great Crested Flycatcher 105 
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird 135 
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee 59 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 13 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Alder Flycatcher 35 
Willow Flycatcher 88 
Least Flycatcher 30 
Eastern Phoebe 77 
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo 26 
Philadelphia Vireo
Warbling Vireo 23 
Red-eyed Vireo 103 
Northern Shrike
Blue Jay 229 
American Crow 184 
Fish Crow 61 
Common Raven 118 
Black-capped Chickadee 248 
Tufted Titmouse 37 
Horned Lark 35 
Bank Swallow 53 
Tree Swallow 167 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 16 
Purple Martin 128 
Barn Swallow 146 
Cliff Swallow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 31 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 28 
Cedar Waxwing 133 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 76 
White-breasted Nuthatch 55 
Brown Creeper 21 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 44 
House Wren 67 
Winter Wren 10 
Marsh Wren 143 
Carolina Wren 103 
Gray Catbird 165 
Brown Thrasher 143 
Northern Mockingbird 235 
European Starling 227 
Eastern Bluebird
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Veery 19 
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush 25 
Hermit Thrush 80 
Wood Thrush 15 
American Robin 254 
House Sparrow 228 
American Pipit
House Finch 209 
Purple Finch 128 
American Goldfinch 202 
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting 20 
Chipping Sparrow 65 
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow 74 
Fox Sparrow 18 
American Tree Sparrow 85 
Dark-eyed Junco 68 
White-crowned Sparrow
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
White-throated Sparrow 83 
Vesper Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow 67 
Nelson's Sparrow 16 
Saltmarsh Sparrow 112 
Savannah Sparrow 65 
Song Sparrow 244 
Lincoln's Sparrow
Swamp Sparrow 134 
Eastern Towhee 159 
Yellow-breasted Chat 10 
Bobolink 106 
Eastern Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole 84 
Baltimore Oriole 125 
Red-winged Blackbird 205 
Brown-headed Cowbird 116 
Common Grackle 197 
Ovenbird 67 
Worm-eating Warbler
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Northern Waterthrush 35 
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler 49 
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler 25 
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler 12 
Common Yellowthroat 138 
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart 127 
Cape May Warbler 16 
Northern Parula 43 
Magnolia Warbler 44 
Bay-breasted Warbler 24 
Blackburnian Warbler 20 
Yellow Warbler 135 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 32 
Blackpoll Warbler 34 
Black-throated Blue Warbler 29 
Palm Warbler 26 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Pine Warbler 11 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 44 
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler 17 
Black-throated Green Warbler 34 
Canada Warbler 17 
Wilson's Warbler 24 
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager 19 
Northern Cardinal 244 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 58 
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel

Total species 273. Total reports 69,938. Total sightings 18,332.

September 18, 2025, Tom Wetmore