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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 8, 2025 — day 251

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snow Goose 1 
Brant 67 
Canada Goose 242 
Mute Swan 184 
Wood Duck 12 
Blue-winged Teal 33 
Northern Shoveler 36 
Gadwall 193 
Eurasian Wigeon 12 
American Wigeon 23 
Mallard 240 
American Black Duck 230 
Northern Pintail 67 
Green-winged Teal 166 
Ring-necked Duck 6 
Greater Scaup 45 
Lesser Scaup 26 
King Eider 1 
Common Eider 201 
Surf Scoter 83 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
White-winged Scoter 123 
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 142 
Pied-billed Grebe 10 
Horned Grebe 79 
Red-necked Grebe 44 
Rock Pigeon 160 
Mourning Dove 220 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 9 
Black-billed Cuckoo 24 
Common Nighthawk 5 
Eastern Whip-poor-will 23 
Chimney Swift 48 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 49 
King Rail 6 
Clapper Rail 40 
Virginia Rail 4 
Sora 1 
Common Gallinule 5 
American Coot 39 
Purple Gallinule 1 
Sandhill Crane 1 
Black-necked Stilt 11 
American Oystercatcher 25 
Black-bellied Plover 94 
American Golden-Plover 34 
Killdeer 178 
Semipalmated Plover 114 
Piping Plover 132 
Upland Sandpiper 2 
Whimbrel 22 
Hudsonian Godwit 3 
Ruddy Turnstone 46 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Red Knot 23 
Ruff 8 
Stilt Sandpiper 47 
Sanderling 122 
Dunlin 107 
Purple Sandpiper 12 
Baird's Sandpiper 5 
Least Sandpiper 113 
White-rumped Sandpiper 77 
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 2 
Pectoral Sandpiper 27 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 114 
Western Sandpiper 3 
Short-billed Dowitcher 96 
Long-billed Dowitcher 36 
American Woodcock 28 
Wilson's Snipe 27 
Spotted Sandpiper 74 
Solitary Sandpiper 11 
Lesser Yellowlegs 116 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Willet 135 
Greater Yellowlegs 156 
Wilson's Phalarope 9 
Red-necked Phalarope 3 
Parasitic Jaeger 2 
Dovekie 1 
Thick-billed Murre 1 
Razorbill 35 
Black Guillemot 1 
Black-legged Kittiwake 2 
Bonaparte's Gull 53 
Little Gull 1 
Laughing Gull 69 
Ring-billed Gull 191 
Herring Gull 244 
Iceland Gull 3 
Lesser Black-backed Gull 23 
Glaucous Gull 1 
Great Black-backed Gull 226 
Least Tern 111 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Caspian Tern 4 
Black Tern 3 
Roseate Tern 58 
Common Tern 125 
Arctic Tern 6 
Forster's Tern 6 
Black Skimmer 2 
Red-throated Loon 71 
Common Loon 190 
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 10 
Sooty Shearwater 2 
Manx Shearwater 6 
Northern Gannet 58 
Great Cormorant 25 
Double-crested Cormorant 170 
American Bittern 4 
Least Bittern 72 
Great Blue Heron 147 
Great Egret 170 
Snowy Egret 151 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Little Blue Heron 3 
Tricolored Heron 24 
Green Heron 10 
Black-crowned Night-Heron 83 
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 25 
Glossy Ibis 72 
White-faced Ibis 1 
Turkey Vulture 109 
Osprey 166 
Northern Harrier 181 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 27 
Cooper's Hawk 47 
Bald Eagle 109 
Red-shouldered Hawk 5 
Broad-winged Hawk 1 
Swainson's Hawk 8 
Red-tailed Hawk 55 
Rough-legged Hawk 21 
Great Horned Owl 5 
Snowy Owl 37 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Barred Owl 29 
Short-eared Owl 37 
Belted Kingfisher 40 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 16 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 14 
Downy Woodpecker 163 
Hairy Woodpecker 35 
Northern Flicker 148 
Pileated Woodpecker 1 
American Kestrel 41 
Merlin 97 
Peregrine Falcon 71 
Great Crested Flycatcher 102 
Eastern Kingbird 131 
Olive-sided Flycatcher 5 
Eastern Wood-Pewee 59 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 12 
Alder Flycatcher 35 
Willow Flycatcher 87 
Least Flycatcher 26 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Eastern Phoebe 69 
White-eyed Vireo 8 
Yellow-throated Vireo 4 
Blue-headed Vireo 25 
Philadelphia Vireo 2 
Warbling Vireo 21 
Red-eyed Vireo 95 
Northern Shrike 4 
Blue Jay 219 
American Crow 175 
Fish Crow 61 
Common Raven 115 
Black-capped Chickadee 238 
Tufted Titmouse 37 
Horned Lark 35 
Bank Swallow 53 
Tree Swallow 157 
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 16 
Purple Martin 128 
Barn Swallow 138 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Cliff Swallow 5 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 31 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 28 
Cedar Waxwing 123 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 66 
White-breasted Nuthatch 53 
Brown Creeper 20 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 44 
House Wren 65 
Winter Wren 10 
Marsh Wren 134 
Carolina Wren 93 
Gray Catbird 155 
Brown Thrasher 133 
Northern Mockingbird 225 
European Starling 217 
Eastern Bluebird 3 
Veery 17 
Gray-cheeked Thrush 2 
Swainson's Thrush 24 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Hermit Thrush 79 
Wood Thrush 15 
American Robin 244 
House Sparrow 221 
American Pipit 5 
House Finch 201 
Purple Finch 121 
American Goldfinch 192 
Lapland Longspur 4 
Snow Bunting 20 
Chipping Sparrow 63 
Field Sparrow 72 
Fox Sparrow 18 
American Tree Sparrow 85 
Dark-eyed Junco 68 
White-crowned Sparrow 8 
White-throated Sparrow 80 
Vesper Sparrow 3 
Seaside Sparrow 66 
Nelson's Sparrow 13 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Saltmarsh Sparrow 104 
Savannah Sparrow 58 
Song Sparrow 234 
Lincoln's Sparrow 8 
Swamp Sparrow 133 
Eastern Towhee 149 
Yellow-breasted Chat 10 
Bobolink 103 
Eastern Meadowlark 8 
Orchard Oriole 84 
Baltimore Oriole 120 
Red-winged Blackbird 197 
Brown-headed Cowbird 116 
Common Grackle 192 
Ovenbird 67 
Worm-eating Warbler 2 
Northern Waterthrush 34 
Blue-winged Warbler 4 
Black-and-white Warbler 43 
Tennessee Warbler 7 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Nashville Warbler 23 
Mourning Warbler 11 
Common Yellowthroat 129 
Hooded Warbler 1 
American Redstart 120 
Cape May Warbler 12 
Northern Parula 37 
Magnolia Warbler 37 
Bay-breasted Warbler 23 
Blackburnian Warbler 20 
Yellow Warbler 129 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 31 
Blackpoll Warbler 32 
Black-throated Blue Warbler 28 
Palm Warbler 25 
Pine Warbler 11 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 43 
Yellow-throated Warbler 1 
Prairie Warbler 17 
Black-throated Green Warbler 32 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Canada Warbler 16 
Wilson's Warbler 21 
Summer Tanager 1 
Scarlet Tanager 19 
Northern Cardinal 235 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 56 
Indigo Bunting 9 
Dickcissel 6 

Total species 268. Total reports 66,566. Total sightings 17,482.

September 8, 2025, Tom Wetmore