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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 December 23, 2025 — day 357

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose 11 
Brant 86 
Canada Goose 343 
Mute Swan 225 
Wood Duck 20 
Blue-winged Teal 38 
Northern Shoveler 70 
Gadwall 286 
Eurasian Wigeon 32 
American Wigeon 83 
Mallard 341 
American Black Duck 333 
Northern Pintail 159 
Green-winged Teal 252 
Canvasback
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup 72 
Lesser Scaup 46 
King Eider
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Common Eider 290 
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter 151 
White-winged Scoter 208 
Black Scoter 230 
Long-tailed Duck 194 
Bufflehead 162 
Common Goldeneye 127 
Hooded Merganser 119 
Common Merganser 30 
Red-breasted Merganser 200 
Ruddy Duck 19 
Wild Turkey 199 
Pied-billed Grebe 31 
Horned Grebe 131 
Red-necked Grebe 77 
Rock Pigeon 245 
Mourning Dove 314 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo 24 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Common Nighthawk
Eastern Whip-poor-will 27 
Chimney Swift 48 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 54 
King Rail
Clapper Rail 41 
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Gallinule
American Coot 60 
Purple Gallinule
Sandhill Crane
Black-necked Stilt 11 
American Avocet 18 
American Oystercatcher 26 
Black-bellied Plover 172 
American Golden-Plover 63 
Killdeer 200 
Semipalmated Plover 183 
Piping Plover 142 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel 37 
Hudsonian Godwit 10 
Ruddy Turnstone 47 
Red Knot 34 
Ruff
Stilt Sandpiper 67 
Sanderling 200 
Dunlin 200 
Purple Sandpiper 18 
Baird's Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper 140 
White-rumped Sandpiper 141 
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper 56 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 180 
Western Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher 119 
Long-billed Dowitcher 61 
American Woodcock 33 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Wilson's Snipe 33 
Spotted Sandpiper 84 
Solitary Sandpiper 12 
Lesser Yellowlegs 154 
Willet 138 
Greater Yellowlegs 230 
Wilson's Phalarope 12 
Red-necked Phalarope
Parasitic Jaeger
Dovekie
Thick-billed Murre
Razorbill 52 
Black Guillemot
Black-legged Kittiwake
Bonaparte's Gull 71 
Little Gull
Laughing Gull 85 
Ring-billed Gull 288 
Herring Gull 347 
Iceland Gull
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Lesser Black-backed Gull 33 
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull 325 
Least Tern 111 
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Roseate Tern 58 
Common Tern 133 
Arctic Tern
Forster's Tern
Black Skimmer
Red-throated Loon 136 
Common Loon 282 
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 10 
Northern Fulmar
Cory's Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Northern Gannet 124 
Great Cormorant 30 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Double-crested Cormorant 256 
American Bittern 10 
Least Bittern 72 
Great Blue Heron 221 
Great Egret 253 
Snowy Egret 198 
Little Blue Heron 12 
Tricolored Heron 33 
Green Heron 10 
Black-crowned Night-Heron 96 
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 28 
Glossy Ibis 76 
White-faced Ibis
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture 150 
Osprey 186 
Golden Eagle
Northern Harrier 283 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 44 
Cooper's Hawk 102 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Bald Eagle 135 
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk 82 
Rough-legged Hawk 27 
Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl 42 
Barred Owl 29 
Short-eared Owl 51 
Belted Kingfisher 69 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 39 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 37 
Downy Woodpecker 251 
Hairy Woodpecker 71 
Northern Flicker 219 
Pileated Woodpecker
American Kestrel 42 
Merlin 141 
Peregrine Falcon 125 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Great Crested Flycatcher 106 
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird 135 
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee 60 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 13 
Alder Flycatcher 35 
Willow Flycatcher 88 
Least Flycatcher 32 
Eastern Phoebe 108 
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo 48 
Philadelphia Vireo 17 
Warbling Vireo 25 
Red-eyed Vireo 126 
Northern Shrike
Blue Jay 313 
American Crow 270 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Fish Crow 63 
Common Raven 180 
Black-capped Chickadee 337 
Tufted Titmouse 59 
Horned Lark 75 
Bank Swallow 53 
Tree Swallow 192 
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 16 
Purple Martin 128 
Barn Swallow 152 
Cliff Swallow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 54 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 76 
Cedar Waxwing 186 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 156 
White-breasted Nuthatch 73 
Brown Creeper 57 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 49 
House Wren 74 
Winter Wren 17 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Marsh Wren 167 
Carolina Wren 160 
Gray Catbird 220 
Brown Thrasher 165 
Northern Mockingbird 321 
European Starling 307 
Eastern Bluebird
Veery 20 
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush 32 
Hermit Thrush 102 
Wood Thrush 15 
American Robin 341 
House Sparrow 290 
American Pipit 46 
House Finch 293 
Purple Finch 167 
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin 20 
American Goldfinch 284 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting 53 
Lark Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow 97 
Clay-colored Sparrow 14 
Field Sparrow 100 
Fox Sparrow 19 
American Tree Sparrow 129 
Dark-eyed Junco 149 
White-crowned Sparrow 27 
White-throated Sparrow 166 
Vesper Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow 67 
Nelson's Sparrow 20 
Saltmarsh Sparrow 132 
Savannah Sparrow 119 
Song Sparrow 332 
Lincoln's Sparrow 25 
Swamp Sparrow 178 
Eastern Towhee 202 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Yellow-breasted Chat 12 
Bobolink 113 
Eastern Meadowlark 10 
Orchard Oriole 84 
Baltimore Oriole 137 
Red-winged Blackbird 244 
Brown-headed Cowbird 118 
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle 212 
Ovenbird 68 
Worm-eating Warbler
Northern Waterthrush 35 
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler 63 
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennessee Warbler 16 
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler 40 
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler 13 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Common Yellowthroat 161 
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart 139 
Cape May Warbler 28 
Northern Parula 59 
Magnolia Warbler 61 
Bay-breasted Warbler 35 
Blackburnian Warbler 25 
Yellow Warbler 141 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 36 
Blackpoll Warbler 50 
Black-throated Blue Warbler 46 
Palm Warbler 46 
Pine Warbler 14 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 134 
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler 20 
Black-throated Green Warbler 51 
Canada Warbler 18 
Wilson's Warbler 32 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager 23 
Northern Cardinal 329 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 59 
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting 13 
Dickcissel 17 

Total species 287. Total reports 91,793. Total sightings 24,782.

December 23, 2025, Tom Wetmore