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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 11, 2025 — day 345

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Brant 84 
Canada Goose 331 
Mute Swan 224 
Wood Duck 20 
Blue-winged Teal 38 
Northern Shoveler 70 
Gadwall 280 
Eurasian Wigeon 32 
American Wigeon 82 
Mallard 331 
American Black Duck 321 
Northern Pintail 149 
Green-winged Teal 252 
Canvasback
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup 70 
Lesser Scaup 46 
King Eider
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Common Eider 279 
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter 145 
White-winged Scoter 199 
Black Scoter 221 
Long-tailed Duck 183 
Bufflehead 152 
Common Goldeneye 117 
Hooded Merganser 112 
Common Merganser 28 
Red-breasted Merganser 189 
Ruddy Duck 19 
Wild Turkey 197 
Pied-billed Grebe 30 
Horned Grebe 123 
Red-necked Grebe 72 
Rock Pigeon 238 
Mourning Dove 304 
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 191 
Dunlin 192 
Purple Sandpiper 16 
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 29 
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 49 
Black Guillemot
Black-legged Kittiwake
Bonaparte's Gull 70 
Little Gull
Laughing Gull 85 
Ring-billed Gull 280 
Herring Gull 335 
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 315 
Least Tern 111 
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Roseate Tern 58 
Common Tern 133 
Arctic Tern
Forster's Tern
Black Skimmer
Red-throated Loon 128 
Common Loon 273 
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 10 
Northern Fulmar
Cory's Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Northern Gannet 121 
Great Cormorant 29 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Double-crested Cormorant 254 
American Bittern 10 
Least Bittern 72 
Great Blue Heron 220 
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 149 
Osprey 186 
Golden Eagle
Northern Harrier 271 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 41 
Cooper's Hawk 98 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Bald Eagle 129 
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk 79 
Rough-legged Hawk 26 
Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl 41 
Barred Owl 29 
Short-eared Owl 43 
Belted Kingfisher 69 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 39 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 37 
Downy Woodpecker 242 
Hairy Woodpecker 67 
Northern Flicker 216 
Pileated Woodpecker
American Kestrel 42 
Merlin 140 
Peregrine Falcon 122 
 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 304 
American Crow 259 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Fish Crow 62 
Common Raven 171 
Black-capped Chickadee 327 
Tufted Titmouse 59 
Horned Lark 69 
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 75 
Cedar Waxwing 178 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 148 
White-breasted Nuthatch 72 
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 156 
Gray Catbird 215 
Brown Thrasher 165 
Northern Mockingbird 312 
European Starling 299 
Eastern Bluebird
Veery 20 
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush 32 
Hermit Thrush 99 
Wood Thrush 15 
American Robin 330 
House Sparrow 286 
American Pipit 46 
House Finch 284 
Purple Finch 160 
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin 20 
American Goldfinch 275 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting 50 
Lark Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow 97 
Clay-colored Sparrow 14 
Field Sparrow 100 
Fox Sparrow 18 
American Tree Sparrow 119 
Dark-eyed Junco 140 
White-crowned Sparrow 27 
White-throated Sparrow 158 
Vesper Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow 67 
Nelson's Sparrow 20 
Saltmarsh Sparrow 132 
Savannah Sparrow 118 
Song Sparrow 324 
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 124 
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 319 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 59 
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting 13 
Dickcissel 17 

Total species 287. Total reports 90,394. Total sightings 24,266.

December 11, 2025, Tom Wetmore