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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 November 28, 2025 — day 332

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snow Goose
Brant 83 
Canada Goose 321 
Mute Swan 217 
Wood Duck 20 
Blue-winged Teal 38 
Northern Shoveler 64 
Gadwall 273 
Eurasian Wigeon 31 
American Wigeon 79 
Mallard 321 
American Black Duck 311 
Northern Pintail 142 
Green-winged Teal 246 
Canvasback
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup 67 
Lesser Scaup 42 
King Eider
Common Eider 271 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter 139 
White-winged Scoter 190 
Black Scoter 212 
Long-tailed Duck 175 
Bufflehead 142 
Common Goldeneye 112 
Hooded Merganser 104 
Common Merganser 25 
Red-breasted Merganser 182 
Ruddy Duck 19 
Wild Turkey 194 
Pied-billed Grebe 30 
Horned Grebe 115 
Red-necked Grebe 66 
Rock Pigeon 230 
Mourning Dove 296 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo 24 
Common Nighthawk
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
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 171 
American Golden-Plover 63 
Killdeer 200 
Semipalmated Plover 183 
Piping Plover 142 
Upland Sandpiper
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Whimbrel 37 
Hudsonian Godwit 10 
Ruddy Turnstone 47 
Red Knot 34 
Ruff
Stilt Sandpiper 67 
Sanderling 183 
Dunlin 185 
Purple Sandpiper 13 
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 
Wilson's Snipe 27 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
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 43 
Black Guillemot
Black-legged Kittiwake
Bonaparte's Gull 70 
Little Gull
Laughing Gull 85 
Ring-billed Gull 272 
Herring Gull 325 
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull 33 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull 306 
Least Tern 111 
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Roseate Tern 58 
Common Tern 133 
Arctic Tern
Forster's Tern
Black Skimmer
Red-throated Loon 120 
Common Loon 264 
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 10 
Northern Fulmar
Cory's Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Northern Gannet 118 
Great Cormorant 29 
Double-crested Cormorant 251 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
American Bittern
Least Bittern 72 
Great Blue Heron 218 
Great Egret 247 
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 261 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 41 
Cooper's Hawk 96 
Bald Eagle 125 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk 77 
Rough-legged Hawk 25 
Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl 41 
Barred Owl 29 
Short-eared Owl 38 
Belted Kingfisher 69 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 39 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 36 
Downy Woodpecker 235 
Hairy Woodpecker 66 
Northern Flicker 212 
Pileated Woodpecker
American Kestrel 42 
Merlin 137 
Peregrine Falcon 116 
Great Crested Flycatcher 106 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
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 297 
American Crow 249 
Fish Crow 62 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Common Raven 167 
Black-capped Chickadee 318 
Tufted Titmouse 57 
Horned Lark 64 
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 177 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 140 
White-breasted Nuthatch 72 
Brown Creeper 57 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 49 
House Wren 74 
Winter Wren 17 
Marsh Wren 166 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Carolina Wren 153 
Gray Catbird 215 
Brown Thrasher 165 
Northern Mockingbird 303 
European Starling 291 
Eastern Bluebird
Veery 20 
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush 32 
Hermit Thrush 97 
Wood Thrush 15 
American Robin 322 
House Sparrow 284 
American Pipit 43 
House Finch 276 
Purple Finch 158 
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin 20 
American Goldfinch 266 
Lapland Longspur
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snow Bunting 42 
Lark Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow 97 
Clay-colored Sparrow 14 
Field Sparrow 100 
Fox Sparrow 18 
American Tree Sparrow 109 
Dark-eyed Junco 134 
White-crowned Sparrow 27 
White-throated Sparrow 150 
Vesper Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow 67 
Nelson's Sparrow 19 
Saltmarsh Sparrow 132 
Savannah Sparrow 117 
Song Sparrow 315 
Lincoln's Sparrow 25 
Swamp Sparrow 175 
Eastern Towhee 202 
Yellow-breasted Chat 12 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
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 
Common Yellowthroat 160 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
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 114 
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler 20 
Black-throated Green Warbler 51 
Canada Warbler 18 
Wilson's Warbler 32 
Summer Tanager
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Scarlet Tanager 23 
Northern Cardinal 313 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 59 
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting 13 
Dickcissel 17 

Total species 286. Total reports 88,973. Total sightings 23,781.

November 28, 2025, Tom Wetmore