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 April 15, 2025 — day 105

Species

N

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Snow Goose

1

Brant

37

Canada Goose

98

Mute Swan

62

Wood Duck

3

Blue-winged Teal

3

Northern Shoveler

17

Gadwall

47

American Wigeon

20

Mallard

94

American Black Duck

99

Northern Pintail

63

Green-winged Teal

50

Ring-necked Duck

4

Greater Scaup

41

Lesser Scaup

10

Common Eider

71

Surf Scoter

52

White-winged Scoter

83

Black Scoter

82

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Long-tailed Duck

87

Bufflehead

88

Common Goldeneye

97

Hooded Merganser

62

Common Merganser

13

Red-breasted Merganser

94

Ruddy Duck

11

Wild Turkey

22

Pied-billed Grebe

7

Horned Grebe

74

Red-necked Grebe

39

Rock Pigeon

78

Mourning Dove

75

American Coot

30

Sandhill Crane

1

American Oystercatcher

2

Black-bellied Plover

1

American Golden-Plover

5

Killdeer

41

Piping Plover

22

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Ruddy Turnstone

1

Sanderling

47

Dunlin

45

Purple Sandpiper

6

Least Sandpiper

3

American Woodcock

7

Wilson's Snipe

22

Greater Yellowlegs

17

Dovekie

1

Thick-billed Murre

1

Razorbill

35

Black Guillemot

1

Black-legged Kittiwake

2

Ring-billed Gull

63

Herring Gull

98

Iceland Gull

2

Lesser Black-backed Gull

1

Great Black-backed Gull

83

Red-throated Loon

38

Common Loon

84

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Northern Gannet

16

Great Cormorant

23

Double-crested Cormorant

24

American Bittern

2

Great Blue Heron

20

Great Egret

24

Snowy Egret

7

Glossy Ibis

5

Turkey Vulture

18

Osprey

20

Northern Harrier

98

Sharp-shinned Hawk

8

Cooper's Hawk

16

Bald Eagle

69

Red-shouldered Hawk

2

Swainson's Hawk

8

Red-tailed Hawk

23

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

7

Red-bellied Woodpecker

1

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

3

Downy Woodpecker

62

Hairy Woodpecker

11

Northern Flicker

33

American Kestrel

16

Merlin

34

Peregrine Falcon

13

Eastern Phoebe

19

Northern Shrike

4

Blue Jay

85

American Crow

67

Fish Crow

5

Common Raven

54

Black-capped Chickadee

95

Tufted Titmouse

2

Horned Lark

34

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Tree Swallow

15

Barn Swallow

2

Golden-crowned Kinglet

13

Cedar Waxwing

4

Red-breasted Nuthatch

26

White-breasted Nuthatch

17

Brown Creeper

5

Winter Wren

2

Carolina Wren

18

Gray Catbird

19

Brown Thrasher

1

Northern Mockingbird

79

European Starling

71

Eastern Bluebird

1

Hermit Thrush

47

American Robin

98

House Sparrow

78

American Pipit

5

House Finch

58

Purple Finch

5

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

American Goldfinch

46

Lapland Longspur

3

Snow Bunting

20

Field Sparrow

2

Fox Sparrow

13

American Tree Sparrow

83

Dark-eyed Junco

41

White-throated Sparrow

41

Vesper Sparrow

1

Savannah Sparrow

11

Song Sparrow

88

Swamp Sparrow

19

Eastern Towhee

3

Eastern Meadowlark

4

Red-winged Blackbird

52

Brown-headed Cowbird

21

Common Grackle

49

Palm Warbler

2

Yellow-rumped Warbler

4

Northern Cardinal

89