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2026 Quarter-Month Status
Birds of Plum Island, Essex County, Massachusetts

Compiled by Tom Wetmore

This table shows the 2026 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 2026.

Status of the Birds of Plum Island — updated August 25, 2026 — day 237

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snow Goose 4 
Brant 62 
Canada Goose 222 
Mute Swan 175 
Wood Duck 14 
Blue-winged Teal 47 
Northern Shoveler 30 
Gadwall 173 
Eurasian Wigeon 1 
American Wigeon 12 
Mallard 214 
American Black Duck 208 
Northern Pintail 51 
Green-winged Teal 151 
Ring-necked Duck 29 
Greater Scaup 50 
Lesser Scaup 19 
Common Eider 166 
Surf Scoter 80 
White-winged Scoter 132 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Black Scoter 125 
Long-tailed Duck 124 
Bufflehead 110 
Common Goldeneye 96 
Hooded Merganser 44 
Common Merganser 34 
Red-breasted Merganser 186 
Wild Turkey 132 
Pied-billed Grebe 13 
Horned Grebe 77 
Red-necked Grebe 29 
Rock Pigeon 159 
Mourning Dove 222 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 9 
Black-billed Cuckoo 15 
Eastern Whip-poor-will 14 
Chimney Swift 35 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 45 
King Rail 58 
Clapper Rail 51 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Virginia Rail 12 
Sora 5 
American Coot 3 
American Oystercatcher 28 
Black-bellied Plover 86 
American Golden-Plover 3 
Killdeer 170 
Semipalmated Plover 103 
Piping Plover 148 
Whimbrel 12 
Marbled Godwit 4 
Ruddy Turnstone 37 
Red Knot 23 
Ruff 4 
Stilt Sandpiper 37 
Sanderling 100 
Dunlin 103 
Purple Sandpiper 23 
Baird's Sandpiper 10 
Least Sandpiper 108 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
White-rumped Sandpiper 71 
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 1 
Pectoral Sandpiper 18 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 104 
Short-billed Dowitcher 91 
Long-billed Dowitcher 30 
American Woodcock 55 
Wilson's Snipe 37 
Spotted Sandpiper 73 
Solitary Sandpiper 12 
Lesser Yellowlegs 95 
Willet 121 
Greater Yellowlegs 136 
Wilson's Phalarope 16 
Red-necked Phalarope 1 
Dovekie 1 
Thick-billed Murre 4 
Razorbill 17 
Black Guillemot 15 
Black-legged Kittiwake 1 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Bonaparte's Gull 26 
Laughing Gull 46 
Ring-billed Gull 182 
Herring Gull 230 
Iceland Gull 2 
Lesser Black-backed Gull 3 
Glaucous Gull 1 
Great Black-backed Gull 211 
Least Tern 108 
Caspian Tern 3 
Black Tern 10 
Roseate Tern 76 
Common Tern 113 
Arctic Tern 2 
Forster's Tern 20 
Royal Tern 1 
Black Skimmer 2 
Red-throated Loon 84 
Common Loon 167 
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 44 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Sooty Shearwater 3 
Manx Shearwater 4 
Northern Gannet 36 
Great Cormorant 16 
Double-crested Cormorant 160 
American Bittern 17 
Least Bittern 75 
Great Blue Heron 131 
Great Egret 158 
Snowy Egret 137 
Little Blue Heron 10 
Tricolored Heron 8 
Green Heron 12 
Black-crowned Night-Heron 76 
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 85 
Glossy Ibis 96 
White-faced Ibis 3 
Black Vulture 3 
Turkey Vulture 103 
Osprey 156 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Northern Harrier 226 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 39 
Cooper's Hawk 98 
Northern Goshawk 4 
Bald Eagle 119 
Red-shouldered Hawk 11 
Broad-winged Hawk 1 
Red-tailed Hawk 76 
Rough-legged Hawk 15 
Great Horned Owl 5 
Snowy Owl 34 
Long-eared Owl 1 
Short-eared Owl 23 
Belted Kingfisher 42 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 35 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4 
Downy Woodpecker 174 
Hairy Woodpecker 81 
Northern Flicker 97 
Pileated Woodpecker 1 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
American Kestrel 44 
Merlin 69 
Peregrine Falcon 48 
Great Crested Flycatcher 90 
Eastern Kingbird 114 
Olive-sided Flycatcher 2 
Eastern Wood-Pewee 45 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 8 
Alder Flycatcher 20 
Willow Flycatcher 86 
Least Flycatcher 24 
Eastern Phoebe 75 
White-eyed Vireo 10 
Yellow-throated Vireo 10 
Blue-headed Vireo 32 
Philadelphia Vireo 3 
Warbling Vireo 26 
Red-eyed Vireo 93 
Blue Jay 196 
American Crow 189 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Fish Crow 32 
Common Raven 112 
Black-capped Chickadee 224 
Tufted Titmouse 82 
Horned Lark 52 
Bank Swallow 55 
Tree Swallow 145 
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 9 
Purple Martin 135 
Barn Swallow 128 
Cliff Swallow 5 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 38 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 36 
Bohemian Waxwing 11 
Cedar Waxwing 164 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 124 
White-breasted Nuthatch 55 
Brown Creeper 30 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 24 
House Wren 78 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Winter Wren 5 
Marsh Wren 121 
Carolina Wren 77 
Gray Catbird 146 
Brown Thrasher 111 
Northern Mockingbird 212 
European Starling 208 
Eastern Bluebird 2 
Veery 18 
Swainson's Thrush 15 
Hermit Thrush 74 
Wood Thrush 31 
American Robin 229 
House Sparrow 205 
American Pipit 7 
House Finch 216 
Purple Finch 165 
Pine Siskin 3 
American Goldfinch 202 
Lapland Longspur 15 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snow Bunting 24 
Lark Sparrow 4 
Chipping Sparrow 91 
Clay-colored Sparrow 1 
Field Sparrow 71 
Fox Sparrow 22 
American Tree Sparrow 87 
Dark-eyed Junco 89 
White-crowned Sparrow 7 
White-throated Sparrow 132 
Vesper Sparrow 2 
Seaside Sparrow 21 
Nelson's Sparrow 3 
Saltmarsh Sparrow 92 
Savannah Sparrow 94 
Song Sparrow 218 
Lincoln's Sparrow 9 
Swamp Sparrow 116 
Eastern Towhee 179 
Yellow-breasted Chat 2 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Bobolink 97 
Eastern Meadowlark 5 
Orchard Oriole 78 
Baltimore Oriole 94 
Red-winged Blackbird 173 
Brown-headed Cowbird 139 
Rusty Blackbird 5 
Common Grackle 171 
Ovenbird 69 
Worm-eating Warbler 1 
Louisiana Waterthrush 1 
Northern Waterthrush 32 
Blue-winged Warbler 3 
Black-and-white Warbler 45 
Tennessee Warbler 10 
Orange-crowned Warbler 2 
Nashville Warbler 16 
Mourning Warbler 6 
Common Yellowthroat 114 
Hooded Warbler 1 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
American Redstart 110 
Cape May Warbler 4 
Northern Parula 35 
Magnolia Warbler 29 
Bay-breasted Warbler 14 
Blackburnian Warbler 24 
Yellow Warbler 121 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 28 
Blackpoll Warbler 23 
Black-throated Blue Warbler 25 
Palm Warbler 32 
Pine Warbler 30 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 127 
Prairie Warbler 20 
Black-throated Green Warbler 33 
Canada Warbler 14 
Wilson's Warbler 23 
Scarlet Tanager 12 
Northern Cardinal 227 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 45 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Blue Grosbeak 1 
Indigo Bunting 9 
Dickcissel 2 

Total species 263. Total reports 63,953. Total sightings 17,141.

August 25, 2026, Tom Wetmore