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 April 9, 2026 — day 99

Species

N

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Snow Goose

3

Brant

28

Canada Goose

90

Mute Swan

39

Wood Duck

6

Blue-winged Teal

2

Northern Shoveler

9

Gadwall

35

Eurasian Wigeon

1

American Wigeon

6

Mallard

75

American Black Duck

89

Northern Pintail

48

Green-winged Teal

31

Ring-necked Duck

11

Greater Scaup

44

Lesser Scaup

18

Common Eider

58

Surf Scoter

48

White-winged Scoter

71

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Black Scoter

72

Long-tailed Duck

74

Bufflehead

74

Common Goldeneye

89

Hooded Merganser

36

Common Merganser

16

Red-breasted Merganser

77

Wild Turkey

20

Pied-billed Grebe

3

Horned Grebe

61

Red-necked Grebe

26

Rock Pigeon

82

Mourning Dove

83

Virginia Rail

2

American Coot

2

Killdeer

31

Piping Plover

24

Sanderling

44

Dunlin

40

Purple Sandpiper

12

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Least Sandpiper

8

American Woodcock

30

Wilson's Snipe

12

Willet

1

Greater Yellowlegs

5

Dovekie

1

Thick-billed Murre

4

Razorbill

17

Black Guillemot

1

Ring-billed Gull

64

Herring Gull

91

Iceland Gull

1

Lesser Black-backed Gull

1

Great Black-backed Gull

77

Red-throated Loon

39

Common Loon

66

Northern Gannet

3

Great Cormorant

16

Double-crested Cormorant

21

Great Blue Heron

13

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Great Egret

19

Snowy Egret

4

Glossy Ibis

6

Turkey Vulture

21

Osprey

18

Northern Harrier

93

Sharp-shinned Hawk

20

Cooper's Hawk

47

Northern Goshawk

4

Bald Eagle

71

Red-shouldered Hawk

2

Red-tailed Hawk

31

Rough-legged Hawk

15

Great Horned Owl

3

Snowy Owl

34

Long-eared Owl

1

Short-eared Owl

23

Belted Kingfisher

5

Red-bellied Woodpecker

4

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

2

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Downy Woodpecker

85

Hairy Woodpecker

47

Northern Flicker

37

American Kestrel

11

Merlin

18

Peregrine Falcon

11

Eastern Phoebe

16

Blue Jay

83

American Crow

81

Fish Crow

6

Common Raven

71

Black-capped Chickadee

89

Tufted Titmouse

16

Horned Lark

50

Tree Swallow

8

Purple Martin

1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

1

Golden-crowned Kinglet

18

Bohemian Waxwing

11

Cedar Waxwing

60

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Red-breasted Nuthatch

74

White-breasted Nuthatch

15

Brown Creeper

14

Winter Wren

3

Marsh Wren

1

Carolina Wren

11

Gray Catbird

23

Northern Mockingbird

75

European Starling

70

Eastern Bluebird

1

Hermit Thrush

39

American Robin

90

House Sparrow

70

American Pipit

5

House Finch

77

Purple Finch

56

Pine Siskin

1

American Goldfinch

63

Lapland Longspur

14

Snow Bunting

23

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Chipping Sparrow

4

Field Sparrow

10

Fox Sparrow

20

American Tree Sparrow

83

Dark-eyed Junco

72

White-throated Sparrow

77

Seaside Sparrow

1

Savannah Sparrow

20

Song Sparrow

79

Swamp Sparrow

12

Eastern Towhee

41

Eastern Meadowlark

5

Red-winged Blackbird

34

Brown-headed Cowbird

22

Rusty Blackbird

4

Common Grackle

32

Orange-crowned Warbler

1

Palm Warbler

6

Pine Warbler

3

Yellow-rumped Warbler

78

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Northern Cardinal

90