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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 10, 2026 — day 222

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snow Goose 4 
Brant 62 
Canada Goose 212 
Mute Swan 162 
Wood Duck 14 
Blue-winged Teal 43 
Northern Shoveler 30 
Gadwall 158 
Eurasian Wigeon 1 
American Wigeon 11 
Mallard 199 
American Black Duck 197 
Northern Pintail 51 
Green-winged Teal 137 
Ring-necked Duck 29 
Greater Scaup 50 
Lesser Scaup 19 
Common Eider 151 
Surf Scoter 80 
White-winged Scoter 125 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Black Scoter 123 
Long-tailed Duck 120 
Bufflehead 110 
Common Goldeneye 96 
Hooded Merganser 44 
Common Merganser 34 
Red-breasted Merganser 171 
Wild Turkey 119 
Pied-billed Grebe 10 
Horned Grebe 77 
Red-necked Grebe 29 
Rock Pigeon 148 
Mourning Dove 207 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 9 
Black-billed Cuckoo 15 
Eastern Whip-poor-will 14 
Chimney Swift 35 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 40 
King Rail 52 
Clapper Rail 51 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Virginia Rail 11 
Sora 4 
American Coot 3 
American Oystercatcher 26 
Black-bellied Plover 71 
American Golden-Plover 1 
Killdeer 155 
Semipalmated Plover 88 
Piping Plover 133 
Whimbrel 8 
Marbled Godwit 2 
Ruddy Turnstone 28 
Red Knot 15 
Ruff 4 
Stilt Sandpiper 28 
Sanderling 88 
Dunlin 97 
Purple Sandpiper 23 
Baird's Sandpiper 1 
Least Sandpiper 93 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
White-rumped Sandpiper 56 
Pectoral Sandpiper 14 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 89 
Short-billed Dowitcher 76 
Long-billed Dowitcher 20 
American Woodcock 55 
Wilson's Snipe 37 
Spotted Sandpiper 58 
Solitary Sandpiper 8 
Lesser Yellowlegs 80 
Willet 112 
Greater Yellowlegs 121 
Wilson's Phalarope 13 
Red-necked Phalarope 1 
Dovekie 1 
Thick-billed Murre 4 
Razorbill 17 
Black Guillemot 3 
Black-legged Kittiwake 1 
Bonaparte's Gull 24 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Laughing Gull 31 
Ring-billed Gull 167 
Herring Gull 215 
Iceland Gull 2 
Lesser Black-backed Gull 3 
Glaucous Gull 1 
Great Black-backed Gull 196 
Least Tern 93 
Caspian Tern 2 
Black Tern 6 
Roseate Tern 65 
Common Tern 98 
Arctic Tern 2 
Forster's Tern 9 
Royal Tern 1 
Black Skimmer 2 
Red-throated Loon 84 
Common Loon 152 
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 31 
Sooty Shearwater 3 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Manx Shearwater 3 
Northern Gannet 31 
Great Cormorant 16 
Double-crested Cormorant 145 
American Bittern 17 
Least Bittern 70 
Great Blue Heron 117 
Great Egret 143 
Snowy Egret 122 
Little Blue Heron 9 
Tricolored Heron 8 
Green Heron 6 
Black-crowned Night-Heron 61 
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 75 
Glossy Ibis 84 
White-faced Ibis 3 
Black Vulture 3 
Turkey Vulture 92 
Osprey 141 
Northern Harrier 211 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Sharp-shinned Hawk 38 
Cooper's Hawk 89 
Northern Goshawk 4 
Bald Eagle 112 
Red-shouldered Hawk 6 
Broad-winged Hawk 1 
Red-tailed Hawk 71 
Rough-legged Hawk 15 
Great Horned Owl 4 
Snowy Owl 34 
Long-eared Owl 1 
Short-eared Owl 23 
Belted Kingfisher 41 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 33 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4 
Downy Woodpecker 163 
Hairy Woodpecker 81 
Northern Flicker 91 
Pileated Woodpecker 1 
American Kestrel 44 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Merlin 61 
Peregrine Falcon 34 
Great Crested Flycatcher 80 
Eastern Kingbird 99 
Olive-sided Flycatcher 2 
Eastern Wood-Pewee 45 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 8 
Alder Flycatcher 20 
Willow Flycatcher 82 
Least Flycatcher 23 
Eastern Phoebe 62 
White-eyed Vireo 10 
Yellow-throated Vireo 10 
Blue-headed Vireo 32 
Philadelphia Vireo 2 
Warbling Vireo 26 
Red-eyed Vireo 79 
Blue Jay 185 
American Crow 178 
Fish Crow 32 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Common Raven 111 
Black-capped Chickadee 209 
Tufted Titmouse 81 
Horned Lark 52 
Bank Swallow 47 
Tree Swallow 130 
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 9 
Purple Martin 120 
Barn Swallow 113 
Cliff Swallow 5 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 38 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 36 
Bohemian Waxwing 11 
Cedar Waxwing 149 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 124 
White-breasted Nuthatch 48 
Brown Creeper 30 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 24 
House Wren 73 
Winter Wren 5 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Marsh Wren 108 
Carolina Wren 72 
Gray Catbird 131 
Brown Thrasher 106 
Northern Mockingbird 197 
European Starling 193 
Eastern Bluebird 2 
Veery 18 
Swainson's Thrush 15 
Hermit Thrush 74 
Wood Thrush 31 
American Robin 214 
House Sparrow 190 
American Pipit 7 
House Finch 201 
Purple Finch 161 
Pine Siskin 3 
American Goldfinch 187 
Lapland Longspur 15 
Snow Bunting 24 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Lark Sparrow 2 
Chipping Sparrow 89 
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 84 
Savannah Sparrow 93 
Song Sparrow 203 
Lincoln's Sparrow 9 
Swamp Sparrow 116 
Eastern Towhee 164 
Yellow-breasted Chat 2 
Bobolink 84 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Eastern Meadowlark 5 
Orchard Oriole 77 
Baltimore Oriole 79 
Red-winged Blackbird 158 
Brown-headed Cowbird 130 
Rusty Blackbird 5 
Common Grackle 156 
Ovenbird 69 
Worm-eating Warbler 1 
Louisiana Waterthrush 1 
Northern Waterthrush 31 
Blue-winged Warbler 2 
Black-and-white Warbler 42 
Tennessee Warbler 10 
Orange-crowned Warbler 2 
Nashville Warbler 16 
Mourning Warbler 6 
Common Yellowthroat 100 
Hooded Warbler 1 
American Redstart 96 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Cape May Warbler 4 
Northern Parula 35 
Magnolia Warbler 29 
Bay-breasted Warbler 14 
Blackburnian Warbler 24 
Yellow Warbler 108 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 28 
Blackpoll Warbler 23 
Black-throated Blue Warbler 24 
Palm Warbler 32 
Pine Warbler 30 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 126 
Prairie Warbler 19 
Black-throated Green Warbler 33 
Canada Warbler 14 
Wilson's Warbler 23 
Scarlet Tanager 12 
Northern Cardinal 212 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 42 
Blue Grosbeak 1 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Indigo Bunting 9 
Dickcissel 1 

Total species 262. Total reports 58,829. Total sightings 15,829.

August 10, 2026, Tom Wetmore