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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 July 11, 2026 — day 192

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snow Goose 4 
Brant 62 
Canada Goose 183 
Mute Swan 133 
Wood Duck 14 
Blue-winged Teal 42 
Northern Shoveler 30 
Gadwall 129 
Eurasian Wigeon 1 
American Wigeon 11 
Mallard 169 
American Black Duck 173 
Northern Pintail 51 
Green-winged Teal 118 
Ring-necked Duck 29 
Greater Scaup 50 
Lesser Scaup 19 
Common Eider 126 
Surf Scoter 80 
White-winged Scoter 122 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Black Scoter 121 
Long-tailed Duck 120 
Bufflehead 110 
Common Goldeneye 96 
Hooded Merganser 43 
Common Merganser 34 
Red-breasted Merganser 148 
Wild Turkey 96 
Pied-billed Grebe 7 
Horned Grebe 77 
Red-necked Grebe 29 
Rock Pigeon 134 
Mourning Dove 177 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 8 
Black-billed Cuckoo 14 
Eastern Whip-poor-will 12 
Chimney Swift 33 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 32 
King Rail 36 
Clapper Rail 49 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Virginia Rail 8 
Sora 4 
American Coot 3 
American Oystercatcher 26 
Black-bellied Plover 53 
Killdeer 125 
Semipalmated Plover 60 
Piping Plover 103 
Whimbrel 2 
Ruddy Turnstone 17 
Red Knot 12 
Ruff 4 
Stilt Sandpiper 5 
Sanderling 68 
Dunlin 90 
Purple Sandpiper 23 
Baird's Sandpiper 1 
Least Sandpiper 63 
White-rumped Sandpiper 35 
Pectoral Sandpiper 7 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Semipalmated Sandpiper 59 
Short-billed Dowitcher 46 
Long-billed Dowitcher 1 
American Woodcock 55 
Wilson's Snipe 37 
Spotted Sandpiper 33 
Solitary Sandpiper 4 
Lesser Yellowlegs 51 
Willet 84 
Greater Yellowlegs 91 
Wilson's Phalarope 12 
Red-necked Phalarope 1 
Dovekie 1 
Thick-billed Murre 4 
Razorbill 17 
Black Guillemot 1 
Black-legged Kittiwake 1 
Bonaparte's Gull 19 
Laughing Gull 13 
Ring-billed Gull 137 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Herring Gull 185 
Iceland Gull 2 
Lesser Black-backed Gull 3 
Glaucous Gull 1 
Great Black-backed Gull 166 
Least Tern 63 
Caspian Tern 2 
Black Tern 3 
Roseate Tern 41 
Common Tern 68 
Arctic Tern 2 
Forster's Tern 1 
Black Skimmer 2 
Red-throated Loon 80 
Common Loon 133 
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 6 
Sooty Shearwater 3 
Manx Shearwater 1 
Northern Gannet 30 
Great Cormorant 16 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Double-crested Cormorant 115 
American Bittern 17 
Least Bittern 45 
Great Blue Heron 87 
Great Egret 113 
Snowy Egret 92 
Little Blue Heron 3 
Tricolored Heron 7 
Green Heron 5 
Black-crowned Night-Heron 31 
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 59 
Glossy Ibis 60 
White-faced Ibis 1 
Black Vulture 3 
Turkey Vulture 74 
Osprey 111 
Northern Harrier 181 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 38 
Cooper's Hawk 84 
Northern Goshawk 4 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Bald Eagle 107 
Red-shouldered Hawk 5 
Broad-winged Hawk 1 
Red-tailed Hawk 69 
Rough-legged Hawk 15 
Great Horned Owl 3 
Snowy Owl 34 
Long-eared Owl 1 
Short-eared Owl 23 
Belted Kingfisher 39 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 33 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4 
Downy Woodpecker 144 
Hairy Woodpecker 80 
Northern Flicker 77 
Pileated Woodpecker 1 
American Kestrel 44 
Merlin 58 
Peregrine Falcon 22 
Great Crested Flycatcher 59 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Eastern Kingbird 69 
Olive-sided Flycatcher 2 
Eastern Wood-Pewee 33 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 8 
Alder Flycatcher 20 
Willow Flycatcher 54 
Least Flycatcher 23 
Eastern Phoebe 46 
White-eyed Vireo 10 
Yellow-throated Vireo 10 
Blue-headed Vireo 32 
Philadelphia Vireo 2 
Warbling Vireo 24 
Red-eyed Vireo 55 
Blue Jay 167 
American Crow 156 
Fish Crow 30 
Common Raven 104 
Black-capped Chickadee 181 
Tufted Titmouse 77 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Horned Lark 52 
Bank Swallow 26 
Tree Swallow 100 
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 7 
Purple Martin 90 
Barn Swallow 84 
Cliff Swallow 4 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 38 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 36 
Bohemian Waxwing 11 
Cedar Waxwing 119 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 118 
White-breasted Nuthatch 33 
Brown Creeper 30 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 24 
House Wren 63 
Winter Wren 5 
Marsh Wren 78 
Carolina Wren 64 
Gray Catbird 101 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Brown Thrasher 87 
Northern Mockingbird 168 
European Starling 163 
Eastern Bluebird 2 
Veery 18 
Swainson's Thrush 14 
Hermit Thrush 74 
Wood Thrush 31 
American Robin 184 
House Sparrow 161 
American Pipit 7 
House Finch 171 
Purple Finch 145 
Pine Siskin 3 
American Goldfinch 157 
Lapland Longspur 15 
Snow Bunting 24 
Chipping Sparrow 83 
Clay-colored Sparrow 1 
Field Sparrow 64 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Fox Sparrow 22 
American Tree Sparrow 87 
Dark-eyed Junco 89 
White-crowned Sparrow 7 
White-throated Sparrow 132 
Vesper Sparrow 2 
Seaside Sparrow 19 
Nelson's Sparrow 1 
Saltmarsh Sparrow 56 
Savannah Sparrow 82 
Song Sparrow 173 
Lincoln's Sparrow 9 
Swamp Sparrow 98 
Eastern Towhee 134 
Yellow-breasted Chat 2 
Bobolink 60 
Eastern Meadowlark 5 
Orchard Oriole 65 
Baltimore Oriole 60 
Red-winged Blackbird 128 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Brown-headed Cowbird 112 
Rusty Blackbird 5 
Common Grackle 126 
Ovenbird 65 
Worm-eating Warbler 1 
Louisiana Waterthrush 1 
Northern Waterthrush 28 
Blue-winged Warbler 1 
Black-and-white Warbler 36 
Tennessee Warbler 10 
Orange-crowned Warbler 2 
Nashville Warbler 16 
Mourning Warbler 6 
Common Yellowthroat 71 
Hooded Warbler 1 
American Redstart 68 
Cape May Warbler 4 
Northern Parula 35 
Magnolia Warbler 29 
Bay-breasted Warbler 14 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Blackburnian Warbler 24 
Yellow Warbler 78 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 28 
Blackpoll Warbler 23 
Black-throated Blue Warbler 24 
Palm Warbler 32 
Pine Warbler 30 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 124 
Prairie Warbler 19 
Black-throated Green Warbler 33 
Canada Warbler 14 
Wilson's Warbler 23 
Scarlet Tanager 12 
Northern Cardinal 183 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 36 
Blue Grosbeak 1 
Indigo Bunting 9 

Total species 257. Total reports 50,022. Total sightings 13,368.

July 11, 2026, Tom Wetmore