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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 May 9, 2026 — day 129

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snow Goose 4 
Brant 55 
Canada Goose 120 
Mute Swan 69 
Wood Duck 11 
Blue-winged Teal 5 
Northern Shoveler 25 
Gadwall 65 
Eurasian Wigeon 1 
American Wigeon 10 
Mallard 105 
American Black Duck 118 
Northern Pintail 51 
Green-winged Teal 61 
Ring-necked Duck 29 
Greater Scaup 50 
Lesser Scaup 19 
Common Eider 82 
Surf Scoter 75 
White-winged Scoter 98 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Black Scoter 98 
Long-tailed Duck 103 
Bufflehead 104 
Common Goldeneye 96 
Hooded Merganser 43 
Common Merganser 34 
Red-breasted Merganser 105 
Wild Turkey 48 
Pied-billed Grebe 7 
Horned Grebe 77 
Red-necked Grebe 29 
Rock Pigeon 106 
Mourning Dove 113 
Chimney Swift 3 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 4 
Clapper Rail 11 
Virginia Rail 3 
Sora 2 
American Coot 3 
American Oystercatcher 7 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Black-bellied Plover 12 
Killdeer 61 
Semipalmated Plover 7 
Piping Plover 46 
Ruddy Turnstone 1 
Ruff 2 
Sanderling 51 
Dunlin 61 
Purple Sandpiper 20 
Least Sandpiper 19 
Pectoral Sandpiper 1 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 
Short-billed Dowitcher 1 
American Woodcock 43 
Wilson's Snipe 34 
Spotted Sandpiper 1 
Solitary Sandpiper 1 
Lesser Yellowlegs 17 
Willet 20 
Greater Yellowlegs 35 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Dovekie 1 
Thick-billed Murre 4 
Razorbill 17 
Black Guillemot 1 
Black-legged Kittiwake 1 
Ring-billed Gull 86 
Herring Gull 121 
Iceland Gull 2 
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 
Great Black-backed Gull 106 
Common Tern 5 
Red-throated Loon 62 
Common Loon 95 
Northern Gannet 24 
Great Cormorant 16 
Double-crested Cormorant 51 
American Bittern 14 
Least Bittern 1 
Great Blue Heron 42 
Great Egret 49 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snowy Egret 28 
Little Blue Heron 1 
Green Heron 1 
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 10 
Glossy Ibis 20 
White-faced Ibis 1 
Turkey Vulture 40 
Osprey 48 
Northern Harrier 123 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 34 
Cooper's Hawk 62 
Northern Goshawk 4 
Bald Eagle 86 
Red-shouldered Hawk 3 
Red-tailed Hawk 51 
Rough-legged Hawk 15 
Great Horned Owl 3 
Snowy Owl 34 
Long-eared Owl 1 
Short-eared Owl 23 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Belted Kingfisher 21 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 12 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4 
Downy Woodpecker 115 
Hairy Woodpecker 72 
Northern Flicker 62 
Pileated Woodpecker 1 
American Kestrel 39 
Merlin 44 
Peregrine Falcon 16 
Great Crested Flycatcher 4 
Eastern Kingbird 5 
Least Flycatcher 3 
Eastern Phoebe 37 
White-eyed Vireo 3 
Yellow-throated Vireo 1 
Blue-headed Vireo 15 
Warbling Vireo 6 
Blue Jay 113 
American Crow 111 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Fish Crow 23 
Common Raven 95 
Black-capped Chickadee 119 
Tufted Titmouse 44 
Horned Lark 52 
Bank Swallow 4 
Tree Swallow 38 
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 6 
Purple Martin 27 
Barn Swallow 24 
Cliff Swallow 2 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 30 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 35 
Bohemian Waxwing 11 
Cedar Waxwing 64 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 102 
White-breasted Nuthatch 27 
Brown Creeper 29 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 14 
House Wren 7 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Winter Wren 5 
Marsh Wren 16 
Carolina Wren 26 
Gray Catbird 37 
Brown Thrasher 25 
Northern Mockingbird 105 
European Starling 100 
Eastern Bluebird 2 
Veery 2 
Hermit Thrush 68 
Wood Thrush 1 
American Robin 120 
House Sparrow 100 
American Pipit 7 
House Finch 107 
Purple Finch 86 
Pine Siskin 3 
American Goldfinch 93 
Lapland Longspur 15 
Snow Bunting 24 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Chipping Sparrow 28 
Field Sparrow 35 
Fox Sparrow 22 
American Tree Sparrow 87 
Dark-eyed Junco 87 
White-crowned Sparrow 2 
White-throated Sparrow 107 
Vesper Sparrow 2 
Seaside Sparrow 1 
Savannah Sparrow 49 
Song Sparrow 109 
Swamp Sparrow 40 
Eastern Towhee 70 
Bobolink 5 
Eastern Meadowlark 5 
Orchard Oriole 5 
Baltimore Oriole 5 
Red-winged Blackbird 64 
Brown-headed Cowbird 52 
Rusty Blackbird 5 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Common Grackle 62 
Ovenbird 6 
Louisiana Waterthrush 1 
Northern Waterthrush 7 
Blue-winged Warbler 1 
Black-and-white Warbler 10 
Orange-crowned Warbler 1 
Nashville Warbler 4 
Common Yellowthroat 7 
American Redstart 5 
Northern Parula 7 
Magnolia Warbler 3 
Blackburnian Warbler 3 
Yellow Warbler 14 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 1 
Black-throated Blue Warbler 5 
Palm Warbler 28 
Pine Warbler 21 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 107 
Prairie Warbler 7 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Black-throated Green Warbler 6 
Wilson's Warbler 2 
Scarlet Tanager 1 
Northern Cardinal 120 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 5 
Indigo Bunting 2 

Total species 206. Total reports 27,660. Total sightings 7,365.

May 9, 2026, Tom Wetmore