Tom’s 2008 Massachusetts and Plum Island Bird Lists

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Tom’s 2008 Massachusetts and Plum Island Bird Lists

Here’s the list of bird species seen by Tom in Massachusetts and on Plum Island in 2008. All birds on the list were seen in Massachusetts. Birds in boldface were also seen on Plum Island. Birds in pink are life birds. Birds in yellow are Massachusetts life birds. Birds in purple are Plum Island life birds. There are 242 species on the list, with 231 on Plum Island, 3 state life birds, and 1 life bird.

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck	King Rail	Belted Kingfisher	Blackburnian Warbler
Snow Goose	Virginia Rail	Red-bellied Woodpecker	Pine Warbler
Brant	Sora	Downy Woodpecker	Prairie Warbler
Canada Goose	Common Moorhen	Hairy Woodpecker	Palm Warbler
Mute Swan	American Coot	Northern Flicker	Bay-breasted Warbler
Wood Duck	Black-bellied Plover	Eastern Wood-Pewee	Blackpoll Warbler
Gadwall	American Golden-Plover	Yellow-bellied Flycatcher	Black-and-white Warbler
American Wigeon	Semipalmated Plover	Alder Flycatcher	American Redstart
American Black Duck	Piping Plover	Willow Flycatcher	Ovenbird
Mallard	Killdeer	Least Flycatcher	Northern Waterthrush
Blue-winged Teal	Spotted Sandpiper	Eastern Phoebe	Mourning Warbler
Northern Shoveler	Solitary Sandpiper	Great Crested Flycatcher	Common Yellowthroat
Northern Pintail	Greater Yellowlegs	Eastern Kingbird	Wilson's Warbler
Green-winged Teal	Willet	Northern Shrike	Canada Warbler
Canvasback	Lesser Yellowlegs	White-eyed Vireo	Scarlet Tanager
Ring-necked Duck	Whimbrel	Yellow-throated Vireo	Eastern Towhee
Greater Scaup	Ruddy Turnstone	Blue-headed Vireo	American Tree Sparrow
King Eider	Red Knot	Warbling Vireo	Chipping Sparrow
Common Eider	Sanderling	Red-eyed Vireo	Field Sparrow
Harlequin Duck	Semipalmated Sandpiper	Blue Jay	Savannah Sparrow
Surf Scoter	Least Sandpiper	American Crow	Saltmarsh Sharp-tailed Sparrow
White-winged Scoter	White-rumped Sandpiper	Horned Lark	Seaside Sparrow
Black Scoter	Pectoral Sandpiper	Purple Martin	Fox Sparrow
Long-tailed Duck	Purple Sandpiper	Tree Swallow	Song Sparrow
Bufflehead	Dunlin	Northern Rough-winged Swallow	Lincoln's Sparrow
Common Goldeneye	Stilt Sandpiper	Bank Swallow	Swamp Sparrow
Hooded Merganser	Ruff	Cliff Swallow	White-throated Sparrow
Common Merganser	Short-billed Dowitcher	Barn Swallow	White-crowned Sparrow
Red-breasted Merganser	Wilson's Snipe	Black-capped Chickadee	Dark-eyed Junco
Ruddy Duck	American Woodcock	Tufted Titmouse	Lapland Longspur
Ring-necked Pheasant	Wilson's Phalarope	Red-breasted Nuthatch	Snow Bunting
Wild Turkey	Laughing Gull	White-breasted Nuthatch	Northern Cardinal
Red-throated Loon	Franklin's Gull	Brown Creeper	Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Pacific Loon	Bonaparte's Gull	Carolina Wren	Indigo Bunting
Common Loon	Ring-billed Gull	House Wren	Bobolink
Pied-billed Grebe	Herring Gull	Winter Wren	Red-winged Blackbird
Horned Grebe	Iceland Gull	Marsh Wren	Eastern Meadowlark
Red-necked Grebe	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Golden-crowned Kinglet	Common Grackle
Sooty Shearwater	Glaucous Gull	Ruby-crowned Kinglet	Brown-headed Cowbird
Manx Shearwater	Great Black-backed Gull	Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	Orchard Oriole
Northern Gannet	Black-legged Kittiwake	Eastern Bluebird	Baltimore Oriole
Double-crested Cormorant	Least Tern	Veery	Purple Finch
Great Cormorant	Caspian Tern	Gray-cheeked Thrush	House Finch
American Bittern	Roseate Tern	Swainson's Thrush	Common Redpoll
Least Bittern	Common Tern	Hermit Thrush	Pine Siskin
Great Blue Heron	Forster's Tern	Wood Thrush	American Goldfinch
Great Egret	Royal Tern	American Robin	House Sparrow
Snowy Egret	Black Skimmer	Gray Catbird
Little Blue Heron	Thick-billed Murre	Northern Mockingbird
Tricolored Heron	Razorbill	Brown Thrasher
Green Heron	Black Guillemot	European Starling
Black-crowned Night-Heron	Rock Pigeon	Bohemian Waxwing
Glossy Ibis	Mourning Dove	Cedar Waxwing
Turkey Vulture	Yellow-billed Cuckoo	Blue-winged Warbler
Osprey	Black-billed Cuckoo	Tennessee Warbler
Bald Eagle	Eastern Screech-Owl	Orange-crowned Warbler
Northern Harrier	Great Horned Owl	Nashville Warbler
Sharp-shinned Hawk	Snowy Owl	Northern Parula
Cooper's Hawk	Barred Owl	Yellow Warbler
Northern Goshawk	Long-eared Owl	Chestnut-sided Warbler
Red-tailed Hawk	Short-eared Owl	Magnolia Warbler
Rough-legged Hawk	Northern Saw-whet Owl	Cape May Warbler
American Kestrel	Whip-poor-will	Black-throated Blue Warbler
Merlin	Chimney Swift	Yellow-rumped Warbler
Peregrine Falcon	Ruby-throated Hummingbird	Black-throated Green Warbler

July 13, 2008, Tom Wetmore