Tom’s 2010 Massachusetts and Plum Island Bird Lists

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Tom’s 2010 Massachusetts and Plum Island Bird Lists

Here’s the list of bird species seen by Tom in Massachusetts and on Plum Island in 2010. 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 237 species on the list, with 225 on Plum Island, 1 state life bird, and 2 life birds.

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

July 25, 2010, Tom Wetmore