Tom’s 2011 Massachusetts and Plum Island Bird Lists

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Tom’s 2011 Massachusetts and Plum Island Bird Lists

Here’s the list of bird species seen by Tom in Massachusetts and on Plum Island in 2011. 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 269 species on the list, with 259 on Plum Island, 3 state life birds, and 2 life birds.

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

January 1, 2012, Tom Wetmore