Tom’s 2013 Massachusetts and Plum Island Bird Lists

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Tom’s 2013 Massachusetts and Plum Island Bird Lists

Here’s the list of bird species seen by Tom in Massachusetts and on Plum Island in 2013. 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 257 species on the list, with 251 on Plum Island, 1 state life bird, and 2 life birds.

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

November 5, 2013, Tom Wetmore