Tom’s 2016 Massachusetts and Plum Island Bird Lists

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Tom’s 2016 Massachusetts and Plum Island Bird Lists

Here’s the list of bird species seen by Tom in Massachusetts and on Plum Island in 2016. All birds on the list were seen in Massachusetts. Birds in boldface were also seen on Plum Island. Birds in pink are life birds. There are 263 species on the list, with 258 on Plum Island, and 1 life bird.

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

December 28, 2016, Tom Wetmore