Tom’s 2021 Massachusetts and Plum Island Bird Lists

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Tom’s 2021 Massachusetts and Plum Island Bird Lists

Here’s the list of bird species seen by Tom in Massachusetts and on Plum Island in 2021. 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 255 species on the list, with 251 on Plum Island, and 1 life bird.

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

December 16, 2021, Tom Wetmore