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. There are 198 species on the list, with 194 on Plum Island.

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

May 18, 2021, Tom Wetmore