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 226 species on the list, with 224 on Plum Island.

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

July 20, 2021, Tom Wetmore