Tom’s 2022 Massachusetts and Plum Island Bird Lists

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Tom’s 2022 Massachusetts and Plum Island Bird Lists

Here’s the list of bird species seen by Tom in Massachusetts and on Plum Island in 2022. All birds on the list were seen in Massachusetts. Birds in boldface were also seen on Plum Island. There are 253 species on the list, with 251 on Plum Island.

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

December 8, 2022, Tom Wetmore