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 236 species on the list, with 234 on Plum Island.

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

September 25, 2022, Tom Wetmore