Tom’s 2023 Massachusetts and Plum Island Bird Lists

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Tom’s 2023 Massachusetts and Plum Island Bird Lists

Here’s the list of bird species seen by Tom in Massachusetts and on Plum Island in 2023. All birds on the list were seen in Massachusetts. Birds in boldface were also seen on Plum Island. There are 212 species on the list, with 211 on Plum Island.

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

June 7, 2023, Tom Wetmore