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Quarter-Month Status
Birds of Plum Island, Essex County, Massachusetts

Compiled by Tom Wetmore


This table shows the quarter-month status of the birds of Plum Island. It is based on my own data and on data collected for inclusion on the Plum Island sigthings web site.


Quarter-Month Status of the Birds of Plum Island — updated April 18, 2024

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Snow Goose 517 
Ross's Goose 14 
Greater White-fronted Goose 26 
Brant 1164 
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose 6690 
Mute Swan 4128 
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck 443 
Blue-winged Teal 1272 
Northern Shoveler 1384 
Gadwall 5367 
Eurasian Wigeon 283 
American Wigeon 1934 
Mallard 6482 
American Black Duck 6480 
Northern Pintail 3231 
Green-winged Teal 4747 
Canvasback 21 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Redhead 153 
Ring-necked Duck 377 
Greater Scaup 1133 
Lesser Scaup 724 
King Eider 117 
Common Eider 4076 
Harlequin Duck 58 
Surf Scoter 1887 
White-winged Scoter 4029 
Black Scoter 3037 
Long-tailed Duck 3160 
Bufflehead 2973 
Common Goldeneye 2304 
Barrow's Goldeneye 35 
Hooded Merganser 2169 
Common Merganser 458 
Red-breasted Merganser 3530 
Ruddy Duck 600 
Wild Turkey 2306 
Ring-necked Pheasant 85 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Pied-billed Grebe 895 
Horned Grebe 2501 
Red-necked Grebe 1530 
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe 71 
Rock Pigeon 4314 
Ringed Turtle-Dove
Mourning Dove 5516 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 284 
Black-billed Cuckoo 343 
Common Nighthawk 90 
Chuck-will's-widow
Eastern Whip-poor-will 326 
Chimney Swift 621 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 699 
King Rail 166 
Clapper Rail 102 
Virginia Rail 737 
Sora 506 
Common Gallinule 176 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
American Coot 551 
Black Rail 18 
Sandhill Crane
Black-necked Stilt 10 
American Avocet 234 
American Oystercatcher 56 
Northern Lapwing
Black-bellied Plover 3415 
American Golden-Plover 631 
Pacific Golden-Plover
Killdeer 3533 
Common Ringed Plover
Semipalmated Plover 2890 
Piping Plover 2135 
Wilson's Plover
Upland Sandpiper 19 
Whimbrel 721 
Black-tailed Godwit 11 
Hudsonian Godwit 380 
Marbled Godwit 100 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Ruddy Turnstone 908 
Red Knot 779 
Ruff 17 
Stilt Sandpiper 981 
Curlew Sandpiper 24 
Red-necked Stint
Sanderling 3050 
Dunlin 2937 
Purple Sandpiper 468 
Baird's Sandpiper 374 
Least Sandpiper 2304 
White-rumped Sandpiper 2031 
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 211 
Pectoral Sandpiper 974 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 2892 
Western Sandpiper 359 
Short-billed Dowitcher 2178 
Long-billed Dowitcher 881 
American Woodcock 822 
Wilson's Snipe 416 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Spotted Sandpiper 1554 
Solitary Sandpiper 252 
Lesser Yellowlegs 2665 
Willet 2251 
Greater Yellowlegs 4392 
Wilson's Phalarope 242 
Red-necked Phalarope 38 
Red Phalarope 30 
Pomarine Jaeger 12 
Parasitic Jaeger 59 
Long-tailed Jaeger
Dovekie 53 
Common Murre 18 
Thick-billed Murre 43 
Razorbill 1041 
Black Guillemot 146 
Atlantic Puffin
Black-legged Kittiwake 403 
Sabine's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull 1636 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Black-headed Gull 40 
Little Gull 124 
Laughing Gull 840 
Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gull 5021 
Herring Gull 6743 
Iceland Gull 154 
Lesser Black-backed Gull 227 
Glaucous Gull 51 
Great Black-backed Gull 6275 
Least Tern 2126 
Gull-billed Tern 44 
Caspian Tern 180 
Black Tern 147 
Roseate Tern 520 
Common Tern 2376 
Arctic Tern 33 
Forster's Tern 283 
Royal Tern 40 
Sandwich Tern
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Elegant Tern
Black Skimmer 80 
Red-throated Loon 2574 
Pacific Loon 16 
Common Loon 4581 
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 159 
Leach's Storm-Petrel 11 
Northern Fulmar
Cory's Shearwater 45 
Sooty Shearwater 21 
Great Shearwater 54 
Manx Shearwater 67 
Northern Gannet 2419 
Great Cormorant 809 
Double-crested Cormorant 4722 
Neotropic Cormorant
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
American Bittern 767 
Least Bittern 881 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Great Blue Heron 4156 
Great Egret 4407 
Little Egret
Snowy Egret 3561 
Little Blue Heron 209 
Tricolored Heron 247 
Cattle Egret 27 
Green Heron 398 
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1711 
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 347 
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis 1018 
White-faced Ibis 22 
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture 2308 
Osprey 3406 
Golden Eagle
Northern Harrier 5367 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1077 
Cooper's Hawk 1881 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Northern Goshawk 44 
Bald Eagle 2037 
Mississippi Kite
Red-shouldered Hawk 68 
Broad-winged Hawk 56 
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk 2758 
Rough-legged Hawk 1481 
Eastern Screech-Owl 12 
Great Horned Owl 377 
Snowy Owl 1476 
Barred Owl 216 
Long-eared Owl 33 
Short-eared Owl 645 
Northern Saw-whet Owl 43 
Belted Kingfisher 958 
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker 466 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 577 
Downy Woodpecker 4108 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Hairy Woodpecker 623 
Northern Flicker 2475 
Pileated Woodpecker
American Kestrel 1033 
Merlin 2160 
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine Falcon 2726 
Prairie Falcon
Monk Parakeet
Ash-throated Flycatcher 13 
Great Crested Flycatcher 1135 
Western Kingbird 40 
Eastern Kingbird 2536 
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 25 
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Olive-sided Flycatcher 85 
Eastern Wood-Pewee 503 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 185 
Acadian Flycatcher 16 
Alder Flycatcher 397 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Willow Flycatcher 1559 
Least Flycatcher 377 
Eastern Phoebe 2034 
Say's Phoebe
White-eyed Vireo 104 
Yellow-throated Vireo 105 
Blue-headed Vireo 777 
Philadelphia Vireo 261 
Warbling Vireo 337 
Red-eyed Vireo 1667 
Yellow-green Vireo
Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Shrike 765 
Blue Jay 5597 
American Crow 6301 
Fish Crow 215 
Common Raven 975 
Black-capped Chickadee 6330 
Tufted Titmouse 612 
Horned Lark 1664 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Bank Swallow 1324 
Tree Swallow 3592 
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 233 
Purple Martin 2189 
Barn Swallow 2623 
Cliff Swallow 157 
Cave Swallow 10 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1353 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1529 
Bohemian Waxwing 17 
Cedar Waxwing 3383 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2255 
White-breasted Nuthatch 784 
Brown Creeper 697 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 362 
House Wren 658 
Winter Wren 227 
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren 2867 
Carolina Wren 1285 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Gray Catbird 4219 
Brown Thrasher 3055 
Sage Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird 6073 
European Starling 5637 
Eastern Bluebird 60 
Townsend's Solitaire
Veery 375 
Gray-cheeked Thrush 50 
Bicknell's Thrush
Swainson's Thrush 426 
Hermit Thrush 1699 
Wood Thrush 185 
American Robin 6613 
Northern Wheatear
House Sparrow 4626 
American Pipit 685 
Evening Grosbeak 16 
Pine Grosbeak 17 
House Finch 3835 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Purple Finch 2863 
Common Redpoll 352 
Hoary Redpoll 16 
Red Crossbill 215 
White-winged Crossbill 140 
Pine Siskin 363 
American Goldfinch 5097 
Lapland Longspur 370 
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Snow Bunting 1262 
Grasshopper Sparrow 25 
Lark Sparrow 75 
Chipping Sparrow 1226 
Clay-colored Sparrow 228 
Field Sparrow 2163 
Fox Sparrow 294 
American Tree Sparrow 2680 
Dark-eyed Junco 2153 
White-crowned Sparrow 644 
White-throated Sparrow 3230 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Vesper Sparrow 53 
Seaside Sparrow 931 
Nelson's Sparrow 135 
Saltmarsh Sparrow 2029 
Savannah Sparrow 3047 
Song Sparrow 6235 
Lincoln's Sparrow 255 
Swamp Sparrow 2172 
Green-tailed Towhee 12 
Eastern Towhee 3795 
Yellow-breasted Chat 98 
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Bobolink 2276 
Eastern Meadowlark 619 
Western Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole 880 
Baltimore Oriole 2050 
Red-winged Blackbird 4011 
Brown-headed Cowbird 2222 
Rusty Blackbird 106 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Common Grackle 3498 
Ovenbird 516 
Worm-eating Warbler 29 
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush 643 
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler 114 
Black-and-white Warbler 1041 
Prothonotary Warbler 17 
Swainson's Warbler
Tennessee Warbler 174 
Orange-crowned Warbler 117 
Nashville Warbler 542 
Connecticut Warbler 65 
Mourning Warbler 159 
Kentucky Warbler 21 
Common Yellowthroat 2773 
Hooded Warbler 59 
American Redstart 1934 
Cape May Warbler 259 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Cerulean Warbler
Northern Parula 884 
Magnolia Warbler 795 
Bay-breasted Warbler 323 
Blackburnian Warbler 425 
Yellow Warbler 2451 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 475 
Blackpoll Warbler 930 
Black-throated Blue Warbler 723 
Palm Warbler 883 
Pine Warbler 742 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2771 
Yellow-throated Warbler 10 
Prairie Warbler 330 
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler 876 
Canada Warbler 394 
Wilson's Warbler 558 
Summer Tanager 45 
Scarlet Tanager 370 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Western Tanager
Northern Cardinal 5738 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 575 
Blue Grosbeak 13 
Indigo Bunting 155 
Dickcissel 144 

April 18, 2024, Tom Wetmore