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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 July 31, 2025

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Snow Goose 551 
Ross's Goose 14 
Greater White-fronted Goose 26 
Brant 1262 
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose 7147 
Mute Swan 4456 
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck 467 
Blue-winged Teal 1331 
Northern Shoveler 1465 
Gadwall 5751 
Eurasian Wigeon 296 
American Wigeon 2028 
Mallard 6936 
American Black Duck 6914 
Northern Pintail 3428 
Green-winged Teal 5113 
Canvasback 21 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Redhead 153 
Ring-necked Duck 385 
Greater Scaup 1218 
Lesser Scaup 776 
King Eider 122 
Common Eider 4464 
Harlequin Duck 59 
Surf Scoter 2083 
White-winged Scoter 4291 
Black Scoter 3313 
Long-tailed Duck 3401 
Bufflehead 3171 
Common Goldeneye 2448 
Barrow's Goldeneye 35 
Hooded Merganser 2313 
Common Merganser 484 
Red-breasted Merganser 3779 
Ruddy Duck 645 
Wild Turkey 2536 
Ring-necked Pheasant 85 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Pied-billed Grebe 935 
Horned Grebe 2654 
Red-necked Grebe 1615 
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe 71 
Rock Pigeon 4632 
Ringed Turtle-Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove 5942 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 301 
Black-billed Cuckoo 389 
Common Nighthawk 95 
Chuck-will's-widow
Eastern Whip-poor-will 379 
Chimney Swift 701 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 782 
King Rail 188 
Clapper Rail 147 
Virginia Rail 814 
Sora 526 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Common Gallinule 181 
American Coot 599 
Purple Gallinule
Black Rail 18 
Sandhill Crane
Black-necked Stilt 21 
American Avocet 234 
American Oystercatcher 79 
Northern Lapwing
Black-bellied Plover 3629 
American Golden-Plover 691 
Pacific Golden-Plover
Killdeer 3856 
Common Ringed Plover
Semipalmated Plover 3138 
Piping Plover 2359 
Wilson's Plover
Upland Sandpiper 20 
Whimbrel 764 
Black-tailed Godwit 11 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Hudsonian Godwit 397 
Marbled Godwit 100 
Ruddy Turnstone 979 
Red Knot 822 
Ruff 26 
Stilt Sandpiper 1071 
Curlew Sandpiper 26 
Red-necked Stint
Sanderling 3301 
Dunlin 3183 
Purple Sandpiper 491 
Baird's Sandpiper 384 
Least Sandpiper 2508 
White-rumped Sandpiper 2176 
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 215 
Pectoral Sandpiper 1029 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 3134 
Western Sandpiper 363 
Short-billed Dowitcher 2351 
Long-billed Dowitcher 979 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
American Woodcock 874 
Wilson's Snipe 451 
Spotted Sandpiper 1692 
Solitary Sandpiper 270 
Lesser Yellowlegs 2885 
Willet 2480 
Greater Yellowlegs 4720 
Wilson's Phalarope 253 
Red-necked Phalarope 41 
Red Phalarope 30 
Pomarine Jaeger 12 
Parasitic Jaeger 61 
Long-tailed Jaeger
Dovekie 54 
Common Murre 19 
Thick-billed Murre 45 
Razorbill 1114 
Black Guillemot 244 
Atlantic Puffin
Black-legged Kittiwake 405 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Sabine's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull 1716 
Black-headed Gull 40 
Little Gull 125 
Laughing Gull 944 
Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gull 5391 
Herring Gull 7201 
Iceland Gull 158 
Lesser Black-backed Gull 262 
Glaucous Gull 52 
Great Black-backed Gull 6712 
Least Tern 2322 
Gull-billed Tern 44 
Caspian Tern 187 
Black Tern 155 
Roseate Tern 619 
Common Tern 2608 
Arctic Tern 40 
Forster's Tern 316 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Royal Tern 40 
Sandwich Tern
Elegant Tern
Black Skimmer 85 
Red-throated Loon 2768 
Pacific Loon 17 
Common Loon 4977 
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 167 
Leach's Storm-Petrel 11 
Northern Fulmar
Cory's Shearwater 86 
Sooty Shearwater 25 
Great Shearwater 58 
Manx Shearwater 73 
Northern Gannet 2593 
Great Cormorant 850 
Double-crested Cormorant 5087 
Neotropic Cormorant
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
American Bittern 787 
Least Bittern 1032 
Great Blue Heron 4476 
Great Egret 4745 
Little Egret
Snowy Egret 3851 
Little Blue Heron 223 
Tricolored Heron 276 
Cattle Egret 27 
Green Heron 417 
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1876 
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 410 
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis 1129 
White-faced Ibis 23 
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture 2513 
Osprey 3721 
Golden Eagle
Northern Harrier 5712 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1143 
Cooper's Hawk 2029 
Northern Goshawk 44 
Bald Eagle 2228 
Mississippi Kite
Red-shouldered Hawk 78 
Broad-winged Hawk 78 
Swainson's Hawk 11 
Red-tailed Hawk 2911 
Rough-legged Hawk 1511 
Eastern Screech-Owl 12 
Great Horned Owl 386 
Snowy Owl 1524 
Barred Owl 286 
Long-eared Owl 33 
Short-eared Owl 702 
Northern Saw-whet Owl 43 
Belted Kingfisher 1058 
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker 513 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 620 
Downy Woodpecker 4446 
Hairy Woodpecker 682 
Northern Flicker 2779 
Pileated Woodpecker
American Kestrel 1097 
Merlin 2341 
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine Falcon 2889 
Prairie Falcon
Monk Parakeet
Ash-throated Flycatcher 13 
Great Crested Flycatcher 1324 
Western Kingbird 40 
Eastern Kingbird 2756 
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 26 
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Olive-sided Flycatcher 95 
Eastern Wood-Pewee 615 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 208 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Acadian Flycatcher 16 
Alder Flycatcher 445 
Willow Flycatcher 1724 
Least Flycatcher 425 
Eastern Phoebe 2175 
Say's Phoebe
White-eyed Vireo 126 
Yellow-throated Vireo 110 
Blue-headed Vireo 850 
Philadelphia Vireo 269 
Warbling Vireo 377 
Red-eyed Vireo 1878 
Yellow-green Vireo
Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Shrike 778 
Blue Jay 6024 
American Crow 6691 
Fish Crow 302 
Common Raven 1163 
Black-capped Chickadee 6782 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Tufted Titmouse 689 
Horned Lark 1728 
Bank Swallow 1419 
Tree Swallow 3870 
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 257 
Purple Martin 2416 
Barn Swallow 2873 
Cliff Swallow 166 
Cave Swallow 11 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1447 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1639 
Bohemian Waxwing 18 
Cedar Waxwing 3618 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2416 
White-breasted Nuthatch 940 
Brown Creeper 741 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 419 
House Wren 820 
Winter Wren 245 
Sedge Wren
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Marsh Wren 3130 
Carolina Wren 1558 
Gray Catbird 4536 
Brown Thrasher 3308 
Sage Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird 6502 
European Starling 6047 
Eastern Bluebird 67 
Townsend's Solitaire
Veery 413 
Gray-cheeked Thrush 52 
Bicknell's Thrush
Swainson's Thrush 471 
Hermit Thrush 1858 
Wood Thrush 206 
American Robin 7072 
Northern Wheatear
House Sparrow 5035 
American Pipit 724 
Evening Grosbeak 16 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Pine Grosbeak 17 
House Finch 4222 
Purple Finch 3107 
Common Redpoll 353 
Hoary Redpoll 16 
Red Crossbill 218 
White-winged Crossbill 148 
Pine Siskin 386 
American Goldfinch 5490 
Lapland Longspur 380 
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Snow Bunting 1313 
Grasshopper Sparrow 25 
Lark Sparrow 76 
Lark Bunting
Chipping Sparrow 1355 
Clay-colored Sparrow 239 
Field Sparrow 2357 
Fox Sparrow 312 
American Tree Sparrow 2820 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Dark-eyed Junco 2307 
White-crowned Sparrow 676 
White-throated Sparrow 3447 
Vesper Sparrow 57 
Seaside Sparrow 1032 
Nelson's Sparrow 161 
Saltmarsh Sparrow 2227 
Savannah Sparrow 3237 
Song Sparrow 6684 
Lincoln's Sparrow 278 
Swamp Sparrow 2478 
Green-tailed Towhee 12 
Eastern Towhee 4123 
Yellow-breasted Chat 108 
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Bobolink 2467 
Eastern Meadowlark 632 
Western Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole 1048 
Baltimore Oriole 2267 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Red-winged Blackbird 4344 
Brown-headed Cowbird 2420 
Rusty Blackbird 115 
Common Grackle 3804 
Ovenbird 623 
Worm-eating Warbler 32 
Louisiana Waterthrush 10 
Northern Waterthrush 703 
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler 120 
Black-and-white Warbler 1148 
Prothonotary Warbler 17 
Swainson's Warbler
Tennessee Warbler 196 
Orange-crowned Warbler 131 
Nashville Warbler 591 
Connecticut Warbler 67 
Mourning Warbler 180 
Kentucky Warbler 21 
Common Yellowthroat 3027 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Hooded Warbler 61 
American Redstart 2158 
Cape May Warbler 292 
Cerulean Warbler
Northern Parula 970 
Magnolia Warbler 869 
Bay-breasted Warbler 364 
Blackburnian Warbler 469 
Yellow Warbler 2684 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 528 
Blackpoll Warbler 1006 
Black-throated Blue Warbler 788 
Palm Warbler 947 
Pine Warbler 771 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 2905 
Yellow-throated Warbler 11 
Prairie Warbler 363 
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler 946 
Canada Warbler 431 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Wilson's Warbler 604 
Summer Tanager 46 
Scarlet Tanager 409 
Western Tanager
Northern Cardinal 6185 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 690 
Blue Grosbeak 16 
Indigo Bunting 170 
Dickcissel 153 

July 31, 2025, Tom Wetmore