Tom’s Birding Page

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 February 4, 2012

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snow Goose 436 
Ross's Goose
Brant 496 
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose 2703 
Mute Swan 1613 
Wood Duck 221 
Gadwall 2262 
Eurasian Wigeon 129 
American Wigeon 821 
American Black Duck 2582 
Mallard 2557 
Blue-winged Teal 801 
Northern Shoveler 530 
Northern Pintail 1335 
Green-winged Teal 1897 
Canvasback
Redhead 103 
Ring-necked Duck 189 
Greater Scaup 453 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Lesser Scaup 259 
King Eider 20 
Common Eider 1499 
Harlequin Duck 16 
Surf Scoter 637 
White-winged Scoter 1562 
Black Scoter 1054 
Long-tailed Duck 1150 
Bufflehead 1103 
Common Goldeneye 857 
Barrow's Goldeneye 33 
Hooded Merganser 878 
Common Merganser 222 
Red-breasted Merganser 1413 
Ruddy Duck 247 
Ring-necked Pheasant 58 
Wild Turkey 286 
Red-throated Loon 1057 
Pacific Loon
Common Loon 1768 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Pied-billed Grebe 365 
Horned Grebe 972 
Red-necked Grebe 673 
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe 15 
Northern Fulmar
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater 32 
Sooty Shearwater 11 
Manx Shearwater 43 
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 67 
Leach's Storm-Petrel 10 
Northern Gannet 1036 
Double-crested Cormorant 1925 
Great Cormorant 382 
American White Pelican
American Bittern 448 
Least Bittern 329 
Great Blue Heron 1682 
Great Egret 1803 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Little Egret
Snowy Egret 1515 
Little Blue Heron 113 
Tricolored Heron 131 
Cattle Egret 21 
Green Heron 211 
Black-crowned Night-Heron 664 
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 30 
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis 471 
White-faced Ibis 14 
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture 864 
Osprey 1297 
Bald Eagle 408 
Northern Harrier 2326 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 523 
Cooper's Hawk 578 
Northern Goshawk 35 
Red-shouldered Hawk 26 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Broad-winged Hawk 22 
Red-tailed Hawk 825 
Rough-legged Hawk 631 
Golden Eagle
Eurasian Kestrel
American Kestrel 534 
Merlin 930 
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine Falcon 1057 
Black Rail 18 
Clapper Rail 88 
King Rail 114 
Virginia Rail 420 
Sora 403 
American Coot 234 
Sandhill Crane
Northern Lapwing
Black-bellied Plover 1367 
American Golden-Plover 290 
Pacific Golden-Plover
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Wilson's Plover
Semipalmated Plover 1132 
Piping Plover 693 
Killdeer 1333 
American Oystercatcher 18 
American Avocet 20 
Spotted Sandpiper 566 
Solitary Sandpiper 105 
Greater Yellowlegs 1842 
Willet 921 
Lesser Yellowlegs 1122 
Upland Sandpiper 12 
Whimbrel 386 
Black-tailed Godwit 11 
Hudsonian Godwit 164 
Marbled Godwit 52 
Ruddy Turnstone 399 
Red Knot 371 
Sanderling 1079 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 1147 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Western Sandpiper 171 
Least Sandpiper 961 
White-rumped Sandpiper 813 
Baird's Sandpiper 178 
Pectoral Sandpiper 410 
Purple Sandpiper 242 
Dunlin 993 
Curlew Sandpiper 22 
Stilt Sandpiper 336 
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 125 
Ruff 10 
Short-billed Dowitcher 846 
Long-billed Dowitcher 348 
Wilson's Snipe 242 
American Woodcock 376 
Wilson's Phalarope 141 
Red-necked Phalarope 14 
Red Phalarope 12 
Black-legged Kittiwake 249 
Sabine's Gull
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Bonaparte's Gull 881 
Black-headed Gull 34 
Little Gull 109 
Laughing Gull 392 
Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gull 2042 
Herring Gull 2684 
Thayer's Gull
Iceland Gull 94 
Lesser Black-backed Gull 67 
Glaucous Gull 30 
Great Black-backed Gull 2462 
Least Tern 810 
Gull-billed Tern 17 
Caspian Tern 72 
Black Tern 74 
Roseate Tern 194 
Common Tern 1031 
Arctic Tern 20 
Forster's Tern 176 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Royal Tern 12 
Sandwich Tern
Elegant Tern
Black Skimmer 32 
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger 35 
Long-tailed Jaeger
Dovekie 21 
Common Murre
Thick-billed Murre 15 
Razorbill 312 
Black Guillemot 27 
Atlantic Puffin
Rock Pigeon 1333 
Ringed Turtle-Dove
Mourning Dove 2112 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 138 
Black-billed Cuckoo 157 
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl 198 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snowy Owl 634 
Barred Owl 14 
Long-eared Owl 18 
Short-eared Owl 309 
Northern Saw-whet Owl 14 
Common Nighthawk 55 
Chuck-will's-widow
Eastern Whip-poor-will 117 
Chimney Swift 274 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 283 
Belted Kingfisher 385 
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker 127 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 162 
Downy Woodpecker 1372 
Hairy Woodpecker 155 
Northern Flicker 806 
Olive-sided Flycatcher 35 
Eastern Wood-Pewee 178 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 87 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher 132 
Willow Flycatcher 599 
Least Flycatcher 158 
Eastern Phoebe 755 
Say's Phoebe
Ash-throated Flycatcher 11 
Great Crested Flycatcher 276 
Western Kingbird 12 
Eastern Kingbird 1059 
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 25 
Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Shrike 493 
White-eyed Vireo 37 
Yellow-throated Vireo 35 
Blue-headed Vireo 328 
Warbling Vireo 134 
Philadelphia Vireo 116 
Red-eyed Vireo 475 
Yellow-green Vireo
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Blue Jay 2038 
American Crow 2599 
Fish Crow 34 
Common Raven 19 
Horned Lark 787 
Purple Martin 917 
Tree Swallow 1476 
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 123 
Bank Swallow 555 
Cliff Swallow 86 
Cave Swallow
Barn Swallow 999 
Black-capped Chickadee 2419 
Tufted Titmouse 146 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 715 
White-breasted Nuthatch 181 
Brown Creeper 284 
Carolina Wren 400 
House Wren 232 
Winter Wren 112 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren 1147 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 142 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 599 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 566 
Northern Wheatear
Eastern Bluebird 24 
Veery 147 
Gray-cheeked Thrush 15 
Bicknell's Thrush
Swainson's Thrush 149 
Hermit Thrush 510 
Wood Thrush 101 
American Robin 2643 
Gray Catbird 1664 
Northern Mockingbird 2354 
Sage Thrasher
Brown Thrasher 1307 
European Starling 2247 
American Pipit 357 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing 1351 
Lapland Longspur 228 
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Snow Bunting 584 
Ovenbird 229 
Worm-eating Warbler 19 
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush 296 
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler 53 
Black-and-white Warbler 473 
Prothonotary Warbler
Swainson's Warbler
Tennessee Warbler 54 
Orange-crowned Warbler 51 
Nashville Warbler 258 
Connecticut Warbler 42 
Mourning Warbler 77 
Kentucky Warbler 13 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Common Yellowthroat 1106 
Hooded Warbler 36 
American Redstart 737 
Cape May Warbler 69 
Cerulean Warbler
Northern Parula 382 
Magnolia Warbler 367 
Bay-breasted Warbler 113 
Blackburnian Warbler 198 
Yellow Warbler 1031 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 209 
Blackpoll Warbler 409 
Black-throated Blue Warbler 353 
Palm Warbler 375 
Pine Warbler 162 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 1040 
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler 136 
Black-throated Green Warbler 405 
Canada Warbler 181 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Wilson's Warbler 274 
Yellow-breasted Chat 46 
Green-tailed Towhee 12 
Eastern Towhee 1494 
American Tree Sparrow 1142 
Chipping Sparrow 434 
Clay-colored Sparrow 94 
Field Sparrow 859 
Vesper Sparrow 26 
Lark Sparrow 23 
Savannah Sparrow 1389 
Grasshopper Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow 38 
Saltmarsh Sparrow 798 
Seaside Sparrow 340 
Fox Sparrow 95 
Song Sparrow 2420 
Lincoln's Sparrow 107 
Swamp Sparrow 623 
White-throated Sparrow 1290 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
White-crowned Sparrow 289 
Dark-eyed Junco 846 
Summer Tanager 23 
Scarlet Tanager 166 
Northern Cardinal 2074 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 220 
Blue Grosbeak 11 
Indigo Bunting 82 
Dickcissel 40 
Bobolink 948 
Red-winged Blackbird 1507 
Eastern Meadowlark 512 
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Rusty Blackbird 50 
Common Grackle 1353 
Brown-headed Cowbird 922 
Orchard Oriole 174 
Baltimore Oriole 773 
Pine Grosbeak 12 
Purple Finch 1031 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
House Finch 1148 
Red Crossbill 18 
White-winged Crossbill 63 
Common Redpoll 164 
Hoary Redpoll
Pine Siskin 127 
American Goldfinch 1929 
Evening Grosbeak
House Sparrow 1412 

February 4, 2012, Tom Wetmore