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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 June 11, 2026

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Snow Goose 556 
Ross's Goose 27 
Greater White-fronted Goose 26 
Brant 1344 
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose 7447 
Mute Swan 4622 
Tundra Swan
Wood Duck 489 
Blue-winged Teal 1374 
Northern Shoveler 1527 
Gadwall 5983 
Eurasian Wigeon 317 
American Wigeon 2100 
Mallard 7222 
American Black Duck 7209 
Northern Pintail 3578 
Green-winged Teal 5330 
Canvasback 22 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Redhead 153 
Ring-necked Duck 416 
Greater Scaup 1301 
Lesser Scaup 815 
King Eider 122 
Common Eider 4704 
Harlequin Duck 63 
Surf Scoter 2237 
White-winged Scoter 4504 
Black Scoter 3505 
Long-tailed Duck 3586 
Bufflehead 3339 
Common Goldeneye 2578 
Barrow's Goldeneye 35 
Hooded Merganser 2402 
Common Merganser 530 
Red-breasted Merganser 3978 
Ruddy Duck 645 
Wild Turkey 2702 
Ring-necked Pheasant 85 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Pied-billed Grebe 963 
Horned Grebe 2790 
Red-necked Grebe 1679 
Eared Grebe
Western Grebe 71 
Rock Pigeon 4864 
Ringed Turtle-Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove 6228 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 309 
Black-billed Cuckoo 401 
Common Nighthawk 96 
Chuck-will's-widow
Eastern Whip-poor-will 393 
Chimney Swift 733 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 833 
King Rail 202 
Clapper Rail 187 
Virginia Rail 827 
Sora 531 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Common Gallinule 181 
American Coot 623 
Purple Gallinule
Black Rail 18 
Sandhill Crane
Black-necked Stilt 21 
American Avocet 252 
American Oystercatcher 113 
Northern Lapwing
Black-bellied Plover 3783 
American Golden-Plover 730 
Pacific Golden-Plover
Killdeer 4002 
Common Ringed Plover
Semipalmated Plover 3285 
Piping Plover 2470 
Wilson's Plover
Upland Sandpiper 22 
Whimbrel 793 
Black-tailed Godwit 11 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Hudsonian Godwit 405 
Marbled Godwit 100 
Ruddy Turnstone 1023 
Red Knot 858 
Ruff 30 
Stilt Sandpiper 1117 
Curlew Sandpiper 26 
Red-necked Stint
Sanderling 3479 
Dunlin 3379 
Purple Sandpiper 520 
Baird's Sandpiper 391 
Least Sandpiper 2621 
White-rumped Sandpiper 2304 
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 217 
Pectoral Sandpiper 1075 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 3271 
Western Sandpiper 368 
Short-billed Dowitcher 2432 
Long-billed Dowitcher 1037 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
American Woodcock 934 
Wilson's Snipe 496 
Spotted Sandpiper 1753 
Solitary Sandpiper 280 
Lesser Yellowlegs 2998 
Willet 2569 
Greater Yellowlegs 4898 
Wilson's Phalarope 270 
Red-necked Phalarope 46 
Red Phalarope 30 
Pomarine Jaeger 12 
Parasitic Jaeger 62 
Long-tailed Jaeger
Dovekie 55 
Common Murre 19 
Thick-billed Murre 50 
Razorbill 1152 
Black Guillemot 245 
Atlantic Puffin
Black-legged Kittiwake 407 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Sabine's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull 1757 
Black-headed Gull 40 
Little Gull 125 
Laughing Gull 1002 
Franklin's Gull
Ring-billed Gull 5646 
Herring Gull 7505 
Iceland Gull 166 
Lesser Black-backed Gull 288 
Glaucous Gull 53 
Great Black-backed Gull 6993 
Least Tern 2382 
Gull-billed Tern 44 
Caspian Tern 197 
Black Tern 157 
Roseate Tern 647 
Common Tern 2690 
Arctic Tern 41 
Forster's Tern 326 
 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 2912 
Pacific Loon 17 
Common Loon 5212 
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 172 
Leach's Storm-Petrel 11 
Northern Fulmar
Cory's Shearwater 87 
Sooty Shearwater 26 
Great Shearwater 58 
Manx Shearwater 76 
Northern Gannet 2705 
Great Cormorant 872 
Double-crested Cormorant 5297 
Neotropic Cormorant
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
American Bittern 810 
Least Bittern 1065 
Great Blue Heron 4655 
Great Egret 4949 
Little Egret
Snowy Egret 3998 
Little Blue Heron 234 
Tricolored Heron 303 
Cattle Egret 27 
Green Heron 423 
Black-crowned Night-Heron 1933 
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 461 
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis 1180 
White-faced Ibis 24 
Black Vulture 10 
Turkey Vulture 2646 
Osprey 3861 
Golden Eagle
Northern Harrier 6006 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Sharp-shinned Hawk 1200 
Cooper's Hawk 2179 
Northern Goshawk 48 
Bald Eagle 2372 
Mississippi Kite
Red-shouldered Hawk 85 
Broad-winged Hawk 79 
Swainson's Hawk 11 
Red-tailed Hawk 3017 
Rough-legged Hawk 1534 
Eastern Screech-Owl 12 
Great Horned Owl 393 
Snowy Owl 1567 
Barred Owl 287 
Long-eared Owl 34 
Short-eared Owl 745 
Northern Saw-whet Owl 43 
Belted Kingfisher 1122 
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker 568 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 647 
Downy Woodpecker 4704 
Hairy Woodpecker 800 
Northern Flicker 2948 
Pileated Woodpecker
American Kestrel 1142 
Merlin 2467 
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine Falcon 2999 
Prairie Falcon
Monk Parakeet
Ash-throated Flycatcher 13 
Great Crested Flycatcher 1388 
Western Kingbird 43 
Eastern Kingbird 2836 
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 28 
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Olive-sided Flycatcher 98 
Eastern Wood-Pewee 654 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 219 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Acadian Flycatcher 16 
Alder Flycatcher 464 
Willow Flycatcher 1764 
Least Flycatcher 455 
Eastern Phoebe 2284 
Say's Phoebe
White-eyed Vireo 137 
Yellow-throated Vireo 119 
Blue-headed Vireo 904 
Philadelphia Vireo 287 
Warbling Vireo 406 
Red-eyed Vireo 1963 
Yellow-green Vireo
Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Shrike 778 
Blue Jay 6304 
American Crow 6961 
Fish Crow 334 
Common Raven 1340 
Black-capped Chickadee 7079 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Tufted Titmouse 789 
Horned Lark 1826 
Bank Swallow 1448 
Tree Swallow 4014 
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 265 
Purple Martin 2500 
Barn Swallow 2979 
Cliff Swallow 170 
Cave Swallow 11 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 1508 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 1722 
Bohemian Waxwing 29 
Cedar Waxwing 3817 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 2637 
White-breasted Nuthatch 1004 
Brown Creeper 808 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 451 
House Wren 876 
Winter Wren 257 
Sedge Wren
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Marsh Wren 3247 
Carolina Wren 1703 
Gray Catbird 4713 
Brown Thrasher 3432 
Sage Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird 6783 
European Starling 6317 
Eastern Bluebird 72 
Townsend's Solitaire
Veery 434 
Gray-cheeked Thrush 52 
Bicknell's Thrush
Swainson's Thrush 493 
Hermit Thrush 1960 
Wood Thrush 237 
American Robin 7369 
Northern Wheatear
House Sparrow 5275 
American Pipit 772 
Evening Grosbeak 16 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Pine Grosbeak 17 
House Finch 4497 
Purple Finch 3294 
Common Redpoll 354 
Hoary Redpoll 16 
Red Crossbill 218 
White-winged Crossbill 148 
Pine Siskin 409 
American Goldfinch 5752 
Lapland Longspur 400 
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Snow Bunting 1374 
Grasshopper Sparrow 25 
Lark Sparrow 77 
Lark Bunting
Chipping Sparrow 1450 
Clay-colored Sparrow 254 
Field Sparrow 2448 
Fox Sparrow 335 
American Tree Sparrow 2959 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Dark-eyed Junco 2483 
White-crowned Sparrow 702 
White-throated Sparrow 3671 
Vesper Sparrow 60 
Seaside Sparrow 1048 
Nelson's Sparrow 169 
Saltmarsh Sparrow 2311 
Savannah Sparrow 3373 
Song Sparrow 6969 
Lincoln's Sparrow 304 
Swamp Sparrow 2607 
Green-tailed Towhee 12 
Eastern Towhee 4319 
Yellow-breasted Chat 112 
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Bobolink 2536 
Eastern Meadowlark 641 
Western Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole 1088 
Baltimore Oriole 2351 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Red-winged Blackbird 4527 
Brown-headed Cowbird 2508 
Rusty Blackbird 121 
Common Grackle 3955 
Ovenbird 666 
Worm-eating Warbler 33 
Louisiana Waterthrush 11 
Northern Waterthrush 736 
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler 121 
Black-and-white Warbler 1207 
Prothonotary Warbler 21 
Swainson's Warbler
Tennessee Warbler 215 
Orange-crowned Warbler 141 
Nashville Warbler 625 
Connecticut Warbler 73 
Mourning Warbler 188 
Kentucky Warbler 21 
Common Yellowthroat 3136 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Hooded Warbler 63 
American Redstart 2245 
Cape May Warbler 314 
Cerulean Warbler
Northern Parula 1026 
Magnolia Warbler 924 
Bay-breasted Warbler 393 
Blackburnian Warbler 498 
Yellow Warbler 2777 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 562 
Blackpoll Warbler 1047 
Black-throated Blue Warbler 829 
Palm Warbler 1000 
Pine Warbler 798 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 3129 
Yellow-throated Warbler 11 
Prairie Warbler 385 
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler 999 
Canada Warbler 447 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Wilson's Warbler 639 
Summer Tanager 48 
Scarlet Tanager 427 
Western Tanager
Northern Cardinal 6478 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 729 
Blue Grosbeak 21 
Indigo Bunting 183 
Dickcissel 170 

June 11, 2026, Tom Wetmore