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2011 Quarter-Month Status
Birds of Plum Island, Essex County, Massachusetts

Compiled by Tom Wetmore

This table shows the 2011 quarter-month status of the birds of Plum Island. It is based on data collected for inclusion on the Plum Island sigthings web site. The column labeled N shows the number days the species has been reported in 2011.

Status of the Birds of Plum Island — updated January 1, 2012 — day 1

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snow Goose 28 
Brant 62 
Canada Goose 316 
Mute Swan 190 
Wood Duck 33 
Gadwall 264 
Eurasian Wigeon 45 
American Wigeon 133 
American Black Duck 314 
Mallard 311 
Blue-winged Teal 90 
Northern Shoveler 90 
Northern Pintail 156 
Green-winged Teal 243 
Canvasback 2 
Redhead 63 
Ring-necked Duck 55 
Greater Scaup 113 
Lesser Scaup 77 
Common Eider 233 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Surf Scoter 94 
White-winged Scoter 198 
Black Scoter 146 
Long-tailed Duck 159 
Bufflehead 153 
Common Goldeneye 116 
Hooded Merganser 111 
Common Merganser 31 
Red-breasted Merganser 186 
Ruddy Duck 69 
Wild Turkey 202 
Red-throated Loon 140 
Pacific Loon 2 
Common Loon 219 
Pied-billed Grebe 75 
Horned Grebe 145 
Red-necked Grebe 80 
Northern Fulmar 2 
Cory's Shearwater 1 
Great Shearwater 3 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Sooty Shearwater 1 
Manx Shearwater 2 
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 4 
Leach's Storm-Petrel 1 
Northern Gannet 134 
Double-crested Cormorant 238 
Great Cormorant 50 
American Bittern 46 
Least Bittern 27 
Great Blue Heron 213 
Great Egret 248 
Little Egret 1 
Snowy Egret 170 
Little Blue Heron 14 
Tricolored Heron 7 
Cattle Egret 1 
Green Heron 32 
Black-crowned Night-Heron 83 
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 9 
White Ibis 1 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Glossy Ibis 32 
White-faced Ibis 6 
Turkey Vulture 136 
Osprey 151 
Bald Eagle 89 
Northern Harrier 241 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 59 
Cooper's Hawk 104 
Northern Goshawk 1 
Red-shouldered Hawk 10 
Broad-winged Hawk 4 
Red-tailed Hawk 140 
Rough-legged Hawk 130 
American Kestrel 59 
Merlin 120 
Peregrine Falcon 158 
Clapper Rail 2 
Virginia Rail 42 
Sora 37 
American Coot 70 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Black-bellied Plover 179 
American Golden-Plover 29 
Semipalmated Plover 143 
Piping Plover 100 
Killdeer 153 
American Oystercatcher 1 
American Avocet 4 
Spotted Sandpiper 71 
Solitary Sandpiper 16 
Greater Yellowlegs 216 
Willet 111 
Lesser Yellowlegs 153 
Whimbrel 25 
Hudsonian Godwit 53 
Marbled Godwit 5 
Ruddy Turnstone 63 
Red Knot 78 
Sanderling 178 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 143 
Western Sandpiper 23 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Least Sandpiper 109 
White-rumped Sandpiper 116 
Baird's Sandpiper 20 
Pectoral Sandpiper 55 
Purple Sandpiper 15 
Dunlin 147 
Curlew Sandpiper 1 
Stilt Sandpiper 46 
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 14 
Short-billed Dowitcher 90 
Long-billed Dowitcher 49 
Wilson's Snipe 29 
American Woodcock 44 
Wilson's Phalarope 7 
Black-legged Kittiwake 26 
Sabine's Gull 1 
Bonaparte's Gull 163 
Black-headed Gull 4 
Little Gull 12 
Laughing Gull 83 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Ring-billed Gull 276 
Herring Gull 316 
Iceland Gull 6 
Lesser Black-backed Gull 16 
Glaucous Gull 5 
Great Black-backed Gull 308 
Least Tern 106 
Gull-billed Tern 3 
Caspian Tern 11 
Black Tern 27 
Roseate Tern 62 
Common Tern 148 
Arctic Tern 6 
Forster's Tern 81 
Royal Tern 2 
Elegant Tern 1 
Black Skimmer 7 
Pomarine Jaeger 2 
Parasitic Jaeger 19 
Long-tailed Jaeger 1 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Dovekie 2 
Thick-billed Murre 2 
Razorbill 57 
Black Guillemot 2 
Rock Pigeon 224 
Ringed Turtle-Dove 2 
Mourning Dove 265 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 25 
Black-billed Cuckoo 16 
Eastern Screech-Owl 1 
Great Horned Owl 8 
Snowy Owl 17 
Barred Owl 1 
Short-eared Owl 11 
Northern Saw-whet Owl 2 
Common Nighthawk 6 
Eastern Whip-poor-will 9 
Chimney Swift 46 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 40 
Belted Kingfisher 67 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Red-bellied Woodpecker 19 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 26 
Downy Woodpecker 202 
Hairy Woodpecker 4 
Northern Flicker 114 
Olive-sided Flycatcher 6 
Eastern Wood-Pewee 30 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 13 
Acadian Flycatcher 1 
Alder Flycatcher 14 
Willow Flycatcher 66 
Least Flycatcher 21 
Eastern Phoebe 101 
Ash-throated Flycatcher 6 
Great Crested Flycatcher 54 
Eastern Kingbird 124 
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 1 
Northern Shrike 39 
White-eyed Vireo 17 
Yellow-throated Vireo 14 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Blue-headed Vireo 47 
Warbling Vireo 22 
Philadelphia Vireo 22 
Red-eyed Vireo 66 
Yellow-green Vireo 1 
Blue Jay 275 
American Crow 311 
Fish Crow 6 
Common Raven 7 
Horned Lark 70 
Purple Martin 102 
Tree Swallow 162 
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 28 
Bank Swallow 57 
Cliff Swallow 7 
Barn Swallow 133 
Black-capped Chickadee 286 
Tufted Titmouse 49 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 90 
White-breasted Nuthatch 62 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Brown Creeper 50 
Carolina Wren 4 
House Wren 26 
Winter Wren 12 
Marsh Wren 130 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 31 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 74 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 70 
Eastern Bluebird 3 
Veery 20 
Gray-cheeked Thrush 4 
Swainson's Thrush 24 
Hermit Thrush 71 
Wood Thrush 10 
American Robin 310 
Gray Catbird 200 
Northern Mockingbird 294 
Brown Thrasher 155 
European Starling 284 
American Pipit 23 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Bohemian Waxwing 4 
Cedar Waxwing 167 
Lapland Longspur 18 
Snow Bunting 75 
Ovenbird 43 
Worm-eating Warbler 3 
Louisiana Waterthrush 1 
Northern Waterthrush 54 
Golden-winged Warbler 3 
Blue-winged Warbler 12 
Black-and-white Warbler 64 
Tennessee Warbler 8 
Orange-crowned Warbler 4 
Nashville Warbler 46 
Connecticut Warbler 4 
Mourning Warbler 9 
Kentucky Warbler 2 
Common Yellowthroat 142 
Hooded Warbler 12 
American Redstart 97 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Cape May Warbler 11 
Northern Parula 63 
Magnolia Warbler 49 
Bay-breasted Warbler 18 
Blackburnian Warbler 40 
Yellow Warbler 126 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 38 
Blackpoll Warbler 56 
Black-throated Blue Warbler 47 
Palm Warbler 56 
Pine Warbler 29 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 105 
Yellow-throated Warbler 5 
Prairie Warbler 22 
Black-throated Green Warbler 60 
Canada Warbler 25 
Wilson's Warbler 37 
Yellow-breasted Chat 6 
Eastern Towhee 171 
American Tree Sparrow 120 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Chipping Sparrow 81 
Clay-colored Sparrow 19 
Field Sparrow 110 
Lark Sparrow 3 
Savannah Sparrow 171 
Saltmarsh Sparrow 81 
Seaside Sparrow 46 
Fox Sparrow 25 
Song Sparrow 293 
Lincoln's Sparrow 17 
Swamp Sparrow 102 
White-throated Sparrow 146 
White-crowned Sparrow 40 
Dark-eyed Junco 122 
Summer Tanager 11 
Scarlet Tanager 29 
Northern Cardinal 264 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 37 
Blue Grosbeak 6 
Indigo Bunting 21 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Dickcissel 9 
Bobolink 108 
Red-winged Blackbird 184 
Eastern Meadowlark 27 
Rusty Blackbird 4 
Common Grackle 166 
Brown-headed Cowbird 88 
Orchard Oriole 19 
Baltimore Oriole 105 
Purple Finch 125 
House Finch 138 
White-winged Crossbill 4 
Common Redpoll 23 
Pine Siskin 4 
American Goldfinch 231 
House Sparrow 217 

Total species 296. Total reports 66,225. Total sightings 22,202.

January 1, 2012, Tom Wetmore