Tom’s Birding Page

2012 Quarter-Month Status
Birds of Plum Island, Essex County, Massachusetts

Compiled by Tom Wetmore

This table shows the 2012 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 2012.

Status of the Birds of Plum Island — updated May 17, 2012 — day 138

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snow Goose 19 
Brant 55 
Canada Goose 128 
Mute Swan 111 
Wood Duck 4 
Gadwall 119 
American Wigeon 50 
American Black Duck 128 
Mallard 123 
Blue-winged Teal 2 
Northern Shoveler 33 
Northern Pintail 96 
Green-winged Teal 85 
Redhead 62 
Ring-necked Duck 35 
Greater Scaup 48 
Lesser Scaup 78 
Common Eider 103 
Surf Scoter 64 
White-winged Scoter 99 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Black Scoter 74 
Long-tailed Duck 112 
Bufflehead 119 
Common Goldeneye 74 
Hooded Merganser 60 
Common Merganser 7 
Red-breasted Merganser 107 
Ruddy Duck 70 
Wild Turkey 112 
Red-throated Loon 93 
Pacific Loon 8 
Common Loon 105 
Pied-billed Grebe 7 
Horned Grebe 97 
Red-necked Grebe 73 
Northern Gannet 69 
Double-crested Cormorant 50 
Great Cormorant 44 
American Bittern 14 
Least Bittern 1 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Great Blue Heron 50 
Great Egret 57 
Snowy Egret 34 
Little Blue Heron 2 
Green Heron 1 
Black-crowned Night-Heron 14 
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1 
Glossy Ibis 37 
Black Vulture 1 
Turkey Vulture 39 
Osprey 55 
Bald Eagle 45 
Northern Harrier 123 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 36 
Cooper's Hawk 30 
Northern Goshawk 1 
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 
Red-tailed Hawk 75 
Rough-legged Hawk 46 
Golden Eagle 1 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
American Kestrel 39 
Merlin 45 
Peregrine Falcon 50 
Virginia Rail 21 
Sora 10 
American Coot 21 
Sandhill Crane 1 
Black-bellied Plover 17 
Semipalmated Plover 4 
Piping Plover 38 
Killdeer 68 
American Oystercatcher 1 
Spotted Sandpiper 4 
Solitary Sandpiper 4 
Greater Yellowlegs 48 
Willet 19 
Lesser Yellowlegs 23 
Ruddy Turnstone 1 
Sanderling 47 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 2 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Least Sandpiper 13 
Pectoral Sandpiper 2 
Purple Sandpiper 15 
Dunlin 67 
Stilt Sandpiper 5 
Short-billed Dowitcher 4 
Long-billed Dowitcher 2 
Wilson's Snipe 16 
American Woodcock 18 
Wilson's Phalarope 1 
Black-legged Kittiwake 26 
Bonaparte's Gull 15 
Laughing Gull 1 
Ring-billed Gull 107 
Herring Gull 126 
Iceland Gull 4 
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 
Glaucous Gull 1 
Great Black-backed Gull 120 
Least Tern 5 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Caspian Tern 1 
Roseate Tern 1 
Common Tern 6 
Arctic Tern 1 
Forster's Tern 2 
Razorbill 36 
Black Guillemot 1 
Rock Pigeon 89 
Mourning Dove 100 
Black-billed Cuckoo 2 
Great Horned Owl 5 
Snowy Owl 109 
Short-eared Owl 32 
Northern Saw-whet Owl 1 
Eastern Whip-poor-will 6 
Chimney Swift 6 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 14 
Belted Kingfisher 11 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 11 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 6 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Downy Woodpecker 92 
Hairy Woodpecker 1 
Northern Flicker 50 
Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 
Eastern Wood-Pewee 2 
Willow Flycatcher 1 
Least Flycatcher 6 
Eastern Phoebe 36 
Great Crested Flycatcher 10 
Eastern Kingbird 14 
Northern Shrike 22 
White-eyed Vireo 2 
Blue-headed Vireo 21 
Warbling Vireo 6 
Philadelphia Vireo 2 
Red-eyed Vireo 7 
Blue Jay 94 
American Crow 121 
Fish Crow 4 
Common Raven 1 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Horned Lark 33 
Purple Martin 20 
Tree Swallow 55 
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 4 
Bank Swallow 8 
Cliff Swallow 8 
Barn Swallow 33 
Black-capped Chickadee 114 
Tufted Titmouse 64 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 25 
White-breasted Nuthatch 13 
Brown Creeper 16 
Carolina Wren 4 
House Wren 9 
Winter Wren 9 
Marsh Wren 41 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 10 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 40 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 26 
Eastern Bluebird 1 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Veery 9 
Swainson's Thrush 5 
Hermit Thrush 45 
Wood Thrush 5 
American Robin 125 
Gray Catbird 49 
Northern Mockingbird 122 
Brown Thrasher 32 
European Starling 113 
American Pipit 1 
Cedar Waxwing 15 
Lapland Longspur 1 
Snow Bunting 25 
Ovenbird 8 
Worm-eating Warbler 2 
Northern Waterthrush 12 
Blue-winged Warbler 1 
Black-and-white Warbler 21 
Prothonotary Warbler 1 
Tennessee Warbler 1 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Nashville Warbler 14 
Mourning Warbler 1 
Common Yellowthroat 15 
Hooded Warbler 1 
American Redstart 11 
Cape May Warbler 3 
Northern Parula 17 
Magnolia Warbler 12 
Bay-breasted Warbler 4 
Blackburnian Warbler 11 
Yellow Warbler 17 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 11 
Blackpoll Warbler 7 
Black-throated Blue Warbler 16 
Palm Warbler 26 
Pine Warbler 14 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 36 
Prairie Warbler 3 
Black-throated Green Warbler 16 
Canada Warbler 7 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Wilson's Warbler 11 
Yellow-breasted Chat 4 
Eastern Towhee 39 
American Tree Sparrow 64 
Chipping Sparrow 23 
Field Sparrow 37 
Vesper Sparrow 1 
Savannah Sparrow 43 
Saltmarsh Sparrow 6 
Seaside Sparrow 18 
Fox Sparrow 19 
Song Sparrow 116 
Lincoln's Sparrow 1 
Swamp Sparrow 31 
White-throated Sparrow 75 
White-crowned Sparrow 10 
Dark-eyed Junco 54 
Summer Tanager 1 
Scarlet Tanager 5 
Northern Cardinal 110 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 12 
Indigo Bunting 1 
Bobolink 14 
Red-winged Blackbird 78 
Eastern Meadowlark 14 
Rusty Blackbird 1 
Common Grackle 74 
Brown-headed Cowbird 51 
Orchard Oriole 4 
Baltimore Oriole 14 
Purple Finch 54 
House Finch 45 
American Goldfinch 69 
House Sparrow 79 

Total species 234. Total reports 25,187. Total sightings 7,878.

May 17, 2012, Tom Wetmore