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2013 Quarter-Month Status
Birds of Plum Island, Essex County, Massachusetts

Compiled by Tom Wetmore


This table shows the 2013 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 2013.


Status of the Birds of Plum Island — updated December 29, 2013 — day 363

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snow Goose 21 
Brant 56 
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose 325 
Mute Swan 249 
Wood Duck 15 
Gadwall 276 
Eurasian Wigeon 20 
American Wigeon 96 
American Black Duck 315 
Mallard 314 
Blue-winged Teal 25 
Northern Shoveler 91 
Northern Pintail 168 
Green-winged Teal 205 
Canvasback
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup 66 
Lesser Scaup 46 
King Eider
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Common Eider 227 
Surf Scoter 76 
White-winged Scoter 185 
Black Scoter 118 
Long-tailed Duck 155 
Bufflehead 165 
Common Goldeneye 113 
Hooded Merganser 127 
Common Merganser 21 
Red-breasted Merganser 185 
Ruddy Duck 59 
Wild Turkey 205 
Red-throated Loon 123 
Common Loon 234 
Pied-billed Grebe 27 
Horned Grebe 167 
Red-necked Grebe 92 
Western Grebe 30 
Manx Shearwater
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Northern Gannet 136 
Double-crested Cormorant 218 
Great Cormorant 67 
American Bittern 32 
Least Bittern 11 
Great Blue Heron 225 
Great Egret 211 
Snowy Egret 183 
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron 39 
Green Heron
Black-crowned Night-Heron 99 
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Glossy Ibis 36 
Turkey Vulture 129 
Osprey 167 
Bald Eagle 169 
Northern Harrier 241 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 69 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Cooper's Hawk 95 
Northern Goshawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk 233 
Rough-legged Hawk 117 
Virginia Rail 24 
Sora
American Coot 10 
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet 11 
American Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover 158 
American Golden-Plover 21 
Common Ringed Plover
Semipalmated Plover 125 
Piping Plover 116 
Killdeer 157 
Spotted Sandpiper 83 
Solitary Sandpiper 14 
Greater Yellowlegs 195 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Willet 102 
Lesser Yellowlegs 110 
Whimbrel 34 
Hudsonian Godwit 42 
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone 39 
Red Knot 31 
Stilt Sandpiper 54 
Curlew Sandpiper
Red-necked Stint
Sanderling 165 
Dunlin 151 
Purple Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper 16 
Least Sandpiper 101 
White-rumped Sandpiper 95 
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper 46 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 129 
Western Sandpiper
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Short-billed Dowitcher 104 
Long-billed Dowitcher 15 
Wilson's Snipe 22 
American Woodcock 38 
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Parasitic Jaeger
Dovekie
Common Murre
Thick-billed Murre
Razorbill 54 
Black Guillemot 17 
Black-legged Kittiwake 34 
Bonaparte's Gull 104 
Black-headed Gull
Little Gull
Laughing Gull 30 
Ring-billed Gull 269 
Herring Gull 325 
Lesser Black-backed Gull
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull 307 
Least Tern 113 
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Roseate Tern 20 
Common Tern 111 
Arctic Tern
Forster's Tern 26 
Black Skimmer
Rock Pigeon 239 
Mourning Dove 295 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 18 
Black-billed Cuckoo 26 
Eastern Screech-Owl
Great Horned Owl 20 
Snowy Owl 40 
Barred Owl 26 
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl 33 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Northern Saw-whet Owl
Common Nighthawk
Eastern Whip-poor-will 21 
Chimney Swift 31 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 44 
Belted Kingfisher 49 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 12 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 18 
Downy Woodpecker 218 
Hairy Woodpecker 67 
Northern Flicker 130 
Pileated Woodpecker
American Kestrel 44 
Merlin 115 
Peregrine Falcon 145 
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee 24 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 15 
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher 17 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Willow Flycatcher 75 
Least Flycatcher 23 
Eastern Phoebe 106 
Great Crested Flycatcher 53 
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird 125 
Northern Shrike 50 
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo 43 
Warbling Vireo 28 
Philadelphia Vireo 11 
Red-eyed Vireo 71 
Blue Jay 262 
American Crow 313 
Fish Crow
Common Raven 57 
Horned Lark 97 
Purple Martin 63 
Tree Swallow 166 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 16 
Bank Swallow 81 
Cliff Swallow
Barn Swallow 137 
Black-capped Chickadee 291 
Tufted Titmouse 23 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 124 
White-breasted Nuthatch 34 
Brown Creeper 51 
House Wren 38 
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren 131 
Carolina Wren 71 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 20 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 93 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 65 
Veery 26 
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush 28 
Hermit Thrush 84 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Wood Thrush 10 
American Robin 316 
Gray Catbird 187 
Brown Thrasher 153 
Northern Mockingbird 307 
European Starling 288 
American Pipit 25 
Cedar Waxwing 151 
Lapland Longspur 25 
Snow Bunting 62 
Ovenbird 28 
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush 35 
Blue-winged Warbler 12 
Black-and-white Warbler 62 
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler 33 
Connecticut Warbler
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat 134 
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart 104 
Cape May Warbler 18 
Northern Parula 56 
Magnolia Warbler 51 
Bay-breasted Warbler 20 
Blackburnian Warbler 24 
Yellow Warbler 128 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 30 
Blackpoll Warbler 49 
Black-throated Blue Warbler 36 
Palm Warbler 37 
Pine Warbler 27 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 115 
Prairie Warbler 22 
Black-throated Green Warbler 51 
Canada Warbler 27 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Wilson's Warbler 26 
Yellow-breasted Chat
Eastern Towhee 195 
American Tree Sparrow 140 
Chipping Sparrow 78 
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow 95 
Vesper Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow 151 
Nelson's Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sparrow 81 
Seaside Sparrow 48 
Fox Sparrow 13 
Song Sparrow 304 
Lincoln's Sparrow 13 
Swamp Sparrow 91 
White-throated Sparrow 165 
White-crowned Sparrow 22 
Dark-eyed Junco 106 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Scarlet Tanager 20 
Northern Cardinal 285 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 33 
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel
Bobolink 115 
Red-winged Blackbird 172 
Eastern Meadowlark 21 
Rusty Blackbird 10 
Common Grackle 171 
Brown-headed Cowbird 89 
Orchard Oriole 32 
Baltimore Oriole 98 
House Finch 143 
Purple Finch 148 
Red Crossbill 15 
White-winged Crossbill 22 
Common Redpoll 20 
Pine Siskin
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
American Goldfinch 225 
House Sparrow 254 

Total species 282. Total reports 59,722. Total sightings 21,483.

December 29, 2013, Tom Wetmore