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2020 Quarter-Month Status
Birds of Plum Island, Essex County, Massachusetts

Compiled by Tom Wetmore

This table shows the 2020 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 2020.

Status of the Birds of Plum Island — updated January 1, 2021 — day 1

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snow Goose 18 
Greater White-fronted Goose 24 
Brant 60 
Canada Goose 325 
Mute Swan 170 
Wood Duck 18 
Blue-winged Teal 28 
Northern Shoveler 52 
Gadwall 236 
Eurasian Wigeon 1 
American Wigeon 77 
Mallard 321 
American Black Duck 309 
Northern Pintail 173 
Green-winged Teal 222 
Ring-necked Duck 4 
Greater Scaup 51 
Lesser Scaup 12 
King Eider 3 
Common Eider 250 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Harlequin Duck 13 
Surf Scoter 113 
White-winged Scoter 228 
Black Scoter 172 
Long-tailed Duck 172 
Bufflehead 158 
Common Goldeneye 114 
Hooded Merganser 93 
Common Merganser 12 
Red-breasted Merganser 185 
Wild Turkey 164 
Pied-billed Grebe 53 
Horned Grebe 113 
Red-necked Grebe 56 
Rock Pigeon 199 
Mourning Dove 278 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 16 
Black-billed Cuckoo 9 
Common Nighthawk 4 
Eastern Whip-poor-will 20 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Chimney Swift 36 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 36 
Clapper Rail 2 
Virginia Rail 21 
Sora 11 
American Coot 12 
Sandhill Crane 1 
American Avocet 22 
American Oystercatcher 2 
Black-bellied Plover 155 
American Golden-Plover 37 
Killdeer 183 
Semipalmated Plover 140 
Piping Plover 110 
Wilson's Plover 1 
Whimbrel 28 
Hudsonian Godwit 30 
Marbled Godwit 3 
Ruddy Turnstone 37 
Red Knot 56 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Stilt Sandpiper 32 
Sanderling 173 
Dunlin 149 
Purple Sandpiper 9 
Baird's Sandpiper 12 
Least Sandpiper 108 
White-rumped Sandpiper 108 
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 8 
Pectoral Sandpiper 49 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 129 
Western Sandpiper 17 
Short-billed Dowitcher 109 
Long-billed Dowitcher 69 
American Woodcock 41 
Wilson's Snipe 15 
Spotted Sandpiper 77 
Solitary Sandpiper 10 
Lesser Yellowlegs 138 
Willet 95 
Greater Yellowlegs 188 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Wilson's Phalarope 6 
Red-necked Phalarope 1 
Parasitic Jaeger 3 
Dovekie 5 
Common Murre 1 
Thick-billed Murre 7 
Razorbill 60 
Black Guillemot 7 
Black-legged Kittiwake 2 
Bonaparte's Gull 47 
Laughing Gull 52 
Ring-billed Gull 254 
Herring Gull 328 
Lesser Black-backed Gull 15 
Glaucous Gull 1 
Great Black-backed Gull 308 
Least Tern 104 
Caspian Tern 13 
Black Tern 9 
Roseate Tern 21 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Common Tern 103 
Arctic Tern 1 
Forster's Tern 9 
Royal Tern 4 
Black Skimmer 5 
Red-throated Loon 119 
Common Loon 193 
Cory's Shearwater 5 
Sooty Shearwater 1 
Great Shearwater 5 
Manx Shearwater 1 
Northern Gannet 97 
Great Cormorant 37 
Double-crested Cormorant 222 
American White Pelican 1 
American Bittern 10 
Least Bittern 67 
Great Blue Heron 191 
Great Egret 223 
Snowy Egret 148 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Little Blue Heron 11 
Tricolored Heron 15 
Cattle Egret 1 
Green Heron 38 
Black-crowned Night-Heron 84 
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 37 
Glossy Ibis 40 
White-faced Ibis 3 
Turkey Vulture 133 
Osprey 163 
Northern Harrier 228 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 20 
Cooper's Hawk 121 
Bald Eagle 133 
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 
Broad-winged Hawk 2 
Red-tailed Hawk 120 
Rough-legged Hawk 57 
Great Horned Owl 29 
Snowy Owl 77 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Barred Owl 1 
Short-eared Owl 39 
Northern Saw-whet Owl 7 
Belted Kingfisher 55 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 20 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 40 
Downy Woodpecker 230 
Hairy Woodpecker 49 
Northern Flicker 123 
American Kestrel 19 
Merlin 75 
Peregrine Falcon 144 
Monk Parakeet 1 
Great Crested Flycatcher 67 
Eastern Kingbird 122 
Olive-sided Flycatcher 5 
Eastern Wood-Pewee 25 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 6 
Alder Flycatcher 57 
Willow Flycatcher 77 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Least Flycatcher 21 
Eastern Phoebe 87 
Northern Shrike 37 
White-eyed Vireo 3 
Yellow-throated Vireo 3 
Blue-headed Vireo 32 
Philadelphia Vireo 19 
Warbling Vireo 18 
Red-eyed Vireo 95 
Blue Jay 268 
American Crow 235 
Fish Crow 17 
Common Raven 105 
Horned Lark 63 
Bank Swallow 68 
Tree Swallow 157 
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 12 
Purple Martin 105 
Barn Swallow 131 
Cliff Swallow 4 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Black-capped Chickadee 316 
Tufted Titmouse 8 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 126 
White-breasted Nuthatch 47 
Brown Creeper 25 
House Wren 35 
Winter Wren 3 
Marsh Wren 137 
Carolina Wren 120 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 21 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 64 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 44 
Northern Wheatear 2 
Eastern Bluebird 3 
Veery 27 
Gray-cheeked Thrush 5 
Swainson's Thrush 31 
Hermit Thrush 108 
Wood Thrush 5 
American Robin 317 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Gray Catbird 218 
Brown Thrasher 119 
Northern Mockingbird 304 
European Starling 257 
Bohemian Waxwing 1 
Cedar Waxwing 182 
House Sparrow 211 
American Pipit 21 
Evening Grosbeak 6 
House Finch 202 
Purple Finch 132 
Common Redpoll 37 
Red Crossbill 23 
White-winged Crossbill 5 
Pine Siskin 52 
American Goldfinch 267 
Lapland Longspur 10 
Snow Bunting 57 
Lark Sparrow 6 
Chipping Sparrow 58 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Clay-colored Sparrow 9 
Field Sparrow 104 
Fox Sparrow 3 
American Tree Sparrow 120 
Dark-eyed Junco 105 
White-crowned Sparrow 34 
White-throated Sparrow 167 
Vesper Sparrow 2 
Seaside Sparrow 25 
Nelson's Sparrow 14 
Saltmarsh Sparrow 84 
Savannah Sparrow 108 
Song Sparrow 320 
Lincoln's Sparrow 17 
Swamp Sparrow 109 
Eastern Towhee 167 
Yellow-breasted Chat 1 
Yellow-headed Blackbird 1 
Bobolink 101 
Eastern Meadowlark 4 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Orchard Oriole 54 
Baltimore Oriole 100 
Red-winged Blackbird 211 
Brown-headed Cowbird 88 
Rusty Blackbird 3 
Common Grackle 162 
Ovenbird 21 
Northern Waterthrush 21 
Blue-winged Warbler 7 
Black-and-white Warbler 32 
Tennessee Warbler 15 
Orange-crowned Warbler 3 
Nashville Warbler 17 
Connecticut Warbler 2 
Mourning Warbler 4 
Kentucky Warbler 1 
Common Yellowthroat 147 
American Redstart 81 
Cape May Warbler 21 
Northern Parula 40 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Magnolia Warbler 24 
Bay-breasted Warbler 19 
Blackburnian Warbler 17 
Yellow Warbler 108 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 16 
Blackpoll Warbler 32 
Black-throated Blue Warbler 28 
Palm Warbler 33 
Pine Warbler 25 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 157 
Prairie Warbler 14 
Black-throated Gray Warbler 1 
Black-throated Green Warbler 34 
Canada Warbler 8 
Wilson's Warbler 17 
Summer Tanager 1 
Scarlet Tanager 21 
Northern Cardinal 288 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 29 
Blue Grosbeak 1 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Indigo Bunting 10 
Dickcissel 8 

Total species 282. Total reports 47,627. Total sightings 20,654.

January 1, 2021, Tom Wetmore