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2023 Quarter-Month Status
Birds of Plum Island, Essex County, Massachusetts

Compiled by Tom Wetmore


This table shows the 2023 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 2023.


Status of the Birds of Plum Island — updated January 1, 2024 — day 1

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Brant 56 
Canada Goose 361 
Mute Swan 307 
Wood Duck 15 
Blue-winged Teal 54 
Northern Shoveler 54 
Gadwall 328 
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon 92 
Mallard 358 
American Black Duck 348 
Northern Pintail 200 
Green-winged Teal 299 
Ring-necked Duck 10 
Greater Scaup 83 
Lesser Scaup 52 
King Eider 13 
Common Eider 234 
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter 162 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
White-winged Scoter 239 
Black Scoter 213 
Long-tailed Duck 232 
Bufflehead 182 
Common Goldeneye 141 
Hooded Merganser 144 
Common Merganser 28 
Red-breasted Merganser 197 
Ruddy Duck 31 
Wild Turkey 108 
Pied-billed Grebe 107 
Horned Grebe 165 
Red-necked Grebe 98 
Rock Pigeon 297 
Mourning Dove 326 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Common Nighthawk
Eastern Whip-poor-will 21 
Chimney Swift 47 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 48 
King Rail
Virginia Rail 46 
Sora
Common Gallinule 58 
American Coot 43 
American Avocet
American Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover 183 
American Golden-Plover 30 
Killdeer 211 
Semipalmated Plover 157 
Piping Plover 141 
Whimbrel 26 
Hudsonian Godwit 13 
Marbled Godwit
Ruddy Turnstone 36 
Red Knot 26 
Stilt Sandpiper 84 
Sanderling 201 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Dunlin 173 
Purple Sandpiper 40 
Baird's Sandpiper 20 
Least Sandpiper 119 
White-rumped Sandpiper 138 
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper 70 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 167 
Western Sandpiper 14 
Short-billed Dowitcher 115 
Long-billed Dowitcher 93 
American Woodcock 31 
Wilson's Snipe 23 
Spotted Sandpiper 70 
Solitary Sandpiper 18 
Lesser Yellowlegs 169 
Willet 128 
Greater Yellowlegs 231 
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Red Phalarope
Parasitic Jaeger
Dovekie
Common Murre
Thick-billed Murre
Razorbill 94 
Black Guillemot
Black-legged Kittiwake 19 
Bonaparte's Gull 46 
Laughing Gull 51 
Ring-billed Gull 286 
Herring Gull 362 
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull 20 
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull 356 
Least Tern 116 
Caspian Tern 10 
Black Tern
Roseate Tern 61 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Common Tern 122 
Arctic Tern
Forster's Tern
Royal Tern
Red-throated Loon 170 
Pacific Loon
Common Loon 310 
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 19 
Manx Shearwater
Northern Gannet 118 
Great Cormorant 15 
Double-crested Cormorant 256 
American Bittern 21 
Least Bittern 108 
Great Blue Heron 230 
Great Egret 237 
Snowy Egret 182 
Little Blue Heron
Green Heron 35 
Black-crowned Night-Heron 82 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 25 
Glossy Ibis 27 
Turkey Vulture 126 
Osprey 193 
Northern Harrier 288 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 58 
Cooper's Hawk 156 
Bald Eagle 170 
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk 13 
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk 185 
Rough-legged Hawk 42 
Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl
Barred Owl 33 
Short-eared Owl 23 
Belted Kingfisher 58 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 68 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 59 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Downy Woodpecker 242 
Hairy Woodpecker
Northern Flicker 166 
American Kestrel 54 
Merlin 122 
Peregrine Falcon 152 
Great Crested Flycatcher 106 
Eastern Kingbird 128 
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee 55 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 10 
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher 14 
Willow Flycatcher 91 
Least Flycatcher 25 
Eastern Phoebe 118 
Say's Phoebe
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo 41 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Philadelphia Vireo 13 
Warbling Vireo 12 
Red-eyed Vireo 138 
Northern Shrike
Blue Jay 335 
American Crow 341 
Fish Crow 23 
Common Raven 207 
Black-capped Chickadee 357 
Tufted Titmouse 71 
Horned Lark 107 
Bank Swallow 72 
Tree Swallow 194 
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 18 
Purple Martin 132 
Barn Swallow 146 
Cliff Swallow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 86 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 102 
Bohemian Waxwing
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Cedar Waxwing 184 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 119 
White-breasted Nuthatch 68 
Brown Creeper 44 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 25 
House Wren 116 
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren 187 
Carolina Wren 133 
Gray Catbird 223 
Brown Thrasher 163 
Northern Mockingbird 337 
European Starling 327 
Eastern Bluebird
Veery 23 
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush 18 
Hermit Thrush 127 
Wood Thrush 12 
American Robin 353 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
House Sparrow 303 
American Pipit 56 
House Finch 331 
Purple Finch 152 
Red Crossbill 44 
Pine Siskin 29 
American Goldfinch 298 
Lapland Longspur
Snow Bunting 46 
Lark Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow 72 
Clay-colored Sparrow 10 
Field Sparrow 151 
Fox Sparrow 11 
American Tree Sparrow 144 
Dark-eyed Junco 123 
White-crowned Sparrow 25 
White-throated Sparrow 183 
Seaside Sparrow 59 
Nelson's Sparrow
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Saltmarsh Sparrow 117 
Savannah Sparrow 165 
Song Sparrow 357 
Lincoln's Sparrow 17 
Swamp Sparrow 209 
Eastern Towhee 217 
Yellow-breasted Chat 11 
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Bobolink 120 
Eastern Meadowlark 12 
Orchard Oriole 97 
Baltimore Oriole 114 
Red-winged Blackbird 256 
Brown-headed Cowbird 129 
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle 216 
Ovenbird 28 
Northern Waterthrush 32 
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler 68 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Tennessee Warbler 23 
Orange-crowned Warbler 11 
Nashville Warbler 37 
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler 10 
Common Yellowthroat 168 
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart 120 
Cape May Warbler 30 
Northern Parula 52 
Magnolia Warbler 47 
Bay-breasted Warbler 44 
Blackburnian Warbler 24 
Yellow Warbler 141 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 28 
Blackpoll Warbler 49 
Black-throated Blue Warbler 35 
Palm Warbler 61 
Pine Warbler 28 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 168 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Prairie Warbler 23 
Black-throated Green Warbler 47 
Canada Warbler 25 
Wilson's Warbler 28 
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager 17 
Northern Cardinal 341 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 41 
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel

Total species 270. Total reports 85,986. Total sightings 25,517.

January 1, 2024, Tom Wetmore