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2024 Quarter-Month Status
Birds of Plum Island, Essex County, Massachusetts

Compiled by Tom Wetmore

This table shows the 2024 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 2024.

Status of the Birds of Plum Island — updated April 29, 2024 — day 120

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snow Goose 7 
Brant 50 
Canada Goose 116 
Mute Swan 101 
Wood Duck 3 
Blue-winged Teal 15 
Northern Shoveler 44 
Gadwall 109 
Eurasian Wigeon 2 
American Wigeon 25 
Mallard 116 
American Black Duck 116 
Northern Pintail 104 
Green-winged Teal 94 
Ring-necked Duck 8 
Greater Scaup 89 
Lesser Scaup 93 
Common Eider 98 
Surf Scoter 69 
White-winged Scoter 104 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Black Scoter 99 
Long-tailed Duck 113 
Bufflehead 114 
Common Goldeneye 108 
Hooded Merganser 81 
Common Merganser 45 
Red-breasted Merganser 113 
Ruddy Duck 43 
Wild Turkey 33 
Ring-necked Pheasant 1 
Pied-billed Grebe 20 
Horned Grebe 105 
Red-necked Grebe 29 
Rock Pigeon 91 
Mourning Dove 97 
Clapper Rail 1 
Virginia Rail 5 
American Coot 24 
Black-bellied Plover 6 
Killdeer 59 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Piping Plover 28 
Sanderling 70 
Dunlin 65 
Purple Sandpiper 8 
Least Sandpiper 1 
Pectoral Sandpiper 6 
Short-billed Dowitcher 4 
American Woodcock 8 
Wilson's Snipe 3 
Lesser Yellowlegs 7 
Willet 5 
Greater Yellowlegs 27 
Pomarine Jaeger 1 
Dovekie 1 
Razorbill 32 
Black-legged Kittiwake 2 
Bonaparte's Gull 3 
Black-headed Gull 1 
Ring-billed Gull 87 
Herring Gull 116 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Iceland Gull 4 
Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 
Glaucous Gull 2 
Great Black-backed Gull 110 
Red-throated Loon 66 
Common Loon 104 
Northern Gannet 17 
Great Cormorant 6 
Double-crested Cormorant 42 
American Bittern 34 
Great Blue Heron 28 
Great Egret 36 
Snowy Egret 12 
Glossy Ibis 7 
Turkey Vulture 37 
Osprey 32 
Golden Eagle 1 
Northern Harrier 114 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 27 
Cooper's Hawk 38 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Bald Eagle 85 
Red-shouldered Hawk 1 
Broad-winged Hawk 2 
Red-tailed Hawk 54 
Rough-legged Hawk 27 
Great Horned Owl 2 
Barred Owl 3 
Short-eared Owl 50 
Belted Kingfisher 27 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 10 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 6 
Downy Woodpecker 84 
Hairy Woodpecker 1 
Northern Flicker 60 
American Kestrel 23 
Merlin 35 
Peregrine Falcon 24 
Eastern Phoebe 28 
Blue-headed Vireo 5 
Northern Shrike 1 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Blue Jay 105 
American Crow 109 
Fish Crow 15 
Common Raven 59 
Black-capped Chickadee 115 
Tufted Titmouse 9 
Horned Lark 43 
Tree Swallow 24 
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 3 
Purple Martin 10 
Barn Swallow 14 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 19 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 54 
Cedar Waxwing 12 
White-breasted Nuthatch 2 
Brown Creeper 13 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 5 
House Wren 2 
Winter Wren 6 
Marsh Wren 35 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Carolina Wren 70 
Gray Catbird 51 
Brown Thrasher 14 
Northern Mockingbird 112 
European Starling 89 
Eastern Bluebird 4 
Hermit Thrush 63 
American Robin 114 
House Sparrow 100 
American Pipit 5 
House Finch 103 
Purple Finch 37 
Red Crossbill 2 
Pine Siskin 5 
American Goldfinch 90 
Lapland Longspur 3 
Snow Bunting 18 
Chipping Sparrow 12 
Field Sparrow 33 
Fox Sparrow 8 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
American Tree Sparrow 90 
Dark-eyed Junco 64 
White-throated Sparrow 102 
Seaside Sparrow 2 
Savannah Sparrow 30 
Song Sparrow 112 
Swamp Sparrow 46 
Eastern Towhee 30 
Eastern Meadowlark 2 
Red-winged Blackbird 88 
Brown-headed Cowbird 39 
Rusty Blackbird 8 
Common Grackle 72 
Northern Waterthrush 2 
Black-and-white Warbler 3 
Orange-crowned Warbler 2 
Common Yellowthroat 2 
Northern Parula 1 
Yellow Warbler 2 
Palm Warbler 14 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Pine Warbler 8 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 101 
Northern Cardinal 114 

Total species 163. Total reports 19,793. Total sightings 6,793.

April 29, 2024, Tom Wetmore