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2025 Quarter-Month Status
Birds of Plum Island, Essex County, Massachusetts

Compiled by Tom Wetmore

This table shows the 2025 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 2025.

Status of the Birds of Plum Island — updated July 3, 2025 — day 184

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snow Goose 1 
Brant 67 
Canada Goose 177 
Mute Swan 136 
Wood Duck 11 
Blue-winged Teal 20 
Northern Shoveler 34 
Gadwall 126 
Eurasian Wigeon 12 
American Wigeon 21 
Mallard 173 
American Black Duck 167 
Northern Pintail 66 
Green-winged Teal 113 
Ring-necked Duck 6 
Greater Scaup 45 
Lesser Scaup 26 
King Eider 1 
Common Eider 139 
Surf Scoter 82 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
White-winged Scoter 121 
Black Scoter 148 
Long-tailed Duck 133 
Bufflehead 111 
Common Goldeneye 101 
Hooded Merganser 77 
Common Merganser 18 
Red-breasted Merganser 137 
Ruddy Duck 18 
Wild Turkey 84 
Pied-billed Grebe 9 
Horned Grebe 79 
Red-necked Grebe 44 
Rock Pigeon 122 
Mourning Dove 154 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 8 
Black-billed Cuckoo 21 
Common Nighthawk 4 
Eastern Whip-poor-will 19 
Chimney Swift 33 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 33 
King Rail 6 
Clapper Rail 36 
Virginia Rail 2 
Sora 1 
Common Gallinule 5 
American Coot 39 
Purple Gallinule 1 
Sandhill Crane 1 
Black-necked Stilt 11 
American Oystercatcher 13 
Black-bellied Plover 51 
American Golden-Plover 23 
Killdeer 120 
Semipalmated Plover 48 
Piping Plover 82 
Whimbrel 2 
Hudsonian Godwit 2 
Ruddy Turnstone 17 
Red Knot 5 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Ruff 3 
Stilt Sandpiper 1 
Sanderling 76 
Dunlin 95 
Purple Sandpiper 12 
Least Sandpiper 46 
White-rumped Sandpiper 28 
Pectoral Sandpiper 6 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 47 
Short-billed Dowitcher 30 
American Woodcock 25 
Wilson's Snipe 27 
Spotted Sandpiper 23 
Solitary Sandpiper 6 
Lesser Yellowlegs 49 
Willet 74 
Greater Yellowlegs 89 
Wilson's Phalarope 4 
Parasitic Jaeger 1 
Dovekie 1 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Thick-billed Murre 1 
Razorbill 35 
Black Guillemot 1 
Black-legged Kittiwake 2 
Bonaparte's Gull 30 
Little Gull 1 
Laughing Gull 12 
Ring-billed Gull 124 
Herring Gull 177 
Iceland Gull 3 
Lesser Black-backed Gull 5 
Glaucous Gull 1 
Great Black-backed Gull 160 
Least Tern 55 
Black Tern 3 
Roseate Tern 30 
Common Tern 61 
Arctic Tern 4 
Black Skimmer 2 
Red-throated Loon 70 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Common Loon 150 
Sooty Shearwater 2 
Manx Shearwater 2 
Northern Gannet 42 
Great Cormorant 24 
Double-crested Cormorant 103 
American Bittern 4 
Least Bittern 41 
Great Blue Heron 79 
Great Egret 103 
Snowy Egret 84 
Little Blue Heron 1 
Tricolored Heron 10 
Green Heron 9 
Black-crowned Night-Heron 20 
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 17 
Glossy Ibis 46 
White-faced Ibis 1 
Turkey Vulture 71 
Osprey 99 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Northern Harrier 140 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 27 
Cooper's Hawk 34 
Bald Eagle 97 
Red-shouldered Hawk 3 
Broad-winged Hawk 1 
Swainson's Hawk 8 
Red-tailed Hawk 43 
Rough-legged Hawk 21 
Great Horned Owl 5 
Snowy Owl 37 
Barred Owl 29 
Short-eared Owl 37 
Belted Kingfisher 35 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 16 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 14 
Downy Woodpecker 113 
Hairy Woodpecker 35 
Northern Flicker 101 
Pileated Woodpecker 1 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
American Kestrel 40 
Merlin 70 
Peregrine Falcon 24 
Great Crested Flycatcher 56 
Eastern Kingbird 65 
Olive-sided Flycatcher 4 
Eastern Wood-Pewee 34 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 10 
Alder Flycatcher 34 
Willow Flycatcher 45 
Least Flycatcher 24 
Eastern Phoebe 42 
White-eyed Vireo 8 
Yellow-throated Vireo 4 
Blue-headed Vireo 25 
Philadelphia Vireo 1 
Warbling Vireo 18 
Red-eyed Vireo 54 
Northern Shrike 4 
Blue Jay 160 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
American Crow 131 
Fish Crow 57 
Common Raven 106 
Black-capped Chickadee 173 
Tufted Titmouse 34 
Horned Lark 35 
Bank Swallow 26 
Tree Swallow 90 
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 15 
Purple Martin 76 
Barn Swallow 74 
Cliff Swallow 5 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 31 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 28 
Cedar Waxwing 56 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 49 
White-breasted Nuthatch 35 
Brown Creeper 20 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 39 
House Wren 50 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Winter Wren 10 
Marsh Wren 71 
Carolina Wren 56 
Gray Catbird 88 
Brown Thrasher 72 
Northern Mockingbird 158 
European Starling 150 
Eastern Bluebird 3 
Veery 17 
Gray-cheeked Thrush 2 
Swainson's Thrush 24 
Hermit Thrush 79 
Wood Thrush 14 
American Robin 177 
House Sparrow 157 
American Pipit 5 
House Finch 136 
Purple Finch 83 
American Goldfinch 125 
Lapland Longspur 4 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snow Bunting 20 
Chipping Sparrow 49 
Field Sparrow 49 
Fox Sparrow 18 
American Tree Sparrow 85 
Dark-eyed Junco 67 
White-crowned Sparrow 8 
White-throated Sparrow 80 
Vesper Sparrow 3 
Seaside Sparrow 43 
Nelson's Sparrow 12 
Saltmarsh Sparrow 49 
Savannah Sparrow 49 
Song Sparrow 167 
Lincoln's Sparrow 8 
Swamp Sparrow 97 
Eastern Towhee 82 
Yellow-breasted Chat 10 
Bobolink 58 
Eastern Meadowlark 9 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Orchard Oriole 63 
Baltimore Oriole 65 
Red-winged Blackbird 131 
Brown-headed Cowbird 98 
Common Grackle 128 
Ovenbird 61 
Worm-eating Warbler 2 
Northern Waterthrush 29 
Blue-winged Warbler 4 
Black-and-white Warbler 36 
Tennessee Warbler 7 
Nashville Warbler 21 
Mourning Warbler 11 
Common Yellowthroat 64 
American Redstart 63 
Cape May Warbler 10 
Northern Parula 35 
Magnolia Warbler 34 
Bay-breasted Warbler 20 
Blackburnian Warbler 19 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Yellow Warbler 67 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 28 
Blackpoll Warbler 31 
Black-throated Blue Warbler 28 
Palm Warbler 25 
Pine Warbler 10 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 39 
Yellow-throated Warbler 1 
Prairie Warbler 17 
Black-throated Green Warbler 30 
Canada Warbler 16 
Wilson's Warbler 20 
Summer Tanager 1 
Scarlet Tanager 17 
Northern Cardinal 168 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 44 
Indigo Bunting 9 

Total species 257. Total reports 46,803. Total sightings 12,185.

July 3, 2025, Tom Wetmore