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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 November 25, 2025 — day 329

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snow Goose
Brant 81 
Canada Goose 318 
Mute Swan 214 
Wood Duck 20 
Blue-winged Teal 38 
Northern Shoveler 61 
Gadwall 270 
Eurasian Wigeon 31 
American Wigeon 77 
Mallard 318 
American Black Duck 308 
Northern Pintail 139 
Green-winged Teal 243 
Canvasback
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup 65 
Lesser Scaup 40 
King Eider
Common Eider 268 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter 137 
White-winged Scoter 187 
Black Scoter 209 
Long-tailed Duck 172 
Bufflehead 139 
Common Goldeneye 111 
Hooded Merganser 101 
Common Merganser 23 
Red-breasted Merganser 179 
Ruddy Duck 19 
Wild Turkey 192 
Pied-billed Grebe 30 
Horned Grebe 112 
Red-necked Grebe 63 
Rock Pigeon 227 
Mourning Dove 294 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo 24 
Common Nighthawk
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Eastern Whip-poor-will 27 
Chimney Swift 48 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 54 
King Rail
Clapper Rail 41 
Virginia Rail
Sora
Common Gallinule
American Coot 59 
Purple Gallinule
Sandhill Crane
Black-necked Stilt 11 
American Avocet 18 
American Oystercatcher 26 
Black-bellied Plover 168 
American Golden-Plover 63 
Killdeer 200 
Semipalmated Plover 180 
Piping Plover 142 
Upland Sandpiper
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Whimbrel 37 
Hudsonian Godwit 10 
Ruddy Turnstone 47 
Red Knot 34 
Ruff
Stilt Sandpiper 67 
Sanderling 181 
Dunlin 182 
Purple Sandpiper 13 
Baird's Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper 140 
White-rumped Sandpiper 139 
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper 56 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 179 
Western Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher 119 
Long-billed Dowitcher 60 
American Woodcock 33 
Wilson's Snipe 27 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Spotted Sandpiper 84 
Solitary Sandpiper 12 
Lesser Yellowlegs 154 
Willet 138 
Greater Yellowlegs 227 
Wilson's Phalarope 12 
Red-necked Phalarope
Parasitic Jaeger
Dovekie
Thick-billed Murre
Razorbill 40 
Black Guillemot
Black-legged Kittiwake
Bonaparte's Gull 70 
Little Gull
Laughing Gull 85 
Ring-billed Gull 269 
Herring Gull 322 
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull 33 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Glaucous Gull
Great Black-backed Gull 303 
Least Tern 111 
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Roseate Tern 58 
Common Tern 133 
Arctic Tern
Forster's Tern
Black Skimmer
Red-throated Loon 117 
Common Loon 261 
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 10 
Northern Fulmar
Cory's Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Northern Gannet 115 
Great Cormorant 28 
Double-crested Cormorant 248 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
American Bittern
Least Bittern 72 
Great Blue Heron 217 
Great Egret 244 
Snowy Egret 198 
Little Blue Heron 12 
Tricolored Heron 33 
Green Heron 10 
Black-crowned Night-Heron 96 
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 28 
Glossy Ibis 76 
White-faced Ibis
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture 148 
Osprey 186 
Golden Eagle
Northern Harrier 258 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 41 
Cooper's Hawk 96 
Bald Eagle 125 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk 77 
Rough-legged Hawk 25 
Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl 40 
Barred Owl 29 
Short-eared Owl 38 
Belted Kingfisher 69 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 39 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 35 
Downy Woodpecker 232 
Hairy Woodpecker 65 
Northern Flicker 210 
Pileated Woodpecker
American Kestrel 42 
Merlin 136 
Peregrine Falcon 114 
Great Crested Flycatcher 106 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Western Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird 135 
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee 60 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 13 
Alder Flycatcher 35 
Willow Flycatcher 88 
Least Flycatcher 32 
Eastern Phoebe 108 
White-eyed Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo 48 
Philadelphia Vireo 17 
Warbling Vireo 25 
Red-eyed Vireo 126 
Northern Shrike
Blue Jay 295 
American Crow 246 
Fish Crow 62 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Common Raven 164 
Black-capped Chickadee 315 
Tufted Titmouse 56 
Horned Lark 62 
Bank Swallow 53 
Tree Swallow 191 
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 16 
Purple Martin 128 
Barn Swallow 152 
Cliff Swallow
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 54 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 75 
Cedar Waxwing 176 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 137 
White-breasted Nuthatch 70 
Brown Creeper 57 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 49 
House Wren 74 
Winter Wren 17 
Marsh Wren 164 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Carolina Wren 151 
Gray Catbird 213 
Brown Thrasher 165 
Northern Mockingbird 300 
European Starling 288 
Eastern Bluebird
Veery 20 
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush 32 
Hermit Thrush 96 
Wood Thrush 15 
American Robin 319 
House Sparrow 281 
American Pipit 42 
House Finch 273 
Purple Finch 158 
Common Redpoll
Pine Siskin 19 
American Goldfinch 263 
Lapland Longspur
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snow Bunting 39 
Lark Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow 97 
Clay-colored Sparrow 14 
Field Sparrow 100 
Fox Sparrow 18 
American Tree Sparrow 106 
Dark-eyed Junco 131 
White-crowned Sparrow 27 
White-throated Sparrow 147 
Vesper Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow 67 
Nelson's Sparrow 19 
Saltmarsh Sparrow 132 
Savannah Sparrow 115 
Song Sparrow 312 
Lincoln's Sparrow 25 
Swamp Sparrow 173 
Eastern Towhee 202 
Yellow-breasted Chat 12 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Bobolink 113 
Eastern Meadowlark 10 
Orchard Oriole 84 
Baltimore Oriole 137 
Red-winged Blackbird 244 
Brown-headed Cowbird 118 
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle 212 
Ovenbird 68 
Worm-eating Warbler
Northern Waterthrush 35 
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler 63 
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennessee Warbler 16 
Orange-crowned Warbler
Nashville Warbler 40 
Connecticut Warbler
Mourning Warbler 13 
Common Yellowthroat 160 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart 139 
Cape May Warbler 28 
Northern Parula 59 
Magnolia Warbler 61 
Bay-breasted Warbler 35 
Blackburnian Warbler 25 
Yellow Warbler 141 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 36 
Blackpoll Warbler 50 
Black-throated Blue Warbler 46 
Palm Warbler 45 
Pine Warbler 14 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 111 
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler 20 
Black-throated Green Warbler 51 
Canada Warbler 18 
Wilson's Warbler 32 
Summer Tanager
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Scarlet Tanager 23 
Northern Cardinal 310 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 59 
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting 13 
Dickcissel 16 

Total species 286. Total reports 88,205. Total sightings 23,569.

November 25, 2025, Tom Wetmore