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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 September 12, 2025 — day 255

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snow Goose 1 
Brant 67 
Canada Goose 246 
Mute Swan 185 
Wood Duck 12 
Blue-winged Teal 34 
Northern Shoveler 36 
Gadwall 197 
Eurasian Wigeon 12 
American Wigeon 23 
Mallard 244 
American Black Duck 234 
Northern Pintail 68 
Green-winged Teal 170 
Ring-necked Duck 6 
Greater Scaup 45 
Lesser Scaup 26 
King Eider 1 
Common Eider 205 
Surf Scoter 84 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
White-winged Scoter 126 
Black Scoter 164 
Long-tailed Duck 136 
Bufflehead 111 
Common Goldeneye 101 
Hooded Merganser 77 
Common Merganser 18 
Red-breasted Merganser 137 
Ruddy Duck 19 
Wild Turkey 146 
Pied-billed Grebe 10 
Horned Grebe 79 
Red-necked Grebe 44 
Rock Pigeon 163 
Mourning Dove 224 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 9 
Black-billed Cuckoo 24 
Common Nighthawk 5 
Eastern Whip-poor-will 24 
Chimney Swift 48 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 51 
King Rail 6 
Clapper Rail 40 
Virginia Rail 4 
Sora 1 
Common Gallinule 5 
American Coot 39 
Purple Gallinule 1 
Sandhill Crane 1 
Black-necked Stilt 11 
American Oystercatcher 25 
Black-bellied Plover 97 
American Golden-Plover 37 
Killdeer 181 
Semipalmated Plover 118 
Piping Plover 134 
Upland Sandpiper 2 
Whimbrel 25 
Hudsonian Godwit 4 
Ruddy Turnstone 46 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Red Knot 25 
Ruff 8 
Stilt Sandpiper 47 
Sanderling 125 
Dunlin 110 
Purple Sandpiper 12 
Baird's Sandpiper 5 
Least Sandpiper 117 
White-rumped Sandpiper 81 
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 2 
Pectoral Sandpiper 30 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 118 
Western Sandpiper 4 
Short-billed Dowitcher 100 
Long-billed Dowitcher 37 
American Woodcock 29 
Wilson's Snipe 27 
Spotted Sandpiper 78 
Solitary Sandpiper 11 
Lesser Yellowlegs 120 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Willet 137 
Greater Yellowlegs 160 
Wilson's Phalarope 9 
Red-necked Phalarope 3 
Parasitic Jaeger 2 
Dovekie 1 
Thick-billed Murre 1 
Razorbill 35 
Black Guillemot 1 
Black-legged Kittiwake 2 
Bonaparte's Gull 54 
Little Gull 1 
Laughing Gull 73 
Ring-billed Gull 195 
Herring Gull 248 
Iceland Gull 3 
Lesser Black-backed Gull 24 
Glaucous Gull 1 
Great Black-backed Gull 230 
Least Tern 111 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Caspian Tern 4 
Black Tern 3 
Roseate Tern 58 
Common Tern 128 
Arctic Tern 6 
Forster's Tern 6 
Black Skimmer 2 
Red-throated Loon 71 
Common Loon 194 
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 10 
Sooty Shearwater 2 
Manx Shearwater 6 
Northern Gannet 60 
Great Cormorant 25 
Double-crested Cormorant 174 
American Bittern 4 
Least Bittern 72 
Great Blue Heron 151 
Great Egret 174 
Snowy Egret 155 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Little Blue Heron 3 
Tricolored Heron 27 
Green Heron 10 
Black-crowned Night-Heron 86 
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 25 
Glossy Ibis 72 
White-faced Ibis 1 
Turkey Vulture 112 
Osprey 170 
Northern Harrier 185 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 28 
Cooper's Hawk 50 
Bald Eagle 110 
Red-shouldered Hawk 5 
Broad-winged Hawk 1 
Swainson's Hawk 8 
Red-tailed Hawk 56 
Rough-legged Hawk 21 
Great Horned Owl 5 
Snowy Owl 37 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Barred Owl 29 
Short-eared Owl 37 
Belted Kingfisher 42 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 16 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 14 
Downy Woodpecker 167 
Hairy Woodpecker 35 
Northern Flicker 152 
Pileated Woodpecker 1 
American Kestrel 41 
Merlin 101 
Peregrine Falcon 75 
Great Crested Flycatcher 102 
Western Kingbird 3 
Eastern Kingbird 135 
Olive-sided Flycatcher 5 
Eastern Wood-Pewee 59 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 13 
Alder Flycatcher 35 
Willow Flycatcher 87 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Least Flycatcher 28 
Eastern Phoebe 72 
White-eyed Vireo 8 
Yellow-throated Vireo 4 
Blue-headed Vireo 25 
Philadelphia Vireo 3 
Warbling Vireo 22 
Red-eyed Vireo 99 
Northern Shrike 4 
Blue Jay 223 
American Crow 178 
Fish Crow 61 
Common Raven 117 
Black-capped Chickadee 242 
Tufted Titmouse 37 
Horned Lark 35 
Bank Swallow 53 
Tree Swallow 161 
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 16 
Purple Martin 128 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Barn Swallow 141 
Cliff Swallow 5 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 31 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 28 
Cedar Waxwing 127 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 70 
White-breasted Nuthatch 54 
Brown Creeper 20 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 44 
House Wren 66 
Winter Wren 10 
Marsh Wren 138 
Carolina Wren 97 
Gray Catbird 159 
Brown Thrasher 137 
Northern Mockingbird 229 
European Starling 221 
Eastern Bluebird 3 
Veery 18 
Gray-cheeked Thrush 2 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Swainson's Thrush 24 
Hermit Thrush 79 
Wood Thrush 15 
American Robin 248 
House Sparrow 223 
American Pipit 5 
House Finch 203 
Purple Finch 124 
American Goldfinch 196 
Lapland Longspur 4 
Snow Bunting 20 
Chipping Sparrow 64 
Field Sparrow 73 
Fox Sparrow 18 
American Tree Sparrow 85 
Dark-eyed Junco 68 
White-crowned Sparrow 8 
White-throated Sparrow 80 
Vesper Sparrow 3 
Seaside Sparrow 66 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Nelson's Sparrow 14 
Saltmarsh Sparrow 107 
Savannah Sparrow 60 
Song Sparrow 238 
Lincoln's Sparrow 9 
Swamp Sparrow 134 
Eastern Towhee 153 
Yellow-breasted Chat 10 
Bobolink 104 
Eastern Meadowlark 8 
Orchard Oriole 84 
Baltimore Oriole 123 
Red-winged Blackbird 201 
Brown-headed Cowbird 116 
Common Grackle 194 
Ovenbird 67 
Worm-eating Warbler 2 
Northern Waterthrush 35 
Blue-winged Warbler 4 
Black-and-white Warbler 46 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Tennessee Warbler 8 
Nashville Warbler 24 
Connecticut Warbler 2 
Mourning Warbler 11 
Common Yellowthroat 133 
Hooded Warbler 1 
American Redstart 123 
Cape May Warbler 14 
Northern Parula 39 
Magnolia Warbler 40 
Bay-breasted Warbler 24 
Blackburnian Warbler 20 
Yellow Warbler 131 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 32 
Blackpoll Warbler 32 
Black-throated Blue Warbler 28 
Palm Warbler 25 
Pine Warbler 11 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 43 
Yellow-throated Warbler 1 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Prairie Warbler 17 
Black-throated Green Warbler 33 
Canada Warbler 16 
Wilson's Warbler 23 
Summer Tanager 1 
Scarlet Tanager 19 
Northern Cardinal 238 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 58 
Indigo Bunting 9 
Dickcissel 6 

Total species 270. Total reports 67,917. Total sightings 17,825.

September 12, 2025, Tom Wetmore