Tom’s Birding Page

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 31, 2025 — day 212

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snow Goose 1 
Brant 67 
Canada Goose 204 
Mute Swan 163 
Wood Duck 12 
Blue-winged Teal 26 
Northern Shoveler 34 
Gadwall 154 
Eurasian Wigeon 12 
American Wigeon 22 
Mallard 201 
American Black Duck 193 
Northern Pintail 66 
Green-winged Teal 130 
Ring-necked Duck 6 
Greater Scaup 45 
Lesser Scaup 26 
King Eider 1 
Common Eider 166 
Surf Scoter 82 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
White-winged Scoter 121 
Black Scoter 163 
Long-tailed Duck 136 
Bufflehead 111 
Common Goldeneye 101 
Hooded Merganser 77 
Common Merganser 18 
Red-breasted Merganser 137 
Ruddy Duck 19 
Wild Turkey 109 
Pied-billed Grebe 10 
Horned Grebe 79 
Red-necked Grebe 44 
Rock Pigeon 140 
Mourning Dove 182 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 8 
Black-billed Cuckoo 24 
Common Nighthawk 4 
Eastern Whip-poor-will 21 
Chimney Swift 39 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 33 
King Rail 6 
Clapper Rail 37 
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 59 
American Golden-Plover 24 
Killdeer 148 
Semipalmated Plover 75 
Piping Plover 107 
Whimbrel 9 
Hudsonian Godwit 2 
Ruddy Turnstone 20 
Red Knot 7 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Ruff 8 
Stilt Sandpiper 21 
Sanderling 91 
Dunlin 95 
Purple Sandpiper 12 
Least Sandpiper 74 
White-rumped Sandpiper 39 
Pectoral Sandpiper 16 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 75 
Short-billed Dowitcher 58 
Long-billed Dowitcher 4 
American Woodcock 26 
Wilson's Snipe 27 
Spotted Sandpiper 44 
Solitary Sandpiper 6 
Lesser Yellowlegs 77 
Willet 102 
Greater Yellowlegs 117 
Wilson's Phalarope 5 
Parasitic Jaeger 1 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Dovekie 1 
Thick-billed Murre 1 
Razorbill 35 
Black Guillemot 1 
Black-legged Kittiwake 2 
Bonaparte's Gull 44 
Little Gull 1 
Laughing Gull 32 
Ring-billed Gull 152 
Herring Gull 205 
Iceland Gull 3 
Lesser Black-backed Gull 9 
Glaucous Gull 1 
Great Black-backed Gull 188 
Least Tern 83 
Black Tern 3 
Roseate Tern 52 
Common Tern 89 
Arctic Tern 6 
Black Skimmer 2 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Red-throated Loon 71 
Common Loon 173 
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 5 
Sooty Shearwater 2 
Manx Shearwater 3 
Northern Gannet 42 
Great Cormorant 24 
Double-crested Cormorant 131 
American Bittern 4 
Least Bittern 65 
Great Blue Heron 108 
Great Egret 131 
Snowy Egret 112 
Little Blue Heron 2 
Tricolored Heron 12 
Green Heron 9 
Black-crowned Night-Heron 49 
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 18 
Glossy Ibis 64 
White-faced Ibis 1 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Turkey Vulture 80 
Osprey 127 
Northern Harrier 151 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 27 
Cooper's Hawk 36 
Bald Eagle 99 
Red-shouldered Hawk 3 
Broad-winged Hawk 1 
Swainson's Hawk 8 
Red-tailed Hawk 45 
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 135 
Hairy Woodpecker 35 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Northern Flicker 125 
Pileated Woodpecker 1 
American Kestrel 41 
Merlin 73 
Peregrine Falcon 36 
Great Crested Flycatcher 79 
Eastern Kingbird 93 
Olive-sided Flycatcher 4 
Eastern Wood-Pewee 44 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 10 
Alder Flycatcher 34 
Willow Flycatcher 73 
Least Flycatcher 24 
Eastern Phoebe 43 
White-eyed Vireo 8 
Yellow-throated Vireo 4 
Blue-headed Vireo 25 
Philadelphia Vireo 1 
Warbling Vireo 18 
Red-eyed Vireo 69 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Northern Shrike 4 
Blue Jay 185 
American Crow 151 
Fish Crow 60 
Common Raven 109 
Black-capped Chickadee 199 
Tufted Titmouse 36 
Horned Lark 35 
Bank Swallow 39 
Tree Swallow 118 
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 15 
Purple Martin 104 
Barn Swallow 101 
Cliff Swallow 5 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 31 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 28 
Cedar Waxwing 84 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 51 
White-breasted Nuthatch 40 
Brown Creeper 20 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 39 
House Wren 57 
Winter Wren 10 
Marsh Wren 99 
Carolina Wren 65 
Gray Catbird 116 
Brown Thrasher 99 
Northern Mockingbird 186 
European Starling 178 
Eastern Bluebird 3 
Veery 17 
Gray-cheeked Thrush 2 
Swainson's Thrush 24 
Hermit Thrush 79 
Wood Thrush 14 
American Robin 205 
House Sparrow 185 
American Pipit 5 
House Finch 164 
Purple Finch 103 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
American Goldfinch 153 
Lapland Longspur 4 
Snow Bunting 20 
Chipping Sparrow 61 
Field Sparrow 65 
Fox Sparrow 18 
American Tree Sparrow 85 
Dark-eyed Junco 68 
White-crowned Sparrow 8 
White-throated Sparrow 80 
Vesper Sparrow 3 
Seaside Sparrow 59 
Nelson's Sparrow 13 
Saltmarsh Sparrow 76 
Savannah Sparrow 55 
Song Sparrow 195 
Lincoln's Sparrow 8 
Swamp Sparrow 121 
Eastern Towhee 110 
Yellow-breasted Chat 10 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Bobolink 81 
Eastern Meadowlark 6 
Orchard Oriole 81 
Baltimore Oriole 90 
Red-winged Blackbird 159 
Brown-headed Cowbird 115 
Common Grackle 156 
Ovenbird 64 
Worm-eating Warbler 2 
Northern Waterthrush 29 
Blue-winged Warbler 4 
Black-and-white Warbler 38 
Tennessee Warbler 7 
Nashville Warbler 21 
Mourning Warbler 11 
Common Yellowthroat 92 
American Redstart 90 
Cape May Warbler 10 
Northern Parula 35 
Magnolia Warbler 34 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Bay-breasted Warbler 20 
Blackburnian Warbler 19 
Yellow Warbler 95 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 28 
Blackpoll Warbler 31 
Black-throated Blue Warbler 28 
Palm Warbler 25 
Pine Warbler 10 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 40 
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 196 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 50 
Indigo Bunting 9 

Total species 259. Total reports 55,275. Total sightings 14,389.

July 31, 2025, Tom Wetmore