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2026 Quarter-Month Status
Birds of Plum Island, Essex County, Massachusetts

Compiled by Tom Wetmore


This table shows the 2026 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 2026.


Status of the Birds of Plum Island — updated April 6, 2026 — day 96

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snow Goose
Brant 25 
Canada Goose 87 
Mute Swan 36 
Wood Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall 32 
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Mallard 72 
American Black Duck 86 
Northern Pintail 48 
Green-winged Teal 28 
Ring-necked Duck 10 
Greater Scaup 41 
Lesser Scaup 16 
Common Eider 55 
Surf Scoter 45 
White-winged Scoter 68 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Black Scoter 69 
Long-tailed Duck 71 
Bufflehead 71 
Common Goldeneye 86 
Hooded Merganser 33 
Common Merganser 14 
Red-breasted Merganser 74 
Wild Turkey 19 
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe 58 
Red-necked Grebe 26 
Rock Pigeon 79 
Mourning Dove 80 
Virginia Rail
American Coot
Killdeer 28 
Piping Plover 21 
Sanderling 43 
Dunlin 38 
Purple Sandpiper 11 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Least Sandpiper
American Woodcock 27 
Wilson's Snipe
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Dovekie
Thick-billed Murre
Razorbill 17 
Black Guillemot
Ring-billed Gull 62 
Herring Gull 88 
Iceland Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Great Black-backed Gull 74 
Red-throated Loon 36 
Common Loon 63 
Northern Gannet
Great Cormorant 16 
Double-crested Cormorant 18 
Great Blue Heron 10 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Great Egret 16 
Snowy Egret
Glossy Ibis
Turkey Vulture 19 
Osprey 15 
Northern Harrier 90 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 19 
Cooper's Hawk 45 
Northern Goshawk
Bald Eagle 69 
Red-shouldered Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk 29 
Rough-legged Hawk 15 
Great Horned Owl
Snowy Owl 34 
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl 23 
Belted Kingfisher
Red-bellied Woodpecker
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Downy Woodpecker 82 
Hairy Woodpecker 45 
Northern Flicker 34 
American Kestrel
Merlin 17 
Peregrine Falcon 11 
Eastern Phoebe 13 
Blue Jay 80 
American Crow 78 
Fish Crow
Common Raven 68 
Black-capped Chickadee 86 
Tufted Titmouse 14 
Horned Lark 49 
Tree Swallow
Purple Martin
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet 15 
Bohemian Waxwing 11 
Cedar Waxwing 59 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Red-breasted Nuthatch 71 
White-breasted Nuthatch 13 
Brown Creeper 11 
Winter Wren
Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren 10 
Gray Catbird 23 
Northern Mockingbird 73 
European Starling 67 
Eastern Bluebird
Hermit Thrush 37 
American Robin 87 
House Sparrow 67 
American Pipit
House Finch 74 
Purple Finch 53 
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch 60 
Lapland Longspur 13 
Snow Bunting 23 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Chipping Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Fox Sparrow 20 
American Tree Sparrow 82 
Dark-eyed Junco 69 
White-throated Sparrow 76 
Seaside Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow 17 
Song Sparrow 76 
Swamp Sparrow 10 
Eastern Towhee 41 
Eastern Meadowlark
Red-winged Blackbird 31 
Brown-headed Cowbird 19 
Rusty Blackbird
Common Grackle 29 
Orange-crowned Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler 77 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Northern Cardinal 87 

Total species 141. Total reports 14,495. Total sightings 4,385.

April 6, 2026, Tom Wetmore