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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 August 29, 2026 — day 241

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snow Goose 4 
Brant 62 
Canada Goose 225 
Mute Swan 179 
Wood Duck 14 
Blue-winged Teal 50 
Northern Shoveler 30 
Gadwall 177 
Eurasian Wigeon 1 
American Wigeon 12 
Mallard 218 
American Black Duck 209 
Northern Pintail 51 
Green-winged Teal 155 
Ring-necked Duck 29 
Greater Scaup 50 
Lesser Scaup 19 
Common Eider 170 
Surf Scoter 80 
White-winged Scoter 134 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Black Scoter 126 
Long-tailed Duck 124 
Bufflehead 110 
Common Goldeneye 96 
Hooded Merganser 44 
Common Merganser 34 
Red-breasted Merganser 190 
Wild Turkey 133 
Pied-billed Grebe 16 
Horned Grebe 77 
Red-necked Grebe 29 
Rock Pigeon 163 
Mourning Dove 226 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 9 
Black-billed Cuckoo 15 
Common Nighthawk 1 
Eastern Whip-poor-will 15 
Chimney Swift 36 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 47 
King Rail 59 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Clapper Rail 51 
Virginia Rail 12 
Sora 7 
American Coot 3 
American Oystercatcher 28 
Black-bellied Plover 90 
American Golden-Plover 5 
Killdeer 174 
Semipalmated Plover 107 
Piping Plover 152 
Whimbrel 14 
Marbled Godwit 4 
Ruddy Turnstone 41 
Red Knot 27 
Ruff 4 
Stilt Sandpiper 39 
Sanderling 104 
Dunlin 105 
Purple Sandpiper 23 
Baird's Sandpiper 14 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Least Sandpiper 112 
White-rumped Sandpiper 75 
Buff-breasted Sandpiper 3 
Pectoral Sandpiper 20 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 108 
Western Sandpiper 3 
Short-billed Dowitcher 95 
Long-billed Dowitcher 30 
American Woodcock 55 
Wilson's Snipe 37 
Spotted Sandpiper 77 
Solitary Sandpiper 16 
Lesser Yellowlegs 99 
Willet 122 
Greater Yellowlegs 140 
Wilson's Phalarope 16 
Red-necked Phalarope 1 
Dovekie 1 
Thick-billed Murre 4 
Razorbill 17 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Black Guillemot 19 
Black-legged Kittiwake 1 
Bonaparte's Gull 26 
Laughing Gull 50 
Ring-billed Gull 186 
Herring Gull 234 
Iceland Gull 2 
Lesser Black-backed Gull 3 
Glaucous Gull 1 
Great Black-backed Gull 215 
Least Tern 112 
Caspian Tern 3 
Black Tern 10 
Roseate Tern 76 
Common Tern 117 
Arctic Tern 2 
Forster's Tern 23 
Royal Tern 1 
Black Skimmer 2 
Red-throated Loon 84 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Common Loon 171 
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 48 
Sooty Shearwater 3 
Manx Shearwater 4 
Northern Gannet 37 
Great Cormorant 16 
Double-crested Cormorant 164 
American Bittern 17 
Least Bittern 75 
Great Blue Heron 135 
Great Egret 162 
Snowy Egret 141 
Little Blue Heron 10 
Tricolored Heron 8 
Green Heron 12 
Black-crowned Night-Heron 80 
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 86 
Glossy Ibis 100 
White-faced Ibis 3 
Black Vulture 3 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Turkey Vulture 107 
Osprey 160 
Northern Harrier 230 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 39 
Cooper's Hawk 99 
Northern Goshawk 4 
Bald Eagle 121 
Red-shouldered Hawk 11 
Broad-winged Hawk 1 
Red-tailed Hawk 76 
Rough-legged Hawk 15 
Eastern Screech-Owl 1 
Great Horned Owl 5 
Snowy Owl 34 
Long-eared Owl 1 
Short-eared Owl 23 
Belted Kingfisher 43 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 35 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4 
Downy Woodpecker 178 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Hairy Woodpecker 81 
Northern Flicker 101 
Pileated Woodpecker 1 
American Kestrel 44 
Merlin 70 
Peregrine Falcon 51 
Great Crested Flycatcher 94 
Eastern Kingbird 118 
Olive-sided Flycatcher 2 
Eastern Wood-Pewee 46 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 8 
Alder Flycatcher 20 
Willow Flycatcher 86 
Least Flycatcher 24 
Eastern Phoebe 79 
White-eyed Vireo 10 
Yellow-throated Vireo 10 
Blue-headed Vireo 32 
Philadelphia Vireo 4 
Warbling Vireo 26 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Red-eyed Vireo 97 
Blue Jay 200 
American Crow 192 
Fish Crow 32 
Common Raven 113 
Black-capped Chickadee 228 
Tufted Titmouse 82 
Horned Lark 52 
Bank Swallow 56 
Tree Swallow 149 
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 9 
Purple Martin 137 
Barn Swallow 132 
Cliff Swallow 5 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 38 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 36 
Bohemian Waxwing 11 
Cedar Waxwing 168 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 124 
White-breasted Nuthatch 58 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Brown Creeper 30 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 25 
House Wren 78 
Winter Wren 5 
Marsh Wren 123 
Carolina Wren 78 
Gray Catbird 150 
Brown Thrasher 114 
Northern Mockingbird 216 
European Starling 212 
Eastern Bluebird 2 
Veery 18 
Swainson's Thrush 15 
Hermit Thrush 74 
Wood Thrush 31 
American Robin 233 
House Sparrow 209 
American Pipit 7 
House Finch 220 
Purple Finch 166 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Pine Siskin 3 
American Goldfinch 206 
Lapland Longspur 15 
Snow Bunting 24 
Lark Sparrow 4 
Chipping Sparrow 93 
Clay-colored Sparrow 1 
Field Sparrow 71 
Fox Sparrow 22 
American Tree Sparrow 87 
Dark-eyed Junco 89 
White-crowned Sparrow 7 
White-throated Sparrow 132 
Vesper Sparrow 2 
Seaside Sparrow 22 
Nelson's Sparrow 3 
Saltmarsh Sparrow 96 
Savannah Sparrow 94 
Song Sparrow 222 
Lincoln's Sparrow 9 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Swamp Sparrow 118 
Eastern Towhee 183 
Yellow-breasted Chat 2 
Bobolink 99 
Eastern Meadowlark 5 
Orchard Oriole 78 
Baltimore Oriole 98 
Red-winged Blackbird 176 
Brown-headed Cowbird 139 
Rusty Blackbird 5 
Common Grackle 173 
Ovenbird 69 
Worm-eating Warbler 1 
Louisiana Waterthrush 1 
Northern Waterthrush 33 
Blue-winged Warbler 3 
Black-and-white Warbler 45 
Tennessee Warbler 10 
Orange-crowned Warbler 2 
Nashville Warbler 16 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Mourning Warbler 6 
Common Yellowthroat 118 
Hooded Warbler 1 
American Redstart 114 
Cape May Warbler 4 
Northern Parula 35 
Magnolia Warbler 30 
Bay-breasted Warbler 14 
Blackburnian Warbler 25 
Yellow Warbler 122 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 28 
Blackpoll Warbler 23 
Black-throated Blue Warbler 25 
Palm Warbler 32 
Pine Warbler 30 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 128 
Prairie Warbler 21 
Black-throated Green Warbler 33 
Canada Warbler 14 
Wilson's Warbler 23 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Scarlet Tanager 12 
Northern Cardinal 231 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 46 
Blue Grosbeak 1 
Indigo Bunting 9 
Dickcissel 4 

Total species 266. Total reports 65,454. Total sightings 17,502.

August 29, 2026, Tom Wetmore