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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 July 21, 2026 — day 202

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snow Goose 4 
Brant 62 
Canada Goose 193 
Mute Swan 142 
Wood Duck 14 
Blue-winged Teal 42 
Northern Shoveler 30 
Gadwall 139 
Eurasian Wigeon 1 
American Wigeon 11 
Mallard 179 
American Black Duck 180 
Northern Pintail 51 
Green-winged Teal 125 
Ring-necked Duck 29 
Greater Scaup 50 
Lesser Scaup 19 
Common Eider 131 
Surf Scoter 80 
White-winged Scoter 123 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Black Scoter 121 
Long-tailed Duck 120 
Bufflehead 110 
Common Goldeneye 96 
Hooded Merganser 43 
Common Merganser 34 
Red-breasted Merganser 152 
Wild Turkey 101 
Pied-billed Grebe 7 
Horned Grebe 77 
Red-necked Grebe 29 
Rock Pigeon 141 
Mourning Dove 187 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 8 
Black-billed Cuckoo 14 
Eastern Whip-poor-will 12 
Chimney Swift 34 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 33 
King Rail 39 
Clapper Rail 50 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Virginia Rail 10 
Sora 4 
American Coot 3 
American Oystercatcher 26 
Black-bellied Plover 55 
American Golden-Plover 1 
Killdeer 135 
Semipalmated Plover 68 
Piping Plover 113 
Whimbrel 4 
Ruddy Turnstone 18 
Red Knot 12 
Ruff 4 
Stilt Sandpiper 11 
Sanderling 74 
Dunlin 91 
Purple Sandpiper 23 
Baird's Sandpiper 1 
Least Sandpiper 73 
White-rumped Sandpiper 36 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Pectoral Sandpiper 7 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 69 
Short-billed Dowitcher 56 
Long-billed Dowitcher 3 
American Woodcock 55 
Wilson's Snipe 37 
Spotted Sandpiper 40 
Solitary Sandpiper 5 
Lesser Yellowlegs 61 
Willet 94 
Greater Yellowlegs 101 
Wilson's Phalarope 12 
Red-necked Phalarope 1 
Dovekie 1 
Thick-billed Murre 4 
Razorbill 17 
Black Guillemot 2 
Black-legged Kittiwake 1 
Bonaparte's Gull 20 
Laughing Gull 16 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Ring-billed Gull 147 
Herring Gull 195 
Iceland Gull 2 
Lesser Black-backed Gull 3 
Glaucous Gull 1 
Great Black-backed Gull 176 
Least Tern 73 
Caspian Tern 2 
Black Tern 3 
Roseate Tern 47 
Common Tern 78 
Arctic Tern 2 
Forster's Tern 1 
Black Skimmer 2 
Red-throated Loon 83 
Common Loon 139 
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 13 
Sooty Shearwater 3 
Manx Shearwater 1 
Northern Gannet 30 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Great Cormorant 16 
Double-crested Cormorant 125 
American Bittern 17 
Least Bittern 54 
Great Blue Heron 97 
Great Egret 123 
Snowy Egret 102 
Little Blue Heron 6 
Tricolored Heron 7 
Green Heron 5 
Black-crowned Night-Heron 41 
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 67 
Glossy Ibis 67 
White-faced Ibis 1 
Black Vulture 3 
Turkey Vulture 80 
Osprey 121 
Northern Harrier 191 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 38 
Cooper's Hawk 86 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Northern Goshawk 4 
Bald Eagle 110 
Red-shouldered Hawk 5 
Broad-winged Hawk 1 
Red-tailed Hawk 69 
Rough-legged Hawk 15 
Great Horned Owl 3 
Snowy Owl 34 
Long-eared Owl 1 
Short-eared Owl 23 
Belted Kingfisher 41 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 33 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4 
Downy Woodpecker 149 
Hairy Woodpecker 80 
Northern Flicker 81 
Pileated Woodpecker 1 
American Kestrel 44 
Merlin 58 
Peregrine Falcon 24 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Great Crested Flycatcher 67 
Eastern Kingbird 79 
Olive-sided Flycatcher 2 
Eastern Wood-Pewee 35 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 8 
Alder Flycatcher 20 
Willow Flycatcher 64 
Least Flycatcher 23 
Eastern Phoebe 47 
White-eyed Vireo 10 
Yellow-throated Vireo 10 
Blue-headed Vireo 32 
Philadelphia Vireo 2 
Warbling Vireo 25 
Red-eyed Vireo 65 
Blue Jay 175 
American Crow 162 
Fish Crow 30 
Common Raven 107 
Black-capped Chickadee 191 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Tufted Titmouse 77 
Horned Lark 52 
Bank Swallow 35 
Tree Swallow 110 
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 8 
Purple Martin 100 
Barn Swallow 94 
Cliff Swallow 4 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 38 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 36 
Bohemian Waxwing 11 
Cedar Waxwing 129 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 120 
White-breasted Nuthatch 39 
Brown Creeper 30 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 24 
House Wren 67 
Winter Wren 5 
Marsh Wren 88 
Carolina Wren 66 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Gray Catbird 111 
Brown Thrasher 90 
Northern Mockingbird 178 
European Starling 173 
Eastern Bluebird 2 
Veery 18 
Swainson's Thrush 14 
Hermit Thrush 74 
Wood Thrush 31 
American Robin 194 
House Sparrow 171 
American Pipit 7 
House Finch 181 
Purple Finch 153 
Pine Siskin 3 
American Goldfinch 167 
Lapland Longspur 15 
Snow Bunting 24 
Chipping Sparrow 87 
Clay-colored Sparrow 1 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Field Sparrow 67 
Fox Sparrow 22 
American Tree Sparrow 87 
Dark-eyed Junco 89 
White-crowned Sparrow 7 
White-throated Sparrow 132 
Vesper Sparrow 2 
Seaside Sparrow 20 
Nelson's Sparrow 1 
Saltmarsh Sparrow 66 
Savannah Sparrow 88 
Song Sparrow 183 
Lincoln's Sparrow 9 
Swamp Sparrow 106 
Eastern Towhee 144 
Yellow-breasted Chat 2 
Bobolink 67 
Eastern Meadowlark 5 
Orchard Oriole 73 
Baltimore Oriole 65 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Red-winged Blackbird 138 
Brown-headed Cowbird 118 
Rusty Blackbird 5 
Common Grackle 136 
Ovenbird 68 
Worm-eating Warbler 1 
Louisiana Waterthrush 1 
Northern Waterthrush 28 
Blue-winged Warbler 1 
Black-and-white Warbler 39 
Tennessee Warbler 10 
Orange-crowned Warbler 2 
Nashville Warbler 16 
Mourning Warbler 6 
Common Yellowthroat 81 
Hooded Warbler 1 
American Redstart 78 
Cape May Warbler 4 
Northern Parula 35 
Magnolia Warbler 29 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Bay-breasted Warbler 14 
Blackburnian Warbler 24 
Yellow Warbler 88 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 28 
Blackpoll Warbler 23 
Black-throated Blue Warbler 24 
Palm Warbler 32 
Pine Warbler 30 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 124 
Prairie Warbler 19 
Black-throated Green Warbler 33 
Canada Warbler 14 
Wilson's Warbler 23 
Scarlet Tanager 12 
Northern Cardinal 193 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 39 
Blue Grosbeak 1 
Indigo Bunting 9 

Total species 258. Total reports 52,872. Total sightings 14,148.

July 21, 2026, Tom Wetmore