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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 11, 2026 — day 223

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snow Goose 4 
Brant 62 
Canada Goose 213 
Mute Swan 163 
Wood Duck 14 
Blue-winged Teal 43 
Northern Shoveler 30 
Gadwall 159 
Eurasian Wigeon 1 
American Wigeon 11 
Mallard 200 
American Black Duck 198 
Northern Pintail 51 
Green-winged Teal 138 
Ring-necked Duck 29 
Greater Scaup 50 
Lesser Scaup 19 
Common Eider 152 
Surf Scoter 80 
White-winged Scoter 125 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Black Scoter 123 
Long-tailed Duck 120 
Bufflehead 110 
Common Goldeneye 96 
Hooded Merganser 44 
Common Merganser 34 
Red-breasted Merganser 172 
Wild Turkey 120 
Pied-billed Grebe 10 
Horned Grebe 77 
Red-necked Grebe 29 
Rock Pigeon 148 
Mourning Dove 208 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 9 
Black-billed Cuckoo 15 
Eastern Whip-poor-will 14 
Chimney Swift 35 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 40 
King Rail 53 
Clapper Rail 51 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Virginia Rail 11 
Sora 4 
American Coot 3 
American Oystercatcher 26 
Black-bellied Plover 72 
American Golden-Plover 1 
Killdeer 156 
Semipalmated Plover 89 
Piping Plover 134 
Whimbrel 8 
Marbled Godwit 3 
Ruddy Turnstone 29 
Red Knot 15 
Ruff 4 
Stilt Sandpiper 29 
Sanderling 89 
Dunlin 98 
Purple Sandpiper 23 
Baird's Sandpiper 1 
Least Sandpiper 94 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
White-rumped Sandpiper 57 
Pectoral Sandpiper 15 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 90 
Short-billed Dowitcher 77 
Long-billed Dowitcher 21 
American Woodcock 55 
Wilson's Snipe 37 
Spotted Sandpiper 59 
Solitary Sandpiper 9 
Lesser Yellowlegs 81 
Willet 113 
Greater Yellowlegs 122 
Wilson's Phalarope 13 
Red-necked Phalarope 1 
Dovekie 1 
Thick-billed Murre 4 
Razorbill 17 
Black Guillemot 4 
Black-legged Kittiwake 1 
Bonaparte's Gull 24 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Laughing Gull 32 
Ring-billed Gull 168 
Herring Gull 216 
Iceland Gull 2 
Lesser Black-backed Gull 3 
Glaucous Gull 1 
Great Black-backed Gull 197 
Least Tern 94 
Caspian Tern 2 
Black Tern 6 
Roseate Tern 66 
Common Tern 99 
Arctic Tern 2 
Forster's Tern 10 
Royal Tern 1 
Black Skimmer 2 
Red-throated Loon 84 
Common Loon 153 
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 32 
Sooty Shearwater 3 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Manx Shearwater 3 
Northern Gannet 31 
Great Cormorant 16 
Double-crested Cormorant 146 
American Bittern 17 
Least Bittern 70 
Great Blue Heron 118 
Great Egret 144 
Snowy Egret 123 
Little Blue Heron 10 
Tricolored Heron 8 
Green Heron 6 
Black-crowned Night-Heron 62 
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 75 
Glossy Ibis 85 
White-faced Ibis 3 
Black Vulture 3 
Turkey Vulture 93 
Osprey 142 
Northern Harrier 212 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Sharp-shinned Hawk 39 
Cooper's Hawk 90 
Northern Goshawk 4 
Bald Eagle 112 
Red-shouldered Hawk 6 
Broad-winged Hawk 1 
Red-tailed Hawk 71 
Rough-legged Hawk 15 
Great Horned Owl 5 
Snowy Owl 34 
Long-eared Owl 1 
Short-eared Owl 23 
Belted Kingfisher 42 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 33 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4 
Downy Woodpecker 164 
Hairy Woodpecker 81 
Northern Flicker 92 
Pileated Woodpecker 1 
American Kestrel 44 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Merlin 62 
Peregrine Falcon 35 
Great Crested Flycatcher 80 
Eastern Kingbird 100 
Olive-sided Flycatcher 2 
Eastern Wood-Pewee 45 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 8 
Alder Flycatcher 20 
Willow Flycatcher 82 
Least Flycatcher 23 
Eastern Phoebe 63 
White-eyed Vireo 10 
Yellow-throated Vireo 10 
Blue-headed Vireo 32 
Philadelphia Vireo 2 
Warbling Vireo 26 
Red-eyed Vireo 80 
Blue Jay 185 
American Crow 179 
Fish Crow 32 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Common Raven 111 
Black-capped Chickadee 210 
Tufted Titmouse 81 
Horned Lark 52 
Bank Swallow 48 
Tree Swallow 131 
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 9 
Purple Martin 121 
Barn Swallow 114 
Cliff Swallow 5 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 38 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 36 
Bohemian Waxwing 11 
Cedar Waxwing 150 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 124 
White-breasted Nuthatch 49 
Brown Creeper 30 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 24 
House Wren 73 
Winter Wren 5 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Marsh Wren 109 
Carolina Wren 73 
Gray Catbird 132 
Brown Thrasher 107 
Northern Mockingbird 198 
European Starling 194 
Eastern Bluebird 2 
Veery 18 
Swainson's Thrush 15 
Hermit Thrush 74 
Wood Thrush 31 
American Robin 215 
House Sparrow 191 
American Pipit 7 
House Finch 202 
Purple Finch 161 
Pine Siskin 3 
American Goldfinch 188 
Lapland Longspur 15 
Snow Bunting 24 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Lark Sparrow 3 
Chipping Sparrow 89 
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 21 
Nelson's Sparrow 3 
Saltmarsh Sparrow 85 
Savannah Sparrow 93 
Song Sparrow 204 
Lincoln's Sparrow 9 
Swamp Sparrow 116 
Eastern Towhee 165 
Yellow-breasted Chat 2 
Bobolink 84 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Eastern Meadowlark 5 
Orchard Oriole 78 
Baltimore Oriole 80 
Red-winged Blackbird 159 
Brown-headed Cowbird 131 
Rusty Blackbird 5 
Common Grackle 157 
Ovenbird 69 
Worm-eating Warbler 1 
Louisiana Waterthrush 1 
Northern Waterthrush 31 
Blue-winged Warbler 2 
Black-and-white Warbler 42 
Tennessee Warbler 10 
Orange-crowned Warbler 2 
Nashville Warbler 16 
Mourning Warbler 6 
Common Yellowthroat 101 
Hooded Warbler 1 
American Redstart 97 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Cape May Warbler 4 
Northern Parula 35 
Magnolia Warbler 29 
Bay-breasted Warbler 14 
Blackburnian Warbler 24 
Yellow Warbler 109 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 28 
Blackpoll Warbler 23 
Black-throated Blue Warbler 24 
Palm Warbler 32 
Pine Warbler 30 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 126 
Prairie Warbler 19 
Black-throated Green Warbler 33 
Canada Warbler 14 
Wilson's Warbler 23 
Scarlet Tanager 12 
Northern Cardinal 213 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 42 
Blue Grosbeak 1 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Indigo Bunting 9 
Dickcissel 1 

Total species 262. Total reports 59,214. Total sightings 15,923.

August 11, 2026, Tom Wetmore