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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 1, 2026 — day 182

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snow Goose 4 
Brant 62 
Canada Goose 173 
Mute Swan 123 
Wood Duck 14 
Blue-winged Teal 40 
Northern Shoveler 30 
Gadwall 119 
Eurasian Wigeon 1 
American Wigeon 11 
Mallard 159 
American Black Duck 167 
Northern Pintail 51 
Green-winged Teal 112 
Ring-necked Duck 29 
Greater Scaup 50 
Lesser Scaup 19 
Common Eider 123 
Surf Scoter 80 
White-winged Scoter 120 
 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 143 
Wild Turkey 89 
Pied-billed Grebe 7 
Horned Grebe 77 
Red-necked Grebe 29 
Rock Pigeon 131 
Mourning Dove 167 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 8 
Black-billed Cuckoo 14 
Eastern Whip-poor-will 11 
Chimney Swift 32 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 32 
King Rail 33 
Clapper Rail 49 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Virginia Rail 8 
Sora 4 
American Coot 3 
American Oystercatcher 26 
Black-bellied Plover 53 
Killdeer 115 
Semipalmated Plover 52 
Piping Plover 94 
Whimbrel 1 
Ruddy Turnstone 17 
Red Knot 12 
Ruff 4 
Sanderling 66 
Dunlin 90 
Purple Sandpiper 23 
Baird's Sandpiper 1 
Least Sandpiper 53 
White-rumped Sandpiper 33 
Pectoral Sandpiper 6 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 50 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Short-billed Dowitcher 36 
Long-billed Dowitcher 1 
American Woodcock 55 
Wilson's Snipe 37 
Spotted Sandpiper 24 
Solitary Sandpiper 4 
Lesser Yellowlegs 42 
Willet 74 
Greater Yellowlegs 82 
Wilson's Phalarope 12 
Red-necked Phalarope 1 
Dovekie 1 
Thick-billed Murre 4 
Razorbill 17 
Black Guillemot 1 
Black-legged Kittiwake 1 
Bonaparte's Gull 19 
Laughing Gull 9 
Ring-billed Gull 128 
Herring Gull 175 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Iceland Gull 2 
Lesser Black-backed Gull 3 
Glaucous Gull 1 
Great Black-backed Gull 156 
Least Tern 53 
Caspian Tern 2 
Black Tern 2 
Roseate Tern 36 
Common Tern 58 
Arctic Tern 2 
Forster's Tern 1 
Black Skimmer 2 
Red-throated Loon 78 
Common Loon 127 
Wilson's Storm-Petrel 1 
Sooty Shearwater 3 
Northern Gannet 30 
Great Cormorant 16 
Double-crested Cormorant 105 
American Bittern 17 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Least Bittern 40 
Great Blue Heron 80 
Great Egret 103 
Snowy Egret 82 
Little Blue Heron 3 
Tricolored Heron 7 
Green Heron 5 
Black-crowned Night-Heron 23 
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 53 
Glossy Ibis 52 
White-faced Ibis 1 
Turkey Vulture 70 
Osprey 101 
Northern Harrier 174 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 38 
Cooper's Hawk 84 
Northern Goshawk 4 
Bald Eagle 106 
Red-shouldered Hawk 5 
Broad-winged Hawk 1 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
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 35 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 33 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4 
Downy Woodpecker 142 
Hairy Woodpecker 80 
Northern Flicker 75 
Pileated Woodpecker 1 
American Kestrel 44 
Merlin 58 
Peregrine Falcon 22 
Great Crested Flycatcher 55 
Eastern Kingbird 59 
Olive-sided Flycatcher 2 
Eastern Wood-Pewee 33 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 8 
Alder Flycatcher 20 
Willow Flycatcher 44 
Least Flycatcher 23 
Eastern Phoebe 45 
White-eyed Vireo 10 
Yellow-throated Vireo 10 
Blue-headed Vireo 32 
Philadelphia Vireo 2 
Warbling Vireo 22 
Red-eyed Vireo 47 
Blue Jay 161 
American Crow 153 
Fish Crow 30 
Common Raven 103 
Black-capped Chickadee 172 
Tufted Titmouse 77 
Horned Lark 52 
Bank Swallow 24 
Tree Swallow 90 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 7 
Purple Martin 80 
Barn Swallow 75 
Cliff Swallow 4 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 38 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 36 
Bohemian Waxwing 11 
Cedar Waxwing 109 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 116 
White-breasted Nuthatch 32 
Brown Creeper 30 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 24 
House Wren 59 
Winter Wren 5 
Marsh Wren 69 
Carolina Wren 61 
Gray Catbird 91 
Brown Thrasher 78 
Northern Mockingbird 159 
European Starling 153 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Eastern Bluebird 2 
Veery 18 
Swainson's Thrush 14 
Hermit Thrush 74 
Wood Thrush 31 
American Robin 174 
House Sparrow 152 
American Pipit 7 
House Finch 161 
Purple Finch 138 
Pine Siskin 3 
American Goldfinch 147 
Lapland Longspur 15 
Snow Bunting 24 
Chipping Sparrow 78 
Clay-colored Sparrow 1 
Field Sparrow 61 
Fox Sparrow 22 
American Tree Sparrow 87 
Dark-eyed Junco 89 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
White-crowned Sparrow 7 
White-throated Sparrow 132 
Vesper Sparrow 2 
Seaside Sparrow 17 
Nelson's Sparrow 1 
Saltmarsh Sparrow 47 
Savannah Sparrow 77 
Song Sparrow 163 
Lincoln's Sparrow 9 
Swamp Sparrow 89 
Eastern Towhee 124 
Yellow-breasted Chat 2 
Bobolink 57 
Eastern Meadowlark 5 
Orchard Oriole 55 
Baltimore Oriole 57 
Red-winged Blackbird 118 
Brown-headed Cowbird 105 
Rusty Blackbird 5 
Common Grackle 116 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Ovenbird 58 
Worm-eating Warbler 1 
Louisiana Waterthrush 1 
Northern Waterthrush 28 
Blue-winged Warbler 1 
Black-and-white Warbler 36 
Tennessee Warbler 10 
Orange-crowned Warbler 2 
Nashville Warbler 16 
Mourning Warbler 6 
Common Yellowthroat 61 
Hooded Warbler 1 
American Redstart 59 
Cape May Warbler 4 
Northern Parula 35 
Magnolia Warbler 29 
Bay-breasted Warbler 14 
Blackburnian Warbler 24 
Yellow Warbler 68 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 28 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Blackpoll Warbler 23 
Black-throated Blue Warbler 24 
Palm Warbler 32 
Pine Warbler 30 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 123 
Prairie Warbler 19 
Black-throated Green Warbler 33 
Canada Warbler 14 
Wilson's Warbler 23 
Scarlet Tanager 12 
Northern Cardinal 173 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 35 
Blue Grosbeak 1 
Indigo Bunting 9 

Total species 254. Total reports 48,034. Total sightings 12,663.

July 1, 2026, Tom Wetmore