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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 June 11, 2026 — day 162

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snow Goose 4 
Brant 62 
Canada Goose 153 
Mute Swan 103 
Wood Duck 14 
Blue-winged Teal 31 
Northern Shoveler 26 
Gadwall 99 
Eurasian Wigeon 1 
American Wigeon 11 
Mallard 139 
American Black Duck 148 
Northern Pintail 51 
Green-winged Teal 95 
Ring-necked Duck 29 
Greater Scaup 50 
Lesser Scaup 19 
Common Eider 109 
Surf Scoter 79 
White-winged Scoter 119 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Black Scoter 118 
Long-tailed Duck 120 
Bufflehead 110 
Common Goldeneye 96 
Hooded Merganser 43 
Common Merganser 34 
Red-breasted Merganser 130 
Wild Turkey 75 
Pied-billed Grebe 7 
Horned Grebe 77 
Red-necked Grebe 29 
Rock Pigeon 120 
Mourning Dove 147 
Yellow-billed Cuckoo 7 
Black-billed Cuckoo 12 
Eastern Whip-poor-will 8 
Chimney Swift 24 
Ruby-throated Hummingbird 30 
King Rail 14 
Clapper Rail 36 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Virginia Rail 8 
Sora 3 
American Coot 3 
American Oystercatcher 21 
Black-bellied Plover 41 
Killdeer 95 
Semipalmated Plover 39 
Piping Plover 76 
Whimbrel 1 
Ruddy Turnstone 17 
Red Knot 9 
Ruff 4 
Sanderling 65 
Dunlin 86 
Purple Sandpiper 23 
Least Sandpiper 47 
White-rumped Sandpiper 27 
Pectoral Sandpiper 6 
Semipalmated Sandpiper 32 
Short-billed Dowitcher 21 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Long-billed Dowitcher 1 
American Woodcock 53 
Wilson's Snipe 37 
Spotted Sandpiper 21 
Solitary Sandpiper 4 
Lesser Yellowlegs 37 
Willet 54 
Greater Yellowlegs 65 
Wilson's Phalarope 11 
Red-necked Phalarope 1 
Dovekie 1 
Thick-billed Murre 4 
Razorbill 17 
Black Guillemot 1 
Black-legged Kittiwake 1 
Bonaparte's Gull 14 
Laughing Gull 5 
Ring-billed Gull 113 
Herring Gull 155 
Iceland Gull 2 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 
Glaucous Gull 1 
Great Black-backed Gull 138 
Least Tern 33 
Caspian Tern 2 
Black Tern 2 
Roseate Tern 22 
Common Tern 38 
Arctic Tern 1 
Forster's Tern 1 
Red-throated Loon 76 
Common Loon 120 
Sooty Shearwater 1 
Northern Gannet 30 
Great Cormorant 16 
Double-crested Cormorant 85 
American Bittern 17 
Least Bittern 26 
Great Blue Heron 66 
Great Egret 83 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snowy Egret 62 
Little Blue Heron 1 
Tricolored Heron 7 
Green Heron 5 
Black-crowned Night-Heron 10 
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 41 
Glossy Ibis 39 
White-faced Ibis 1 
Turkey Vulture 63 
Osprey 81 
Northern Harrier 155 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 38 
Cooper's Hawk 81 
Northern Goshawk 4 
Bald Eagle 101 
Red-shouldered Hawk 5 
Broad-winged Hawk 1 
Red-tailed Hawk 66 
Rough-legged Hawk 15 
Great Horned Owl 3 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snowy Owl 34 
Long-eared Owl 1 
Short-eared Owl 23 
Belted Kingfisher 30 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 32 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4 
Downy Woodpecker 137 
Hairy Woodpecker 78 
Northern Flicker 73 
Pileated Woodpecker 1 
American Kestrel 44 
Merlin 58 
Peregrine Falcon 19 
Great Crested Flycatcher 38 
Eastern Kingbird 39 
Olive-sided Flycatcher 2 
Eastern Wood-Pewee 23 
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 8 
Alder Flycatcher 18 
Willow Flycatcher 25 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Least Flycatcher 23 
Eastern Phoebe 44 
White-eyed Vireo 10 
Yellow-throated Vireo 9 
Blue-headed Vireo 32 
Philadelphia Vireo 2 
Warbling Vireo 22 
Red-eyed Vireo 28 
Blue Jay 145 
American Crow 143 
Fish Crow 28 
Common Raven 102 
Black-capped Chickadee 152 
Tufted Titmouse 76 
Horned Lark 52 
Bank Swallow 16 
Tree Swallow 71 
Northern Rough-winged Swallow 7 
Purple Martin 60 
Barn Swallow 56 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Cliff Swallow 4 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 38 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 35 
Bohemian Waxwing 11 
Cedar Waxwing 90 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 112 
White-breasted Nuthatch 30 
Brown Creeper 30 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 22 
House Wren 40 
Winter Wren 5 
Marsh Wren 49 
Carolina Wren 46 
Gray Catbird 71 
Brown Thrasher 59 
Northern Mockingbird 139 
European Starling 133 
Eastern Bluebird 2 
Veery 18 
Swainson's Thrush 14 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Hermit Thrush 74 
Wood Thrush 31 
American Robin 154 
House Sparrow 132 
American Pipit 7 
House Finch 141 
Purple Finch 120 
Pine Siskin 3 
American Goldfinch 127 
Lapland Longspur 15 
Snow Bunting 24 
Chipping Sparrow 60 
Clay-colored Sparrow 1 
Field Sparrow 56 
Fox Sparrow 22 
American Tree Sparrow 87 
Dark-eyed Junco 88 
White-crowned Sparrow 7 
White-throated Sparrow 131 
Vesper Sparrow 2 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Seaside Sparrow 8 
Nelson's Sparrow 1 
Saltmarsh Sparrow 28 
Savannah Sparrow 73 
Song Sparrow 143 
Lincoln's Sparrow 9 
Swamp Sparrow 72 
Eastern Towhee 104 
Yellow-breasted Chat 2 
Bobolink 38 
Eastern Meadowlark 5 
Orchard Oriole 37 
Baltimore Oriole 38 
Red-winged Blackbird 98 
Brown-headed Cowbird 86 
Rusty Blackbird 5 
Common Grackle 96 
Ovenbird 40 
Worm-eating Warbler 1 
Louisiana Waterthrush 1 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Northern Waterthrush 28 
Blue-winged Warbler 1 
Black-and-white Warbler 35 
Tennessee Warbler 10 
Orange-crowned Warbler 2 
Nashville Warbler 16 
Mourning Warbler 6 
Common Yellowthroat 41 
Hooded Warbler 1 
American Redstart 39 
Cape May Warbler 4 
Northern Parula 33 
Magnolia Warbler 29 
Bay-breasted Warbler 14 
Blackburnian Warbler 23 
Yellow Warbler 48 
Chestnut-sided Warbler 27 
Blackpoll Warbler 22 
Black-throated Blue Warbler 24 
Palm Warbler 32 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Pine Warbler 23 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 123 
Prairie Warbler 19 
Black-throated Green Warbler 33 
Canada Warbler 14 
Wilson's Warbler 23 
Scarlet Tanager 12 
Northern Cardinal 153 
Rose-breasted Grosbeak 31 
Blue Grosbeak 1 
Indigo Bunting 9 

Total species 251. Total reports 43,348. Total sightings 11,095.

June 11, 2026, Tom Wetmore