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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 April 24, 2026 — day 114

 Species N  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Snow Goose 3 
Brant 40 
Canada Goose 105 
Mute Swan 54 
Wood Duck 10 
Blue-winged Teal 3 
Northern Shoveler 20 
Gadwall 50 
Eurasian Wigeon 1 
American Wigeon 10 
Mallard 90 
American Black Duck 104 
Northern Pintail 51 
Green-winged Teal 46 
Ring-necked Duck 19 
Greater Scaup 50 
Lesser Scaup 19 
Common Eider 68 
Surf Scoter 63 
White-winged Scoter 85 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Black Scoter 86 
Long-tailed Duck 89 
Bufflehead 89 
Common Goldeneye 96 
Hooded Merganser 43 
Common Merganser 30 
Red-breasted Merganser 92 
Wild Turkey 33 
Pied-billed Grebe 7 
Horned Grebe 76 
Red-necked Grebe 29 
Rock Pigeon 95 
Mourning Dove 98 
Virginia Rail 2 
American Coot 3 
American Oystercatcher 1 
Black-bellied Plover 1 
Killdeer 46 
Piping Plover 35 
Sanderling 47 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Dunlin 49 
Purple Sandpiper 14 
Least Sandpiper 10 
American Woodcock 36 
Wilson's Snipe 25 
Lesser Yellowlegs 3 
Willet 5 
Greater Yellowlegs 20 
Dovekie 1 
Thick-billed Murre 4 
Razorbill 17 
Black Guillemot 1 
Black-legged Kittiwake 1 
Ring-billed Gull 75 
Herring Gull 106 
Iceland Gull 1 
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 
Great Black-backed Gull 91 
Red-throated Loon 51 
Common Loon 81 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Northern Gannet 11 
Great Cormorant 16 
Double-crested Cormorant 36 
American Bittern 8 
Great Blue Heron 28 
Great Egret 34 
Snowy Egret 13 
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 1 
Glossy Ibis 14 
White-faced Ibis 1 
Turkey Vulture 29 
Osprey 33 
Northern Harrier 108 
Sharp-shinned Hawk 27 
Cooper's Hawk 53 
Northern Goshawk 4 
Bald Eagle 77 
Red-shouldered Hawk 3 
Red-tailed Hawk 42 
Rough-legged Hawk 15 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Great Horned Owl 3 
Snowy Owl 34 
Long-eared Owl 1 
Short-eared Owl 23 
Belted Kingfisher 15 
Red-bellied Woodpecker 6 
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 4 
Downy Woodpecker 100 
Hairy Woodpecker 59 
Northern Flicker 52 
Pileated Woodpecker 1 
American Kestrel 25 
Merlin 29 
Peregrine Falcon 11 
Eastern Phoebe 30 
Blue-headed Vireo 5 
Blue Jay 98 
American Crow 96 
Fish Crow 14 
Common Raven 85 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Black-capped Chickadee 104 
Tufted Titmouse 29 
Horned Lark 52 
Tree Swallow 23 
Purple Martin 12 
Barn Swallow 9 
Ruby-crowned Kinglet 15 
Golden-crowned Kinglet 33 
Bohemian Waxwing 11 
Cedar Waxwing 62 
Red-breasted Nuthatch 89 
White-breasted Nuthatch 25 
Brown Creeper 28 
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher 4 
House Wren 1 
Winter Wren 4 
Marsh Wren 1 
Carolina Wren 18 
Gray Catbird 26 
Brown Thrasher 10 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Northern Mockingbird 90 
European Starling 85 
Eastern Bluebird 2 
Hermit Thrush 54 
American Robin 105 
House Sparrow 85 
American Pipit 6 
House Finch 92 
Purple Finch 71 
Pine Siskin 2 
American Goldfinch 78 
Lapland Longspur 15 
Snow Bunting 24 
Chipping Sparrow 18 
Field Sparrow 24 
Fox Sparrow 22 
American Tree Sparrow 87 
Dark-eyed Junco 86 
White-throated Sparrow 92 
Vesper Sparrow 2 
 Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec
Seaside Sparrow 1 
Savannah Sparrow 34 
Song Sparrow 94 
Swamp Sparrow 25 
Eastern Towhee 55 
Eastern Meadowlark 5 
Red-winged Blackbird 49 
Brown-headed Cowbird 37 
Rusty Blackbird 5 
Common Grackle 47 
Louisiana Waterthrush 1 
Orange-crowned Warbler 1 
Palm Warbler 19 
Pine Warbler 11 
Yellow-rumped Warbler 92 
Northern Cardinal 105 

Total species 156. Total reports 21,241. Total sightings 5,902.

April 24, 2026, Tom Wetmore