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 6, 2026 — day 96

Species

N

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Snow Goose

3

Brant

25

Canada Goose

87

Mute Swan

36

Wood Duck

6

Blue-winged Teal

2

Northern Shoveler

8

Gadwall

32

Eurasian Wigeon

1

American Wigeon

6

Mallard

72

American Black Duck

86

Northern Pintail

48

Green-winged Teal

28

Ring-necked Duck

10

Greater Scaup

41

Lesser Scaup

16

Common Eider

55

Surf Scoter

45

White-winged Scoter

68

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Black Scoter

69

Long-tailed Duck

71

Bufflehead

71

Common Goldeneye

86

Hooded Merganser

33

Common Merganser

14

Red-breasted Merganser

74

Wild Turkey

19

Pied-billed Grebe

3

Horned Grebe

58

Red-necked Grebe

26

Rock Pigeon

79

Mourning Dove

80

Virginia Rail

2

American Coot

2

Killdeer

28

Piping Plover

21

Sanderling

43

Dunlin

38

Purple Sandpiper

11

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Least Sandpiper

8

American Woodcock

27

Wilson's Snipe

9

Willet

1

Greater Yellowlegs

2

Dovekie

1

Thick-billed Murre

4

Razorbill

17

Black Guillemot

1

Ring-billed Gull

62

Herring Gull

88

Iceland Gull

1

Lesser Black-backed Gull

1

Great Black-backed Gull

74

Red-throated Loon

36

Common Loon

63

Northern Gannet

3

Great Cormorant

16

Double-crested Cormorant

18

Great Blue Heron

10

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Great Egret

16

Snowy Egret

4

Glossy Ibis

4

Turkey Vulture

19

Osprey

15

Northern Harrier

90

Sharp-shinned Hawk

19

Cooper's Hawk

45

Northern Goshawk

4

Bald Eagle

69

Red-shouldered Hawk

2

Red-tailed Hawk

29

Rough-legged Hawk

15

Great Horned Owl

3

Snowy Owl

34

Long-eared Owl

1

Short-eared Owl

23

Belted Kingfisher

4

Red-bellied Woodpecker

4

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

1

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Downy Woodpecker

82

Hairy Woodpecker

45

Northern Flicker

34

American Kestrel

8

Merlin

17

Peregrine Falcon

11

Eastern Phoebe

13

Blue Jay

80

American Crow

78

Fish Crow

4

Common Raven

68

Black-capped Chickadee

86

Tufted Titmouse

14

Horned Lark

49

Tree Swallow

6

Purple Martin

1

Ruby-crowned Kinglet

1

Golden-crowned Kinglet

15

Bohemian Waxwing

11

Cedar Waxwing

59

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Red-breasted Nuthatch

71

White-breasted Nuthatch

13

Brown Creeper

11

Winter Wren

3

Marsh Wren

1

Carolina Wren

10

Gray Catbird

23

Northern Mockingbird

73

European Starling

67

Eastern Bluebird

1

Hermit Thrush

37

American Robin

87

House Sparrow

67

American Pipit

5

House Finch

74

Purple Finch

53

Pine Siskin

1

American Goldfinch

60

Lapland Longspur

13

Snow Bunting

23

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Chipping Sparrow

3

Field Sparrow

9

Fox Sparrow

20

American Tree Sparrow

82

Dark-eyed Junco

69

White-throated Sparrow

76

Seaside Sparrow

1

Savannah Sparrow

17

Song Sparrow

76

Swamp Sparrow

10

Eastern Towhee

41

Eastern Meadowlark

5

Red-winged Blackbird

31

Brown-headed Cowbird

19

Rusty Blackbird

4

Common Grackle

29

Orange-crowned Warbler

1

Palm Warbler

5

Pine Warbler

2

Yellow-rumped Warbler

77

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Northern Cardinal

87