Tom’s 2009 Massachusetts and Plum Island Bird Lists

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Tom’s 2009 Massachusetts and Plum Island Bird Lists

Here’s the list of bird species seen by Tom in Massachusetts and on Plum Island in 2009. All birds on the list were seen in Massachusetts. Birds in boldface were also seen on Plum Island. Birds in pink are life birds. Birds in yellow are Massachusetts life birds. Birds in purple are Plum Island life birds. There are 263 species on the list, with 257 on Plum Island, 3 state life birds, and 1 life bird.

Snow Goose	Sora	Red-bellied Woodpecker	Bay-breasted Warbler
Ross's Goose	Common Moorhen	Yellow-bellied Sapsucker	Blackpoll Warbler
Brant	Black-bellied Plover	Downy Woodpecker	Black-and-white Warbler
Cackling Goose	American Golden-Plover	Hairy Woodpecker	American Redstart
Canada Goose	Semipalmated Plover	Northern Flicker	Ovenbird
Mute Swan	Piping Plover	Olive-sided Flycatcher	Northern Waterthrush
Wood Duck	Killdeer	Eastern Wood-Pewee	Connecticut Warbler
Gadwall	American Oystercatcher	Yellow-bellied Flycatcher	Mourning Warbler
Eurasian Wigeon	American Avocet	Acadian Flycatcher	Common Yellowthroat
American Wigeon	Spotted Sandpiper	Alder Flycatcher	Hooded Warbler
American Black Duck	Solitary Sandpiper	Willow Flycatcher	Wilson's Warbler
Mallard	Greater Yellowlegs	Least Flycatcher	Canada Warbler
Blue-winged Teal	Willet	Eastern Phoebe	Eastern Towhee
Northern Shoveler	Lesser Yellowlegs	Great Crested Flycatcher	American Tree Sparrow
Northern Pintail	Whimbrel	Eastern Kingbird	Chipping Sparrow
Green-winged Teal	Hudsonian Godwit	Northern Shrike	Field Sparrow
Redhead	Marbled Godwit	Blue-headed Vireo	Lark Sparrow
Ring-necked Duck	Ruddy Turnstone	Warbling Vireo	Savannah Sparrow
Greater Scaup	Red Knot	Philadelphia Vireo	Saltmarsh Sparrow
Lesser Scaup	Sanderling	Red-eyed Vireo	Seaside Sparrow
Common Eider	Semipalmated Sandpiper	Blue Jay	Fox Sparrow
Surf Scoter	Western Sandpiper	American Crow	Song Sparrow
White-winged Scoter	Least Sandpiper	Fish Crow	Lincoln's Sparrow
Black Scoter	White-rumped Sandpiper	Horned Lark	Swamp Sparrow
Long-tailed Duck	Baird's Sandpiper	Purple Martin	White-throated Sparrow
Bufflehead	Pectoral Sandpiper	Tree Swallow	White-crowned Sparrow
Common Goldeneye	Purple Sandpiper	Northern Rough-winged Swallow	Dark-eyed Junco
Hooded Merganser	Dunlin	Bank Swallow	Lapland Longspur
Common Merganser	Stilt Sandpiper	Cliff Swallow	Snow Bunting
Red-breasted Merganser	Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Barn Swallow	Scarlet Tanager
Ruddy Duck	Short-billed Dowitcher	Black-capped Chickadee	Northern Cardinal
Wild Turkey	Long-billed Dowitcher	Tufted Titmouse	Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Red-throated Loon	Wilson's Snipe	Red-breasted Nuthatch	Blue Grosbeak
Common Loon	American Woodcock	White-breasted Nuthatch	Indigo Bunting
Pied-billed Grebe	Wilson's Phalarope	Brown Creeper	Dickcissel
Horned Grebe	Black-legged Kittiwake	Carolina Wren	Bobolink
Red-necked Grebe	Ivory Gull	House Wren	Red-winged Blackbird
Cory's Shearwater	Bonaparte's Gull	Winter Wren	Eastern Meadowlark
Greater Shearwater	Laughing Gull	Marsh Wren	Rusty Blackbird
Sooty Shearwater	Ring-billed Gull	Golden-crowned Kinglet	Common Grackle
Manx Shearwater	Herring Gull	Ruby-crowned Kinglet	Brown-headed Cowbird
Wilson's Storm-Petrel	Thayer's Gull	Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	Orchard Oriole
Northern Gannet	Iceland Gull	Eastern Bluebird	Baltimore Oriole
Double-crested Cormorant	Lesser Black-backed Gull	Veery	Pine Grosbeak
Great Cormorant	Glaucous Gull	Swainson's Thrush	Purple Finch
American Bittern	Great Black-backed Gull	Hermit Thrush	House Finch
Least Bittern	Least Tern	Wood Thrush	Red Crossbill
Great Blue Heron	Caspian Tern	American Robin	White-winged Crossbill
Great Egret	Black Tern	Gray Catbird	Common Redpoll
Snowy Egret	Roseate Tern	Northern Mockingbird	Hoary Redpoll
Little Blue Heron	Common Tern	Brown Thrasher	Pine Siskin
Tricolored Heron	Forster's Tern	European Starling	American Goldfinch
Green Heron	Parasitic Jaeger	American Pipit	House Sparrow
Black-crowned Night-Heron	Razorbill	Cedar Waxwing
Glossy Ibis	Black Guillemot	Blue-winged Warbler
Turkey Vulture	Rock Pigeon	Tennessee Warbler
Osprey	Mourning Dove	Orange-crowned Warbler
Bald Eagle	Yellow-billed Cuckoo	Nashville Warbler
Northern Harrier	Black-billed Cuckoo	Northern Parula
Sharp-shinned Hawk	Eastern Screech-Owl	Yellow Warbler
Cooper's Hawk	Great Horned Owl	Chestnut-sided Warbler
Northern Goshawk	Snowy Owl	Magnolia Warbler
Broad-winged Hawk	Long-eared Owl	Cape May Warbler
Red-tailed Hawk	Short-eared Owl	Black-throated Blue Warbler
Rough-legged Hawk	Northern Saw-whet Owl	Yellow-rumped Warbler
Golden Eagle	Common Nighthawk	Black-throated Green Warbler
American Kestrel	Whip-poor-will	Blackburnian Warbler
Merlin	Chimney Swift	Pine Warbler
Peregrine Falcon	Ruby-throated Hummingbird	Prairie Warbler
Virginia Rail	Belted Kingfisher	Palm Warbler

December 23, 2009, Tom Wetmore