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Tom’s 2010 Massachusetts and Plum Island Bird Lists


Here’s the list of bird species seen by Tom in Massachusetts and on Plum Island in 2010. 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 251 on Plum Island, 1 state life bird, and 3 life birds.


Snow GoosePeregrine FalconChimney SwiftYellow-rumped Warbler
BrantBlack RailRuby-throated HummingbirdBlack-throated Green Warbler
Canada GooseClapper RailBelted KingfisherBlackburnian Warbler
Mute SwanVirginia RailRed-bellied WoodpeckerPine Warbler
Wood DuckSoraYellow-bellied SapsuckerPrairie Warbler
GadwallCommon MoorhenDowny WoodpeckerPalm Warbler
Eurasian WigeonAmerican CootHairy WoodpeckerBay-breasted Warbler
American WigeonSandhill CraneNorthern FlickerBlackpoll Warbler
American Black DuckBlack-bellied PloverEastern Wood-PeweeBlack-and-white Warbler
MallardAmerican Golden-PloverYellow-bellied FlycatcherAmerican Redstart
Blue-winged TealSemipalmated PloverAlder FlycatcherOvenbird
Northern ShovelerPiping PloverWillow FlycatcherNorthern Waterthrush
Northern PintailKilldeerLeast FlycatcherLouisiana Waterthrush
Green-winged TealSpotted SandpiperEastern PhoebeMourning Warbler
RedheadSolitary SandpiperGreat Crested FlycatcherCommon Yellowthroat
Ring-necked DuckGreater YellowlegsWestern KingbirdWilson's Warbler
Greater ScaupWilletEastern KingbirdCanada Warbler
Lesser ScaupLesser YellowlegsScissor-tailed FlycatcherEastern Towhee
King EiderUpland SandpiperNorthern ShrikeAmerican Tree Sparrow
Common EiderWhimbrelYellow-throated VireoChipping Sparrow
Surf ScoterHudsonian GodwitBlue-headed VireoClay-colored Sparrow
White-winged ScoterRuddy TurnstoneWarbling VireoField Sparrow
Black ScoterRed KnotRed-eyed VireoSavannah Sparrow
Long-tailed DuckSanderlingBlue JayNelson's Sparrow
BuffleheadSemipalmated SandpiperAmerican CrowSaltmarsh Sparrow
Common GoldeneyeWestern SandpiperFish CrowSeaside Sparrow
Barrow's GoldeneyeLeast SandpiperCommon RavenFox Sparrow
Hooded MerganserWhite-rumped SandpiperHorned LarkSong Sparrow
Common MerganserBaird's SandpiperPurple MartinLincoln's Sparrow
Red-breasted MerganserPectoral SandpiperTree SwallowSwamp Sparrow
Ruddy DuckPurple SandpiperNorthern Rough-winged SwallowWhite-throated Sparrow
Wild TurkeyDunlinBank SwallowWhite-crowned Sparrow
Red-throated LoonCurlew SandpiperCliff SwallowDark-eyed Junco
Common LoonStilt SandpiperBarn SwallowSummer Tanager
Pied-billed GrebeBuff-breasted SandpiperBlack-capped ChickadeeScarlet Tanager
Horned GrebeShort-billed DowitcherTufted TitmouseNorthern Cardinal
Red-necked GrebeLong-billed DowitcherRed-breasted NuthatchRose-breasted Grosbeak
Cory's ShearwaterWilson's SnipeWhite-breasted NuthatchIndigo Bunting
Great ShearwaterAmerican WoodcockBrown CreeperDickcissel
Sooty ShearwaterWilson's PhalaropeCarolina WrenBobolink
Manx ShearwaterBlack-legged KittiwakeHouse WrenRed-winged Blackbird
Wilson's Storm-PetrelBonaparte's GullWinter WrenEastern Meadowlark
Northern GannetBlack-headed GullMarsh WrenRusty Blackbird
Double-crested CormorantLaughing GullBlue-gray GnatcatcherCommon Grackle
Great CormorantRing-billed GullGolden-crowned KingletBrown-headed Cowbird
American BitternHerring GullRuby-crowned KingletOrchard Oriole
Least BitternIceland GullVeeryBaltimore Oriole
Great Blue HeronGlaucous GullSwainson's ThrushPurple Finch
Great EgretGreat Black-backed GullHermit ThrushHouse Finch
Snowy EgretLeast TernWood ThrushWhite-winged Crossbill
Little Blue HeronGull-billed TernAmerican RobinPine Siskin
Tricolored HeronCaspian TernGray CatbirdAmerican Goldfinch
Cattle EgretRoseate TernNorthern MockingbirdHouse Sparrow
Green HeronCommon TernSage Thrasher
Black-crowned Night-HeronForster's TernBrown Thrasher
Yellow-crowned Night-HeronBlack SkimmerEuropean Starling
Glossy IbisRazorbillAmerican Pipit
Black VultureBlack GuillemotBohemian Waxwing
Turkey VultureRock PigeonCedar Waxwing
OspreyMourning DoveLapland Longspur
Bald EagleYellow-billed CuckooSnow Bunting
Northern HarrierBlack-billed CuckooBlue-winged Warbler
Sharp-shinned HawkEastern Screech-OwlTennessee Warbler
Cooper's HawkGreat Horned OwlNashville Warbler
Northern GoshawkSnowy OwlNorthern Parula
Red-shouldered HawkBarred OwlYellow Warbler
Red-tailed HawkLong-eared OwlChestnut-sided Warbler
Rough-legged HawkShort-eared OwlMagnolia Warbler
American KestrelNorthern Saw-whet OwlCape May Warbler
MerlinEastern Whip-poor-willBlack-throated Blue Warbler

December 11, 2010, Tom Wetmore