Tom’s 2012 Massachusetts and Plum Island Bird Lists

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Tom’s 2012 Massachusetts and Plum Island Bird Lists

Here’s the list of bird species seen by Tom in Massachusetts and on Plum Island in 2012. All birds on the list were seen in Massachusetts. Birds in boldface were also seen on Plum Island. There are 183 species on the list, with 183 on Plum Island.

Snow Goose	American Kestrel	White-eyed Vireo	Palm Warbler
Brant	Merlin	Blue-headed Vireo	Pine Warbler
Canada Goose	Peregrine Falcon	Warbling Vireo	Yellow-rumped Warbler
Mute Swan	Virginia Rail	Red-eyed Vireo	Black-throated Green Warbler
Gadwall	Sora	Blue Jay	Canada Warbler
American Wigeon	American Coot	American Crow	Wilson's Warbler
American Black Duck	Black-bellied Plover	Horned Lark	Eastern Towhee
Mallard	Piping Plover	Purple Martin	American Tree Sparrow
Northern Shoveler	Killdeer	Tree Swallow	Chipping Sparrow
Northern Pintail	Spotted Sandpiper	Northern Rough-winged Swallow	Field Sparrow
Green-winged Teal	Solitary Sandpiper	Bank Swallow	Savannah Sparrow
Redhead	Greater Yellowlegs	Cliff Swallow	Saltmarsh Sparrow
Ring-necked Duck	Willet	Barn Swallow	Seaside Sparrow
Greater Scaup	Lesser Yellowlegs	Black-capped Chickadee	Song Sparrow
Lesser Scaup	Sanderling	Tufted Titmouse	Swamp Sparrow
Common Eider	Least Sandpiper	Red-breasted Nuthatch	White-throated Sparrow
Surf Scoter	Purple Sandpiper	White-breasted Nuthatch	White-crowned Sparrow
White-winged Scoter	Dunlin	Brown Creeper	Dark-eyed Junco
Black Scoter	Stilt Sandpiper	House Wren	Scarlet Tanager
Long-tailed Duck	Wilson's Snipe	Marsh Wren	Northern Cardinal
Bufflehead	American Woodcock	Blue-gray Gnatcatcher	Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Common Goldeneye	Black-legged Kittiwake	Golden-crowned Kinglet	Bobolink
Hooded Merganser	Bonaparte's Gull	Ruby-crowned Kinglet	Red-winged Blackbird
Common Merganser	Ring-billed Gull	Veery	Eastern Meadowlark
Red-breasted Merganser	Herring Gull	Swainson's Thrush	Rusty Blackbird
Ruddy Duck	Iceland Gull	Hermit Thrush	Common Grackle
Wild Turkey	Great Black-backed Gull	Wood Thrush	Brown-headed Cowbird
Red-throated Loon	Least Tern	American Robin	Orchard Oriole
Common Loon	Common Tern	Gray Catbird	Baltimore Oriole
Pied-billed Grebe	Forster's Tern	Northern Mockingbird	Purple Finch
Horned Grebe	Razorbill	Brown Thrasher	House Finch
Red-necked Grebe	Rock Pigeon	European Starling	American Goldfinch
Northern Gannet	Mourning Dove	Cedar Waxwing	House Sparrow
Double-crested Cormorant	Black-billed Cuckoo	Snow Bunting
Great Cormorant	Snowy Owl	Ovenbird
American Bittern	Short-eared Owl	Worm-eating Warbler
Great Blue Heron	Eastern Whip-poor-will	Northern Waterthrush
Great Egret	Chimney Swift	Blue-winged Warbler
Snowy Egret	Ruby-throated Hummingbird	Black-and-white Warbler
Black-crowned Night-Heron	Belted Kingfisher	Nashville Warbler
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron	Red-bellied Woodpecker	Common Yellowthroat
Glossy Ibis	Downy Woodpecker	American Redstart
Turkey Vulture	Northern Flicker	Northern Parula
Osprey	Eastern Wood-Pewee	Magnolia Warbler
Bald Eagle	Willow Flycatcher	Bay-breasted Warbler
Northern Harrier	Least Flycatcher	Blackburnian Warbler
Sharp-shinned Hawk	Eastern Phoebe	Yellow Warbler
Cooper's Hawk	Great Crested Flycatcher	Chestnut-sided Warbler
Red-tailed Hawk	Eastern Kingbird	Blackpoll Warbler
Rough-legged Hawk	Northern Shrike	Black-throated Blue Warbler

May 17, 2012, Tom Wetmore