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Tom’s 2014 Massachusetts and Plum Island Bird Lists


Here’s the list of bird species seen by Tom in Massachusetts and on Plum Island in 2014. All birds on the list were seen in Massachusetts. Birds in boldface were also seen on Plum Island. Birds in yellow are Massachusetts life birds. Birds in purple are Plum Island life birds. There are 251 species on the list, with 244 on Plum Island, and 1 state life bird.


Snow GooseAmerican OystercatcherEastern Whip-poor-willBlue-winged Warbler
BrantBlack-bellied PloverChimney SwiftBlack-and-white Warbler
Canada GooseAmerican Golden-PloverRuby-throated HummingbirdNashville Warbler
Mute SwanSemipalmated PloverBelted KingfisherMourning Warbler
Wood DuckPiping PloverRed-bellied WoodpeckerCommon Yellowthroat
GadwallKilldeerYellow-bellied SapsuckerAmerican Redstart
Eurasian WigeonSpotted SandpiperDowny WoodpeckerCape May Warbler
American WigeonSolitary SandpiperHairy WoodpeckerNorthern Parula
American Black DuckGreater YellowlegsNorthern FlickerMagnolia Warbler
MallardWilletAmerican KestrelBay-breasted Warbler
Blue-winged TealLesser YellowlegsMerlinBlackburnian Warbler
Northern ShovelerWhimbrelPeregrine FalconYellow Warbler
Northern PintailHudsonian GodwitEastern Wood-PeweeChestnut-sided Warbler
Green-winged TealMarbled GodwitYellow-bellied FlycatcherBlackpoll Warbler
Ring-necked DuckRuddy TurnstoneAlder FlycatcherBlack-throated Blue Warbler
Greater ScaupRed KnotWillow FlycatcherPalm Warbler
Lesser ScaupRuffLeast FlycatcherPine Warbler
King EiderStilt SandpiperEastern PhoebeYellow-rumped Warbler
Common EiderSanderlingGreat Crested FlycatcherPrairie Warbler
Surf ScoterDunlinEastern KingbirdBlack-throated Green Warbler
White-winged ScoterPurple SandpiperNorthern ShrikeCanada Warbler
Black ScoterBaird's SandpiperWhite-eyed VireoWilson's Warbler
Long-tailed DuckLeast SandpiperBlue-headed VireoEastern Towhee
BuffleheadWhite-rumped SandpiperWarbling VireoAmerican Tree Sparrow
Common GoldeneyeBuff-breasted SandpiperPhiladelphia VireoChipping Sparrow
Hooded MerganserPectoral SandpiperRed-eyed VireoClay-colored Sparrow
Common MerganserSemipalmated SandpiperBlue JayField Sparrow
Red-breasted MerganserWestern SandpiperAmerican CrowVesper Sparrow
Ruddy DuckShort-billed DowitcherFish CrowSavannah Sparrow
Wild TurkeyWilson's SnipeCommon RavenGrasshopper Sparrow
Red-throated LoonAmerican WoodcockHorned LarkNelson's Sparrow
Common LoonWilson's PhalaropePurple MartinSaltmarsh Sparrow
Pied-billed GrebeRed-necked PhalaropeTree SwallowSeaside Sparrow
Horned GrebePomarine JaegerNorthern Rough-winged SwallowFox Sparrow
Red-necked GrebeThick-billed MurreBank SwallowSong Sparrow
Cory's ShearwaterRazorbillCliff SwallowLincoln's Sparrow
Great ShearwaterBlack GuillemotBarn SwallowSwamp Sparrow
Sooty ShearwaterBlack-legged KittiwakeBlack-capped ChickadeeWhite-throated Sparrow
Manx ShearwaterBonaparte's GullTufted TitmouseWhite-crowned Sparrow
Wilson's Storm-PetrelLaughing GullRed-breasted NuthatchDark-eyed Junco
Northern GannetRing-billed GullWhite-breasted NuthatchScarlet Tanager
Double-crested CormorantHerring GullBrown CreeperNorthern Cardinal
Great CormorantIceland GullHouse WrenRose-breasted Grosbeak
American BitternGlaucous GullWinter WrenBobolink
Least BitternGreat Black-backed GullMarsh WrenRed-winged Blackbird
Great Blue HeronLeast TernCarolina WrenEastern Meadowlark
Great EgretGull-billed TernBlue-gray GnatcatcherYellow-headed Blackbird
Snowy EgretCaspian TernGolden-crowned KingletCommon Grackle
Little Blue HeronBlack TernRuby-crowned KingletBrown-headed Cowbird
Green HeronRoseate TernEastern BluebirdOrchard Oriole
Black-crowned Night-HeronCommon TernVeeryBaltimore Oriole
Glossy IbisForster's TernSwainson's ThrushHouse Finch
Turkey VultureRoyal TernHermit ThrushPurple Finch
OspreySandwich TernWood ThrushPine Siskin
Bald EagleBlack SkimmerAmerican RobinAmerican Goldfinch
Northern HarrierRock PigeonGray CatbirdHouse Sparrow
Sharp-shinned HawkMourning DoveBrown Thrasher
Cooper's HawkYellow-billed CuckooNorthern Mockingbird
Broad-winged HawkBlack-billed CuckooEuropean Starling
Red-tailed HawkEastern Screech-OwlAmerican Pipit
Rough-legged HawkGreat Horned OwlCedar Waxwing
Virginia RailSnowy OwlLapland Longspur
SoraBarred OwlSnow Bunting
American CootShort-eared OwlOvenbird
American AvocetCommon NighthawkNorthern Waterthrush

December 26, 2014, Tom Wetmore