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Bird Observations

Date Range:
Jan-Dec, 1900-2012

Massachusetts

Updated ~2 day(s) ago.

518 species (+193 other taxa) Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Bar-headed Goose
Snow Goose
Ross's Goose
Snow x Ross's Goose (hybrid)
Graylag Goose
Swan Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Pink-footed Goose
Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)
Brant
Barnacle Goose
Cackling Goose
Canada Goose
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Swan Goose x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Graylag x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Domestic goose sp. x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Snow x Canada Goose (hybrid)
Cackling/Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Black Swan
Trumpeter Swan
Tundra Swan
Whooper Swan
swan sp.
goose sp.
Egyptian Goose
Ruddy Shelduck
Common Shelduck
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Muscovy Duck
Wood Duck
Mandarin Duck
Garganey
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
Eurasian Wigeon
American Wigeon
Eurasian x American Wigeon (hybrid)
Eurasian/American Wigeon
Mallard
American Wigeon x Mallard (hybrid)
American Black Duck
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Mallard x American Black Duck (hybrid)
Mallard/American Black Duck
Northern Pintail
Gadwall x Northern Pintail (hybrid)
Green-winged Teal
Cinnamon x Green-winged Teal (hybrid)
teal sp.
dabbling duck sp.
Canvasback
Redhead
Ring-necked Duck
Tufted Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Greater/Lesser Scaup
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Aythya sp.
Steller's Eider
King Eider
Common Eider
eider sp.
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
White-winged Scoter
Black Scoter
Surf/Black Scoter
scoter sp.
Long-tailed Duck
Bufflehead
Common Goldeneye
Barrow's Goldeneye
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Common x Barrow's Goldeneye (hybrid)
Common/Barrow's Goldeneye
Hooded Merganser
Wood Duck x Hooded Merganser (hybrid)
Common Merganser
Red-breasted Merganser
Common/Red-breasted Merganser
merganser sp.
Ruddy Duck
duck sp.
waterfowl sp.
Helmeted Guineafowl
Northern Bobwhite
Wild Turkey
Ruffed Grouse
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Greater Prairie-Chicken
grouse sp.
Gray Partridge
Ring-necked Pheasant
Indian Peafowl
Chukar
Chilean Flamingo
American Flamingo
Pied-billed Grebe
Horned Grebe
Red-necked Grebe
Eared Grebe
Podiceps sp.
Western Grebe
grebe sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Rock Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
European Turtle-Dove
Eurasian Collared-Dove
African Collared-Dove
Diamond Dove
Common Ground Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
pigeon/dove sp.
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed/Black-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus sp.
Common Cuckoo
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
cuckoo sp. (Cuculidae sp.)
Common Nighthawk
nighthawk sp.
Chuck-will's-widow
Eastern Whip-poor-will
Chimney Swift
Chaetura sp.
large swift sp.
swift sp.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Black-chinned Hummingbird
Ruby-throated/Black-chinned Hummingbird
Calliope Hummingbird
Rufous Hummingbird
Allen's Hummingbird
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Rufous/Allen's Hummingbird
Selasphorus sp.
Broad-billed Hummingbird
hummingbird sp.
King Rail
Clapper Rail
King/Clapper Rail
Virginia Rail
Rallus sp.
Sora
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Purple Gallinule
Yellow Rail
Black Rail
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
rail/crake sp.
Sandhill Crane
Black-necked Stilt
American Avocet
American Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Pacific Golden-Plover
American/Pacific Golden-Plover (Lesser Golden-Plover)
Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.
Killdeer
Common Ringed Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Piping Plover
Northern Lapwing
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Wilson's Plover
Mountain Plover
Snowy Plover
plover sp.
Upland Sandpiper
Whimbrel
Eskimo Curlew
Long-billed Curlew
Eurasian Curlew
curlew sp.
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Hudsonian Godwit
Marbled Godwit
godwit sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher
American Woodcock
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Red Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Red/Red-necked Phalarope
phalarope sp.
Terek Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Gray-tailed Tattler
Wandering Tattler
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Spotted Redshank
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa sp.
Ruddy Turnstone
Red Knot
Ruff
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
Curlew Sandpiper
Stilt Sandpiper
Red-necked Stint
Buff-breasted Sandpiper
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Sanderling
Dunlin
Purple Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
Little Stint
Red-necked/Little Stint
White-rumped Sandpiper
Dunlin x White-rumped Sandpiper (hybrid)
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Curlew x Pectoral Sandpiper (hybrid)
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western/Semipalmated Sandpiper
peep sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Calidris sp.
Scolopacidae sp.
large shorebird sp.
shorebird sp.
Long-tailed Jaeger
Parasitic Jaeger
Long-tailed/Parasitic Jaeger
Pomarine Jaeger
Parasitic/Pomarine Jaeger
Great Skua
South Polar Skua
jaeger sp.
skua sp.
Atlantic Puffin
Long-billed Murrelet
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Black Guillemot
Razorbill
Dovekie
Thick-billed Murre
Common Murre
Thick-billed/Common Murre
large alcid sp.
Ancient Murrelet
alcid sp.
Little Gull
Ross's Gull
Black-legged Kittiwake
Ivory Gull
Sabine's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Black-headed Gull
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Black-tailed Gull
Common Gull
Ring-billed Gull
Black-headed x Ring-billed Gull (hybrid)
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Herring x Great Black-backed Gull (hybrid)
Glaucous Gull
Herring x Glaucous Gull (hybrid)
Great Black-backed x Glaucous Gull (hybrid)
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Herring x Lesser Black-backed Gull (hybrid)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
California Gull
Slaty-backed Gull
Iceland Gull
white-winged gull sp.
Larus sp.
gull sp.
Black Skimmer
Brown Noddy
Sooty Tern
Bridled Tern
Least Tern
Gull-billed Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
White-winged Tern
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Forster's Tern
Arctic Tern
Common Tern
Common/Arctic Tern
Roseate Tern
Common x Roseate Tern (hybrid)
Sterna sp.
Sandwich Tern
Elegant Tern
Royal Tern
large tern sp.
tern sp.
gull/tern sp.
White-tailed Tropicbird
Red-billed Tropicbird
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Red-throated Loon
Pacific Loon
Arctic/Pacific Loon
Common Loon
loon sp.
Atlantic Yellow-nosed Albatross
Black-browed Albatross
small albatross sp.
albatross sp.
Wilson's Storm-Petrel
White-faced Storm-Petrel
Leach's Storm-Petrel
Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
Hydrobates sp.
storm-petrel sp. (white-rumped)
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
storm-petrel sp.
Northern Fulmar
Black-capped Petrel
Cory's Shearwater
Great Shearwater
Cory's/Great Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Sooty/Short-tailed Shearwater
Manx Shearwater
Barolo Shearwater
Audubon's Shearwater
black-and-white shearwater sp.
shearwater sp.
procellariid sp.
Wood Stork
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Magnificent Frigatebird
frigatebird sp.
Northern Gannet
Brown Booby
sulid sp.
Anhinga
Great Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant
Great/Double-crested Cormorant
cormorant sp.
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
American Bittern
Least Bittern
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Black-crowned Night Heron
Yellow-crowned/Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Reddish Egret
Snowy Egret
Little Egret
Western Reef-Heron
Green Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
Ardea sp.
heron sp.
white egret sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
White-faced Ibis
Glossy/White-faced Ibis
ibis sp.
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes sp.
Osprey
White-tailed Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
Golden Eagle
Mississippi Kite
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Cooper's Hawk
Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk
American Goshawk
Cooper's Hawk/American Goshawk
Accipiter sp.
Bald Eagle
White-tailed Hawk
Red-shouldered Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Rough-legged Hawk
Buteo sp.
hawk sp.
eagle sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Barn Owl
Eastern Screech-Owl
Snowy Owl
Great Horned Owl
Northern Hawk Owl
Burrowing Owl
Barred Owl
Great Gray Owl
Long-eared Owl
Short-eared Owl
Long-eared/Short-eared Owl
Boreal Owl
Northern Saw-whet Owl
owl sp.
Belted Kingfisher
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Lewis's Woodpecker
Red-headed Woodpecker
Red-bellied Woodpecker
American Three-toed Woodpecker
Black-backed Woodpecker
Downy Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Downy/Hairy Woodpecker
Dryobates sp.
Pileated Woodpecker
Northern Flicker
woodpecker sp.
Crested Caracara
Eurasian Kestrel
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
American Kestrel
Red-footed Falcon
Merlin
Eurasian Hobby
Gyrfalcon
Peregrine Falcon
large falcon sp.
small falcon sp.
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Cockatiel
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Budgerigar
Rosy-faced Lovebird
Monk Parakeet
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Red-masked Parakeet
parakeet sp.
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Western/Eastern Wood-Pewee
pewee sp. (Contopus sp.)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)
Least Flycatcher
Hammond's Flycatcher
Gray Flycatcher
Western Flycatcher
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Empidonax sp.
Eastern Phoebe
Say's Phoebe
Vermilion Flycatcher
Ash-throated Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus sp.
Streaked/Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Couch's Kingbird
Tropical/Couch's Kingbird
Cassin's Kingbird
Western Kingbird
yellow-bellied kingbird sp.
Eastern Kingbird
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Gray Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
new world flycatcher sp.
White-eyed Vireo
Bell's Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Cassin's/Blue-headed Vireo
solitary vireo sp.
Philadelphia Vireo
Warbling Vireo
Philadelphia/Warbling Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Yellow-green Vireo
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
vireo sp.
Loggerhead Shrike
Northern Shrike
Loggerhead/Northern Shrike
shrike sp.
Canada Jay
Blue Jay
Eurasian Jackdaw
American Crow
Fish Crow
crow sp.
Common Raven
crow/raven sp.
Black-capped Chickadee
Boreal Chickadee
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Tufted Titmouse
Horned Lark
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Purple Martin
Brown-chested Martin
new world martin sp. (Progne sp.)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Cave Swallow
Cliff/Cave Swallow
Petrochelidon sp.
swallow sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Ruby-crowned Kinglet
Golden-crowned Kinglet
Ruby-crowned/Golden-crowned Kinglet
White-breasted Nuthatch
Red-breasted Nuthatch
nuthatch sp.
Brown Creeper
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher
Rock Wren
House Wren
Winter Wren
Sedge Wren
Marsh Wren
Sedge/Marsh Wren
Carolina Wren
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Bewick's Wren
wren sp.
European Starling
Gray Catbird
Brown Thrasher
Sage Thrasher
Northern Mockingbird
Eastern Bluebird
Mountain Bluebird
Townsend's Solitaire
Varied Thrush
Veery
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Bicknell's Thrush
Gray-cheeked/Bicknell's Thrush
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Swainson's Thrush
Hermit Thrush
Catharus sp.
Wood Thrush
American Robin
Fieldfare
thrush sp.
Northern Wheatear
Bohemian Waxwing
Cedar Waxwing
Bohemian/Cedar Waxwing
Phainopepla
White-winged Widowbird
Chestnut Munia
House Sparrow
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Eurasian Tree Sparrow
Passer sp.
American Pipit
Sprague's Pipit
Common Chaffinch
Brambling
Evening Grosbeak
Pine Grosbeak
House Finch
Purple Finch
House/Purple Finch
Haemorhous sp.
Yellow-fronted Canary
Common Redpoll
Hoary Redpoll
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Common/Hoary Redpoll
Red Crossbill
White-winged Crossbill
crossbill sp.
European Goldfinch
Pine Siskin
American Goldfinch
new world goldfinch sp.
Spinus sp.
Acanthis/Spinus sp.
finch sp.
Lapland Longspur
Chestnut-collared Longspur
Smith's Longspur
Thick-billed Longspur
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
longspur sp.
Snow Bunting
Cassin's Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Chipping Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Field Sparrow
Spizella sp.
Black-throated Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Lark Bunting
American Tree Sparrow
Spizella sp./American Tree Sparrow
Fox Sparrow
Dark-eyed Junco
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
White-crowned Sparrow
Golden-crowned Sparrow
Harris's Sparrow
White-throated Sparrow
Vesper Sparrow
LeConte's Sparrow
Seaside Sparrow
Nelson's Sparrow
Saltmarsh Sparrow
Nelson's/Saltmarsh Sparrow (Sharp-tailed Sparrow)
Ammospiza sp.
Savannah Sparrow
Henslow's Sparrow
Song Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Swamp Sparrow
Green-tailed Towhee
Spotted Towhee
Eastern Towhee
towhee sp.
new world sparrow sp.
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Bobolink
Western Meadowlark
Eastern Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Bullock's/Baltimore Oriole
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
new world oriole sp.
Red-winged Blackbird
Shiny Cowbird
Brown-headed Cowbird
Rusty Blackbird
Brewer's Blackbird
Common Grackle
Boat-tailed/Great-tailed Grackle
grackle sp.
blackbird sp.
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Golden-winged x Blue-winged Warbler (hybrid)
Brewster's Warbler (hybrid)
Lawrence's Warbler (hybrid)
Golden-winged/Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Swainson's Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Orange-crowned Warbler
Lucy's Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Leiothlypis sp.
Connecticut Warbler
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
MacGillivray's Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Connecticut/MacGillivray's/Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Kirtland's Warbler
Cape May Warbler
Cerulean Warbler
Northern Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Bay-breasted/Blackpoll Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Palm Warbler
Pine Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Blue-winged x Prairie Warbler (hybrid)
Black-throated Gray Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Setophaga sp.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Painted Redstart
new world warbler sp.
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Western Tanager
tanager sp. (Piranga sp.)
Northern Cardinal
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Black-headed Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Lazuli Bunting
Indigo Bunting
Lazuli/Indigo Bunting
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Painted Bunting
Passerina sp.
Dickcissel
Saffron Finch
passerine sp.
bird sp.

KEY:| = insufficient data | = rare to widespread

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