Here’s the list of bird species seen by Tom in Massachusetts and on Plum Island in 2025. 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 225 species on the list, with 223 on Plum Island, and 1 state life bird.
| Brant | Semipalmated Sandpiper | American Kestrel | Seaside Sparrow |
| Canada Goose | Short-billed Dowitcher | Merlin | Nelson's Sparrow |
| Mute Swan | Long-billed Dowitcher | Peregrine Falcon | Saltmarsh Sparrow |
| Wood Duck | American Woodcock | Great Crested Flycatcher | Savannah Sparrow |
| Blue-winged Teal | Wilson's Snipe | Eastern Kingbird | Song Sparrow |
| Northern Shoveler | Spotted Sandpiper | Olive-sided Flycatcher | Lincoln's Sparrow |
| Gadwall | Solitary Sandpiper | Eastern Wood-Pewee | Swamp Sparrow |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Lesser Yellowlegs | Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | Eastern Towhee |
| American Wigeon | Willet | Alder Flycatcher | Yellow-breasted Chat |
| Mallard | Greater Yellowlegs | Willow Flycatcher | Bobolink |
| American Black Duck | Wilson's Phalarope | Least Flycatcher | Eastern Meadowlark |
| Northern Pintail | Razorbill | Eastern Phoebe | Orchard Oriole |
| Green-winged Teal | Bonaparte's Gull | White-eyed Vireo | Baltimore Oriole |
| Greater Scaup | Laughing Gull | Blue-headed Vireo | Red-winged Blackbird |
| Lesser Scaup | Ring-billed Gull | Red-eyed Vireo | Brown-headed Cowbird |
| Common Eider | Herring Gull | Blue Jay | Common Grackle |
| Surf Scoter | Iceland Gull | American Crow | Ovenbird |
| White-winged Scoter | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Fish Crow | Northern Waterthrush |
| Black Scoter | Great Black-backed Gull | Common Raven | Blue-winged Warbler |
| Long-tailed Duck | Least Tern | Black-capped Chickadee | Black-and-white Warbler |
| Bufflehead | Roseate Tern | Tufted Titmouse | Tennessee Warbler |
| Common Goldeneye | Common Tern | Horned Lark | Nashville Warbler |
| Hooded Merganser | Arctic Tern | Bank Swallow | Mourning Warbler |
| Common Merganser | Black Skimmer | Tree Swallow | Common Yellowthroat |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Red-throated Loon | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | American Redstart |
| Ruddy Duck | Common Loon | Purple Martin | Cape May Warbler |
| Wild Turkey | Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Barn Swallow | Northern Parula |
| Pied-billed Grebe | Manx Shearwater | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Magnolia Warbler |
| Horned Grebe | Northern Gannet | Golden-crowned Kinglet | Bay-breasted Warbler |
| Red-necked Grebe | Great Cormorant | Cedar Waxwing | Blackburnian Warbler |
| Rock Pigeon | Double-crested Cormorant | Red-breasted Nuthatch | Yellow Warbler |
| Mourning Dove | American Bittern | White-breasted Nuthatch | Chestnut-sided Warbler |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Least Bittern | Brown Creeper | Blackpoll Warbler |
| Black-billed Cuckoo | Great Blue Heron | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Black-throated Blue Warbler |
| Eastern Whip-poor-will | Great Egret | House Wren | Palm Warbler |
| Chimney Swift | Snowy Egret | Winter Wren | Pine Warbler |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Tricolored Heron | Marsh Wren | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| King Rail | Green Heron | Carolina Wren | Prairie Warbler |
| Clapper Rail | Black-crowned Night-Heron | Gray Catbird | Black-throated Green Warbler |
| Common Gallinule | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Brown Thrasher | Canada Warbler |
| American Coot | Glossy Ibis | Northern Mockingbird | Wilson's Warbler |
| Black-necked Stilt | Black Vulture | European Starling | Scarlet Tanager |
| American Oystercatcher | Turkey Vulture | Veery | Northern Cardinal |
| Black-bellied Plover | Osprey | Gray-cheeked Thrush | Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
| American Golden-Plover | Northern Harrier | Swainson's Thrush | Indigo Bunting |
| Killdeer | Sharp-shinned Hawk | Hermit Thrush | |
| Semipalmated Plover | Cooper's Hawk | Wood Thrush | |
| Piping Plover | Bald Eagle | American Robin | |
| Whimbrel | Swainson's Hawk | House Sparrow | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Red-tailed Hawk | House Finch | |
| Red Knot | Rough-legged Hawk | Purple Finch | |
| Ruff | Snowy Owl | American Goldfinch | |
| Stilt Sandpiper | Barred Owl | Snow Bunting | |
| Sanderling | Short-eared Owl | Chipping Sparrow | |
| Dunlin | Belted Kingfisher | Field Sparrow | |
| Purple Sandpiper | Red-bellied Woodpecker | Fox Sparrow | |
| Baird's Sandpiper | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | American Tree Sparrow | |
| Least Sandpiper | Downy Woodpecker | Dark-eyed Junco | |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | Hairy Woodpecker | White-crowned Sparrow | |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Northern Flicker | White-throated Sparrow |