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Tom’s 2025 Massachusetts and Plum Island Bird Lists


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 218 species on the list, with 217 on Plum Island, and 1 state life bird.


BrantLeast SandpiperDowny WoodpeckerSnow Bunting
Canada GooseWhite-rumped SandpiperHairy WoodpeckerChipping Sparrow
Mute SwanPectoral SandpiperNorthern FlickerField Sparrow
Wood DuckSemipalmated SandpiperAmerican KestrelFox Sparrow
Blue-winged TealShort-billed DowitcherMerlinAmerican Tree Sparrow
Northern ShovelerAmerican WoodcockPeregrine FalconDark-eyed Junco
GadwallWilson's SnipeGreat Crested FlycatcherWhite-crowned Sparrow
Eurasian WigeonSpotted SandpiperEastern KingbirdWhite-throated Sparrow
American WigeonSolitary SandpiperOlive-sided FlycatcherSeaside Sparrow
MallardLesser YellowlegsEastern Wood-PeweeNelson's Sparrow
American Black DuckWilletYellow-bellied FlycatcherSaltmarsh Sparrow
Northern PintailGreater YellowlegsAlder FlycatcherSavannah Sparrow
Green-winged TealWilson's PhalaropeWillow FlycatcherSong Sparrow
Greater ScaupRazorbillLeast FlycatcherLincoln's Sparrow
Lesser ScaupBonaparte's GullEastern PhoebeSwamp Sparrow
Common EiderLaughing GullWhite-eyed VireoEastern Towhee
Surf ScoterRing-billed GullBlue-headed VireoYellow-breasted Chat
White-winged ScoterHerring GullRed-eyed VireoBobolink
Black ScoterIceland GullBlue JayEastern Meadowlark
Long-tailed DuckGreat Black-backed GullAmerican CrowOrchard Oriole
BuffleheadLeast TernFish CrowBaltimore Oriole
Common GoldeneyeRoseate TernCommon RavenRed-winged Blackbird
Hooded MerganserCommon TernBlack-capped ChickadeeBrown-headed Cowbird
Common MerganserArctic TernTufted TitmouseCommon Grackle
Red-breasted MerganserBlack SkimmerHorned LarkOvenbird
Ruddy DuckRed-throated LoonBank SwallowNorthern Waterthrush
Wild TurkeyCommon LoonTree SwallowBlue-winged Warbler
Pied-billed GrebeNorthern GannetNorthern Rough-winged SwallowBlack-and-white Warbler
Horned GrebeGreat CormorantPurple MartinTennessee Warbler
Red-necked GrebeDouble-crested CormorantBarn SwallowNashville Warbler
Rock PigeonAmerican BitternRuby-crowned KingletMourning Warbler
Mourning DoveLeast BitternGolden-crowned KingletCommon Yellowthroat
Yellow-billed CuckooGreat Blue HeronCedar WaxwingAmerican Redstart
Black-billed CuckooGreat EgretRed-breasted NuthatchCape May Warbler
Eastern Whip-poor-willSnowy EgretWhite-breasted NuthatchNorthern Parula
Chimney SwiftTricolored HeronBrown CreeperMagnolia Warbler
Ruby-throated HummingbirdGreen HeronBlue-gray GnatcatcherBay-breasted Warbler
King RailBlack-crowned Night-HeronHouse WrenBlackburnian Warbler
Clapper RailYellow-crowned Night-HeronWinter WrenYellow Warbler
Common GallinuleGlossy IbisMarsh WrenChestnut-sided Warbler
American CootTurkey VultureCarolina WrenBlackpoll Warbler
Black-necked StiltOspreyGray CatbirdBlack-throated Blue Warbler
American OystercatcherNorthern HarrierBrown ThrasherPalm Warbler
Black-bellied PloverSharp-shinned HawkNorthern MockingbirdPine Warbler
American Golden-PloverCooper's HawkEuropean StarlingYellow-rumped Warbler
KilldeerBald EagleVeeryPrairie Warbler
Semipalmated PloverSwainson's HawkGray-cheeked ThrushBlack-throated Green Warbler
Piping PloverRed-tailed HawkSwainson's ThrushCanada Warbler
Ruddy TurnstoneRough-legged HawkHermit ThrushWilson's Warbler
Red KnotSnowy OwlWood ThrushScarlet Tanager
RuffBarred OwlAmerican RobinNorthern Cardinal
Stilt SandpiperShort-eared OwlHouse SparrowRose-breasted Grosbeak
SanderlingBelted KingfisherHouse FinchIndigo Bunting
DunlinRed-bellied WoodpeckerPurple Finch
Purple SandpiperYellow-bellied SapsuckerAmerican Goldfinch

July 5, 2025, Tom Wetmore