Here’s the list of bird species seen by Tom in Massachusetts and on Plum Island in 2026. All birds on the list were seen in Massachusetts. Birds in boldface were also seen on Plum Island. There are 58 species on the list, with 56 on Plum Island.
| Canada Goose | Rock Pigeon | Blue Jay | House Sparrow |
| Mallard | Mourning Dove | American Crow | American Pipit |
| American Black Duck | Sanderling | Common Raven | House Finch |
| Northern Pintail | Dunlin | Black-capped Chickadee | Purple Finch |
| Greater Scaup | Purple Sandpiper | Tufted Titmouse | American Goldfinch |
| Common Eider | Wilson's Snipe | Horned Lark | Lapland Longspur |
| Surf Scoter | Herring Gull | Cedar Waxwing | Snow Bunting |
| White-winged Scoter | Great Black-backed Gull | Red-breasted Nuthatch | American Tree Sparrow |
| Black Scoter | Common Loon | White-breasted Nuthatch | Dark-eyed Junco |
| Long-tailed Duck | Northern Harrier | Carolina Wren | White-throated Sparrow |
| Bufflehead | Bald Eagle | Gray Catbird | Song Sparrow |
| Common Goldeneye | Snowy Owl | Northern Mockingbird | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| Hooded Merganser | Short-eared Owl | European Starling | Northern Cardinal |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Downy Woodpecker | Hermit Thrush | |
| Horned Grebe | Peregrine Falcon | American Robin |