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 78 species on the list, with 74 on Plum Island.
| Brant | Red-necked Grebe | Snowy Owl | Northern Mockingbird |
| Canada Goose | Rock Pigeon | Short-eared Owl | European Starling |
| Mute Swan | Mourning Dove | Red-bellied Woodpecker | Hermit Thrush |
| Gadwall | Sanderling | Downy Woodpecker | American Robin |
| Mallard | Dunlin | Hairy Woodpecker | House Sparrow |
| American Black Duck | Purple Sandpiper | Merlin | American Pipit |
| Northern Pintail | Wilson's Snipe | Peregrine Falcon | House Finch |
| Greater Scaup | Thick-billed Murre | Blue Jay | Purple Finch |
| Common Eider | Razorbill | American Crow | American Goldfinch |
| Surf Scoter | Ring-billed Gull | Fish Crow | Lapland Longspur |
| White-winged Scoter | Herring Gull | Common Raven | Snow Bunting |
| Black Scoter | Great Black-backed Gull | Black-capped Chickadee | American Tree Sparrow |
| Long-tailed Duck | Common Loon | Tufted Titmouse | Dark-eyed Junco |
| Bufflehead | Great Cormorant | Horned Lark | White-throated Sparrow |
| Common Goldeneye | Northern Harrier | Bohemian Waxwing | Song Sparrow |
| Hooded Merganser | Sharp-shinned Hawk | Cedar Waxwing | Eastern Towhee |
| Common Merganser | Cooper's Hawk | Red-breasted Nuthatch | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Bald Eagle | White-breasted Nuthatch | Northern Cardinal |
| Wild Turkey | Red-tailed Hawk | Carolina Wren | |
| Horned Grebe | Rough-legged Hawk | Gray Catbird |