Tom’s 2026 Massachusetts and Plum Island Bird Lists

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Tom’s 2026 Massachusetts and Plum Island Bird Lists

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 207 species on the list, with 207 on Plum Island.

Snow Goose	Short-billed Dowitcher	Eastern Kingbird	Dark-eyed Junco
Brant	American Woodcock	Eastern Wood-Pewee	White-throated Sparrow
Canada Goose	Wilson's Snipe	Yellow-bellied Flycatcher	Seaside Sparrow
Mute Swan	Spotted Sandpiper	Alder Flycatcher	Saltmarsh Sparrow
Wood Duck	Lesser Yellowlegs	Willow Flycatcher	Savannah Sparrow
Blue-winged Teal	Willet	Least Flycatcher	Song Sparrow
Northern Shoveler	Greater Yellowlegs	Eastern Phoebe	Swamp Sparrow
Gadwall	Wilson's Phalarope	White-eyed Vireo	Eastern Towhee
American Wigeon	Red-necked Phalarope	Yellow-throated Vireo	Bobolink
Mallard	Thick-billed Murre	Blue-headed Vireo	Eastern Meadowlark
American Black Duck	Razorbill	Warbling Vireo	Orchard Oriole
Northern Pintail	Bonaparte's Gull	Red-eyed Vireo	Baltimore Oriole
Green-winged Teal	Laughing Gull	Blue Jay	Red-winged Blackbird
Ring-necked Duck	Ring-billed Gull	American Crow	Brown-headed Cowbird
Greater Scaup	Herring Gull	Fish Crow	Common Grackle
Lesser Scaup	Great Black-backed Gull	Common Raven	Ovenbird
Common Eider	Least Tern	Black-capped Chickadee	Northern Waterthrush
Surf Scoter	Roseate Tern	Tufted Titmouse	Black-and-white Warbler
White-winged Scoter	Common Tern	Horned Lark	Tennessee Warbler
Black Scoter	Black Skimmer	Bank Swallow	Nashville Warbler
Long-tailed Duck	Red-throated Loon	Tree Swallow	Mourning Warbler
Bufflehead	Common Loon	Northern Rough-winged Swallow	Common Yellowthroat
Common Goldeneye	Northern Gannet	Purple Martin	American Redstart
Hooded Merganser	Great Cormorant	Barn Swallow	Northern Parula
Common Merganser	Double-crested Cormorant	Ruby-crowned Kinglet	Magnolia Warbler
Red-breasted Merganser	American Bittern	Golden-crowned Kinglet	Blackburnian Warbler
Wild Turkey	Least Bittern	Bohemian Waxwing	Yellow Warbler
Pied-billed Grebe	Great Blue Heron	Cedar Waxwing	Chestnut-sided Warbler
Horned Grebe	Great Egret	Red-breasted Nuthatch	Blackpoll Warbler
Red-necked Grebe	Snowy Egret	White-breasted Nuthatch	Black-throated Blue Warbler
Rock Pigeon	Little Blue Heron	Brown Creeper	Palm Warbler
Mourning Dove	Tricolored Heron	House Wren	Pine Warbler
Yellow-billed Cuckoo	Green Heron	Winter Wren	Yellow-rumped Warbler
Black-billed Cuckoo	Black-crowned Night-Heron	Marsh Wren	Prairie Warbler
Chimney Swift	Yellow-crowned Night-Heron	Carolina Wren	Black-throated Green Warbler
Ruby-throated Hummingbird	Glossy Ibis	Gray Catbird	Canada Warbler
King Rail	Turkey Vulture	Brown Thrasher	Wilson's Warbler
Clapper Rail	Osprey	Northern Mockingbird	Scarlet Tanager
Virginia Rail	Northern Harrier	European Starling	Northern Cardinal
Sora	Sharp-shinned Hawk	Veery	Rose-breasted Grosbeak
American Oystercatcher	Cooper's Hawk	Swainson's Thrush	Blue Grosbeak
Black-bellied Plover	Bald Eagle	Hermit Thrush	Indigo Bunting
Killdeer	Red-tailed Hawk	Wood Thrush
Semipalmated Plover	Rough-legged Hawk	American Robin
Piping Plover	Snowy Owl	House Sparrow
Ruddy Turnstone	Short-eared Owl	American Pipit
Red Knot	Belted Kingfisher	House Finch
Ruff	Red-bellied Woodpecker	Purple Finch
Sanderling	Downy Woodpecker	American Goldfinch
Dunlin	Hairy Woodpecker	Lapland Longspur
Purple Sandpiper	Northern Flicker	Snow Bunting
Least Sandpiper	American Kestrel	Chipping Sparrow
White-rumped Sandpiper	Merlin	Field Sparrow
Pectoral Sandpiper	Peregrine Falcon	Fox Sparrow
Semipalmated Sandpiper	Great Crested Flycatcher	American Tree Sparrow

July 1, 2026, Tom Wetmore