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 87 species on the list, with 84 on Plum Island.
| Brant | Killdeer | Eastern Phoebe | Snow Bunting |
| Canada Goose | Sanderling | Blue Jay | Fox Sparrow |
| Mute Swan | Dunlin | American Crow | American Tree Sparrow |
| Gadwall | Purple Sandpiper | Fish Crow | Dark-eyed Junco |
| American Wigeon | Wilson's Snipe | Common Raven | White-throated Sparrow |
| Mallard | Thick-billed Murre | Black-capped Chickadee | Song Sparrow |
| American Black Duck | Razorbill | Tufted Titmouse | Eastern Towhee |
| Northern Pintail | Ring-billed Gull | Horned Lark | Eastern Meadowlark |
| Green-winged Teal | Herring Gull | Tree Swallow | Red-winged Blackbird |
| Greater Scaup | Great Black-backed Gull | Bohemian Waxwing | Common Grackle |
| Common Eider | Common Loon | Cedar Waxwing | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| Surf Scoter | Great Cormorant | Red-breasted Nuthatch | Northern Cardinal |
| White-winged Scoter | Northern Harrier | White-breasted Nuthatch | |
| Black Scoter | Sharp-shinned Hawk | Carolina Wren | |
| Long-tailed Duck | Cooper's Hawk | Gray Catbird | |
| Bufflehead | Bald Eagle | Northern Mockingbird | |
| Common Goldeneye | Red-tailed Hawk | European Starling | |
| Hooded Merganser | Rough-legged Hawk | Hermit Thrush | |
| Common Merganser | Snowy Owl | American Robin | |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Short-eared Owl | House Sparrow | |
| Wild Turkey | Red-bellied Woodpecker | American Pipit | |
| Horned Grebe | Downy Woodpecker | House Finch | |
| Red-necked Grebe | Hairy Woodpecker | Purple Finch | |
| Rock Pigeon | Merlin | American Goldfinch | |
| Mourning Dove | Peregrine Falcon | Lapland Longspur |