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 205 species on the list, with 205 on Plum Island.

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

June 8, 2026, Tom Wetmore