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 118 species on the list, with 117 on Plum Island.
| Snow Goose | Rock Pigeon | Bald Eagle | Gray Catbird |
| Brant | Mourning Dove | Red-tailed Hawk | Northern Mockingbird |
| Canada Goose | Virginia Rail | Rough-legged Hawk | European Starling |
| Mute Swan | Killdeer | Snowy Owl | Hermit Thrush |
| Wood Duck | Piping Plover | Short-eared Owl | American Robin |
| Blue-winged Teal | Sanderling | Belted Kingfisher | House Sparrow |
| Northern Shoveler | Dunlin | Red-bellied Woodpecker | American Pipit |
| Gadwall | Purple Sandpiper | Downy Woodpecker | House Finch |
| American Wigeon | Least Sandpiper | Hairy Woodpecker | Purple Finch |
| Mallard | American Woodcock | Northern Flicker | American Goldfinch |
| American Black Duck | Wilson's Snipe | American Kestrel | Lapland Longspur |
| Northern Pintail | Greater Yellowlegs | Merlin | Snow Bunting |
| Green-winged Teal | Thick-billed Murre | Peregrine Falcon | Field Sparrow |
| Ring-necked Duck | Razorbill | Eastern Phoebe | Fox Sparrow |
| Greater Scaup | Ring-billed Gull | Blue Jay | American Tree Sparrow |
| Lesser Scaup | Herring Gull | American Crow | Dark-eyed Junco |
| Common Eider | Great Black-backed Gull | Fish Crow | White-throated Sparrow |
| Surf Scoter | Red-throated Loon | Common Raven | Savannah Sparrow |
| White-winged Scoter | Common Loon | Black-capped Chickadee | Song Sparrow |
| Black Scoter | Northern Gannet | Tufted Titmouse | Swamp Sparrow |
| Long-tailed Duck | Great Cormorant | Horned Lark | Eastern Towhee |
| Bufflehead | Double-crested Cormorant | Tree Swallow | Eastern Meadowlark |
| Common Goldeneye | Great Blue Heron | Golden-crowned Kinglet | Red-winged Blackbird |
| Hooded Merganser | Great Egret | Bohemian Waxwing | Brown-headed Cowbird |
| Common Merganser | Snowy Egret | Cedar Waxwing | Common Grackle |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Glossy Ibis | Red-breasted Nuthatch | Pine Warbler |
| Wild Turkey | Osprey | White-breasted Nuthatch | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| Pied-billed Grebe | Northern Harrier | Brown Creeper | Northern Cardinal |
| Horned Grebe | Sharp-shinned Hawk | Winter Wren | |
| Red-necked Grebe | Cooper's Hawk | Carolina Wren |