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. Birds in red are Plum Island life birds. There are 218 species on the list, with 218 on Plum Island.

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

August 10, 2026, Tom Wetmore