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 211 species on the list, with 211 on Plum Island.

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

July 16, 2026, Tom Wetmore