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 126 species on the list, with 126 on Plum Island.
| Snow Goose | Sanderling | Downy Woodpecker | American Goldfinch |
| Brant | Dunlin | Hairy Woodpecker | Lapland Longspur |
| Canada Goose | Purple Sandpiper | Northern Flicker | Snow Bunting |
| Mute Swan | Least Sandpiper | American Kestrel | Chipping Sparrow |
| Wood Duck | American Woodcock | Merlin | Field Sparrow |
| Blue-winged Teal | Wilson's Snipe | Peregrine Falcon | Fox Sparrow |
| Northern Shoveler | Willet | Eastern Phoebe | American Tree Sparrow |
| Gadwall | Greater Yellowlegs | Blue Jay | Dark-eyed Junco |
| American Wigeon | Thick-billed Murre | American Crow | White-throated Sparrow |
| Mallard | Razorbill | Fish Crow | Savannah Sparrow |
| American Black Duck | Ring-billed Gull | Common Raven | Song Sparrow |
| Northern Pintail | Herring Gull | Black-capped Chickadee | Swamp Sparrow |
| Green-winged Teal | Great Black-backed Gull | Tufted Titmouse | Eastern Towhee |
| Ring-necked Duck | Red-throated Loon | Horned Lark | Eastern Meadowlark |
| Greater Scaup | Common Loon | Tree Swallow | Red-winged Blackbird |
| Lesser Scaup | Northern Gannet | Purple Martin | Brown-headed Cowbird |
| Common Eider | Great Cormorant | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Common Grackle |
| Surf Scoter | Double-crested Cormorant | Golden-crowned Kinglet | Palm Warbler |
| White-winged Scoter | American Bittern | Bohemian Waxwing | Pine Warbler |
| Black Scoter | Great Blue Heron | Cedar Waxwing | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| Long-tailed Duck | Great Egret | Red-breasted Nuthatch | Northern Cardinal |
| Bufflehead | Snowy Egret | White-breasted Nuthatch | |
| Common Goldeneye | Glossy Ibis | Brown Creeper | |
| Hooded Merganser | Turkey Vulture | Winter Wren | |
| Common Merganser | Osprey | Carolina Wren | |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Northern Harrier | Gray Catbird | |
| Wild Turkey | Sharp-shinned Hawk | Brown Thrasher | |
| Pied-billed Grebe | Cooper's Hawk | Northern Mockingbird | |
| Horned Grebe | Bald Eagle | European Starling | |
| Red-necked Grebe | Red-tailed Hawk | Hermit Thrush | |
| Rock Pigeon | Rough-legged Hawk | American Robin | |
| Mourning Dove | Snowy Owl | House Sparrow | |
| Virginia Rail | Short-eared Owl | American Pipit | |
| Killdeer | Belted Kingfisher | House Finch | |
| Piping Plover | Red-bellied Woodpecker | Purple Finch |