Here’s the list of bird species seen by Tom in Massachusetts and on Plum Island in 2023. All birds on the list were seen in Massachusetts. Birds in boldface were also seen on Plum Island. There are 212 species on the list, with 211 on Plum Island.
Brant | Long-billed Dowitcher | Great Crested Flycatcher | Dark-eyed Junco |
Canada Goose | American Woodcock | Eastern Kingbird | White-crowned Sparrow |
Mute Swan | Wilson's Snipe | Olive-sided Flycatcher | White-throated Sparrow |
Wood Duck | Spotted Sandpiper | Eastern Wood-Pewee | Seaside Sparrow |
Blue-winged Teal | Solitary Sandpiper | Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | Saltmarsh Sparrow |
Northern Shoveler | Lesser Yellowlegs | Alder Flycatcher | Savannah Sparrow |
Gadwall | Willet | Willow Flycatcher | Song Sparrow |
American Wigeon | Greater Yellowlegs | Least Flycatcher | Lincoln's Sparrow |
Mallard | Wilson's Phalarope | Eastern Phoebe | Swamp Sparrow |
American Black Duck | Red-necked Phalarope | White-eyed Vireo | Eastern Towhee |
Northern Pintail | Red Phalarope | Blue-headed Vireo | Yellow-breasted Chat |
Green-winged Teal | Common Murre | Warbling Vireo | Bobolink |
Ring-necked Duck | Razorbill | Red-eyed Vireo | Orchard Oriole |
Greater Scaup | Black-legged Kittiwake | Blue Jay | Baltimore Oriole |
Lesser Scaup | Bonaparte's Gull | American Crow | Red-winged Blackbird |
King Eider | Ring-billed Gull | Fish Crow | Brown-headed Cowbird |
Common Eider | Herring Gull | Common Raven | Rusty Blackbird |
Surf Scoter | Iceland Gull | Black-capped Chickadee | Common Grackle |
White-winged Scoter | Great Black-backed Gull | Tufted Titmouse | Ovenbird |
Black Scoter | Least Tern | Horned Lark | Northern Waterthrush |
Long-tailed Duck | Roseate Tern | Bank Swallow | Blue-winged Warbler |
Bufflehead | Common Tern | Tree Swallow | Black-and-white Warbler |
Common Goldeneye | Red-throated Loon | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Tennessee Warbler |
Hooded Merganser | Common Loon | Purple Martin | Nashville Warbler |
Common Merganser | Northern Gannet | Barn Swallow | Mourning Warbler |
Red-breasted Merganser | Great Cormorant | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Common Yellowthroat |
Ruddy Duck | Double-crested Cormorant | Golden-crowned Kinglet | American Redstart |
Wild Turkey | American Bittern | Cedar Waxwing | Cape May Warbler |
Pied-billed Grebe | Least Bittern | Red-breasted Nuthatch | Northern Parula |
Horned Grebe | Great Blue Heron | White-breasted Nuthatch | Magnolia Warbler |
Red-necked Grebe | Great Egret | Brown Creeper | Bay-breasted Warbler |
Rock Pigeon | Snowy Egret | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Blackburnian Warbler |
Mourning Dove | Green Heron | House Wren | Yellow Warbler |
Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Winter Wren | Chestnut-sided Warbler |
Black-billed Cuckoo | Glossy Ibis | Marsh Wren | Blackpoll Warbler |
Eastern Whip-poor-will | Turkey Vulture | Carolina Wren | Black-throated Blue Warbler |
Chimney Swift | Osprey | Gray Catbird | Palm Warbler |
Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Northern Harrier | Brown Thrasher | Pine Warbler |
King Rail | Sharp-shinned Hawk | Northern Mockingbird | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
Virginia Rail | Cooper's Hawk | European Starling | Prairie Warbler |
Common Gallinule | Bald Eagle | Veery | Black-throated Green Warbler |
American Coot | Red-tailed Hawk | Swainson's Thrush | Canada Warbler |
Black-bellied Plover | Rough-legged Hawk | Hermit Thrush | Wilson's Warbler |
Killdeer | Eastern Screech-Owl | Wood Thrush | Summer Tanager |
Semipalmated Plover | Snowy Owl | American Robin | Scarlet Tanager |
Piping Plover | Barred Owl | House Sparrow | Northern Cardinal |
Ruddy Turnstone | Short-eared Owl | House Finch | Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
Red Knot | Belted Kingfisher | Purple Finch | |
Sanderling | Red-bellied Woodpecker | Red Crossbill | |
Dunlin | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | American Goldfinch | |
Purple Sandpiper | Downy Woodpecker | Snow Bunting | |
Least Sandpiper | Northern Flicker | Chipping Sparrow | |
White-rumped Sandpiper | American Kestrel | Field Sparrow | |
Semipalmated Sandpiper | Merlin | Fox Sparrow | |
Short-billed Dowitcher | Peregrine Falcon | American Tree Sparrow |