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Tom’s 2025 Massachusetts and Plum Island Bird Lists


Here’s the list of bird species seen by Tom in Massachusetts and on Plum Island in 2025. All birds on the list were seen in Massachusetts. Birds in boldface were also seen on Plum Island. Birds in yellow are Massachusetts life birds. Birds in purple are Plum Island life birds. There are 234 species on the list, with 232 on Plum Island, and 1 state life bird.


BrantWhite-rumped SandpiperBelted KingfisherSnow Bunting
Canada GooseBuff-breasted SandpiperRed-bellied WoodpeckerChipping Sparrow
Mute SwanPectoral SandpiperYellow-bellied SapsuckerField Sparrow
Wood DuckSemipalmated SandpiperDowny WoodpeckerFox Sparrow
Blue-winged TealShort-billed DowitcherHairy WoodpeckerAmerican Tree Sparrow
Northern ShovelerLong-billed DowitcherNorthern FlickerDark-eyed Junco
GadwallAmerican WoodcockAmerican KestrelWhite-crowned Sparrow
Eurasian WigeonWilson's SnipeMerlinWhite-throated Sparrow
American WigeonSpotted SandpiperPeregrine FalconSeaside Sparrow
MallardSolitary SandpiperGreat Crested FlycatcherNelson's Sparrow
American Black DuckLesser YellowlegsWestern KingbirdSaltmarsh Sparrow
Northern PintailWilletEastern KingbirdSavannah Sparrow
Green-winged TealGreater YellowlegsOlive-sided FlycatcherSong Sparrow
Greater ScaupWilson's PhalaropeEastern Wood-PeweeLincoln's Sparrow
Lesser ScaupRazorbillYellow-bellied FlycatcherSwamp Sparrow
Common EiderBonaparte's GullAlder FlycatcherEastern Towhee
Surf ScoterLaughing GullWillow FlycatcherYellow-breasted Chat
White-winged ScoterRing-billed GullLeast FlycatcherBobolink
Black ScoterHerring GullEastern PhoebeEastern Meadowlark
Long-tailed DuckIceland GullWhite-eyed VireoOrchard Oriole
BuffleheadLesser Black-backed GullBlue-headed VireoBaltimore Oriole
Common GoldeneyeGreat Black-backed GullPhiladelphia VireoRed-winged Blackbird
Hooded MerganserLeast TernRed-eyed VireoBrown-headed Cowbird
Common MerganserRoseate TernBlue JayCommon Grackle
Red-breasted MerganserCommon TernAmerican CrowOvenbird
Ruddy DuckArctic TernFish CrowNorthern Waterthrush
Wild TurkeyForster's TernCommon RavenBlue-winged Warbler
Pied-billed GrebeBlack SkimmerBlack-capped ChickadeeBlack-and-white Warbler
Horned GrebeRed-throated LoonTufted TitmouseTennessee Warbler
Red-necked GrebeCommon LoonHorned LarkNashville Warbler
Rock PigeonWilson's Storm-PetrelBank SwallowMourning Warbler
Mourning DoveCory's ShearwaterTree SwallowCommon Yellowthroat
Yellow-billed CuckooManx ShearwaterNorthern Rough-winged SwallowAmerican Redstart
Black-billed CuckooNorthern GannetPurple MartinCape May Warbler
Eastern Whip-poor-willGreat CormorantBarn SwallowNorthern Parula
Chimney SwiftDouble-crested CormorantRuby-crowned KingletMagnolia Warbler
Ruby-throated HummingbirdAmerican BitternGolden-crowned KingletBay-breasted Warbler
King RailLeast BitternCedar WaxwingBlackburnian Warbler
Clapper RailGreat Blue HeronRed-breasted NuthatchYellow Warbler
Virginia RailGreat EgretWhite-breasted NuthatchChestnut-sided Warbler
Common GallinuleSnowy EgretBrown CreeperBlackpoll Warbler
American CootLittle Blue HeronBlue-gray GnatcatcherBlack-throated Blue Warbler
Black-necked StiltTricolored HeronHouse WrenPalm Warbler
American OystercatcherGreen HeronWinter WrenPine Warbler
Black-bellied PloverBlack-crowned Night-HeronMarsh WrenYellow-rumped Warbler
American Golden-PloverYellow-crowned Night-HeronCarolina WrenPrairie Warbler
KilldeerGlossy IbisGray CatbirdBlack-throated Green Warbler
Semipalmated PloverBlack VultureBrown ThrasherCanada Warbler
Piping PloverTurkey VultureNorthern MockingbirdWilson's Warbler
Upland SandpiperOspreyEuropean StarlingScarlet Tanager
WhimbrelNorthern HarrierVeeryNorthern Cardinal
Ruddy TurnstoneSharp-shinned HawkGray-cheeked ThrushRose-breasted Grosbeak
Red KnotCooper's HawkSwainson's ThrushIndigo Bunting
RuffBald EagleHermit ThrushDickcissel
Stilt SandpiperSwainson's HawkWood Thrush
SanderlingRed-tailed HawkAmerican Robin
DunlinRough-legged HawkHouse Sparrow
Purple SandpiperSnowy OwlHouse Finch
Baird's SandpiperBarred OwlPurple Finch
Least SandpiperShort-eared OwlAmerican Goldfinch

September 17, 2025, Tom Wetmore