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 221 species on the list, with 219 on Plum Island, and 1 state life bird.
| Brant | American Woodcock | Eastern Kingbird | Song Sparrow |
| Canada Goose | Wilson's Snipe | Olive-sided Flycatcher | Lincoln's Sparrow |
| Mute Swan | Spotted Sandpiper | Eastern Wood-Pewee | Swamp Sparrow |
| Wood Duck | Solitary Sandpiper | Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | Eastern Towhee |
| Blue-winged Teal | Lesser Yellowlegs | Alder Flycatcher | Yellow-breasted Chat |
| Northern Shoveler | Willet | Willow Flycatcher | Bobolink |
| Gadwall | Greater Yellowlegs | Least Flycatcher | Eastern Meadowlark |
| Eurasian Wigeon | Wilson's Phalarope | Eastern Phoebe | Orchard Oriole |
| American Wigeon | Razorbill | White-eyed Vireo | Baltimore Oriole |
| Mallard | Bonaparte's Gull | Blue-headed Vireo | Red-winged Blackbird |
| American Black Duck | Laughing Gull | Red-eyed Vireo | Brown-headed Cowbird |
| Northern Pintail | Ring-billed Gull | Blue Jay | Common Grackle |
| Green-winged Teal | Herring Gull | American Crow | Ovenbird |
| Greater Scaup | Iceland Gull | Fish Crow | Northern Waterthrush |
| Lesser Scaup | Lesser Black-backed Gull | Common Raven | Blue-winged Warbler |
| Common Eider | Great Black-backed Gull | Black-capped Chickadee | Black-and-white Warbler |
| Surf Scoter | Least Tern | Tufted Titmouse | Tennessee Warbler |
| White-winged Scoter | Roseate Tern | Horned Lark | Nashville Warbler |
| Black Scoter | Common Tern | Bank Swallow | Mourning Warbler |
| Long-tailed Duck | Arctic Tern | Tree Swallow | Common Yellowthroat |
| Bufflehead | Black Skimmer | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | American Redstart |
| Common Goldeneye | Red-throated Loon | Purple Martin | Cape May Warbler |
| Hooded Merganser | Common Loon | Barn Swallow | Northern Parula |
| Common Merganser | Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Magnolia Warbler |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Northern Gannet | Golden-crowned Kinglet | Bay-breasted Warbler |
| Ruddy Duck | Great Cormorant | Cedar Waxwing | Blackburnian Warbler |
| Wild Turkey | Double-crested Cormorant | Red-breasted Nuthatch | Yellow Warbler |
| Pied-billed Grebe | American Bittern | White-breasted Nuthatch | Chestnut-sided Warbler |
| Horned Grebe | Least Bittern | Brown Creeper | Blackpoll Warbler |
| Red-necked Grebe | Great Blue Heron | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | Black-throated Blue Warbler |
| Rock Pigeon | Great Egret | House Wren | Palm Warbler |
| Mourning Dove | Snowy Egret | Winter Wren | Pine Warbler |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Tricolored Heron | Marsh Wren | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| Black-billed Cuckoo | Green Heron | Carolina Wren | Prairie Warbler |
| Eastern Whip-poor-will | Black-crowned Night-Heron | Gray Catbird | Black-throated Green Warbler |
| Chimney Swift | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Brown Thrasher | Canada Warbler |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Glossy Ibis | Northern Mockingbird | Wilson's Warbler |
| King Rail | Black Vulture | European Starling | Scarlet Tanager |
| Clapper Rail | Turkey Vulture | Veery | Northern Cardinal |
| Common Gallinule | Osprey | Gray-cheeked Thrush | Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
| American Coot | Northern Harrier | Swainson's Thrush | Indigo Bunting |
| Black-necked Stilt | Sharp-shinned Hawk | Hermit Thrush | |
| American Oystercatcher | Cooper's Hawk | Wood Thrush | |
| Black-bellied Plover | Bald Eagle | American Robin | |
| American Golden-Plover | Swainson's Hawk | House Sparrow | |
| Killdeer | Red-tailed Hawk | House Finch | |
| Semipalmated Plover | Rough-legged Hawk | Purple Finch | |
| Piping Plover | Snowy Owl | American Goldfinch | |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Barred Owl | Snow Bunting | |
| Red Knot | Short-eared Owl | Chipping Sparrow | |
| Ruff | Belted Kingfisher | Field Sparrow | |
| Stilt Sandpiper | Red-bellied Woodpecker | Fox Sparrow | |
| Sanderling | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | American Tree Sparrow | |
| Dunlin | Downy Woodpecker | Dark-eyed Junco | |
| Purple Sandpiper | Hairy Woodpecker | White-crowned Sparrow | |
| Least Sandpiper | Northern Flicker | White-throated Sparrow | |
| White-rumped Sandpiper | American Kestrel | Seaside Sparrow | |
| Pectoral Sandpiper | Merlin | Nelson's Sparrow | |
| Semipalmated Sandpiper | Peregrine Falcon | Saltmarsh Sparrow | |
| Short-billed Dowitcher | Great Crested Flycatcher | Savannah Sparrow |