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 133 species on the list, with 131 on Plum Island, and 1 state life bird.
| Brant | Killdeer | Swainson's Hawk | Gray Catbird |
| Canada Goose | Piping Plover | Red-tailed Hawk | Brown Thrasher |
| Mute Swan | Sanderling | Rough-legged Hawk | Northern Mockingbird |
| Wood Duck | Dunlin | Snowy Owl | European Starling |
| Blue-winged Teal | Purple Sandpiper | Barred Owl | Hermit Thrush |
| Northern Shoveler | Least Sandpiper | Short-eared Owl | American Robin |
| Gadwall | Pectoral Sandpiper | Belted Kingfisher | House Sparrow |
| American Wigeon | American Woodcock | Red-bellied Woodpecker | House Finch |
| Mallard | Wilson's Snipe | Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Purple Finch |
| American Black Duck | Lesser Yellowlegs | Downy Woodpecker | American Goldfinch |
| Northern Pintail | Willet | Hairy Woodpecker | Snow Bunting |
| Green-winged Teal | Greater Yellowlegs | Northern Flicker | Chipping Sparrow |
| Greater Scaup | Razorbill | American Kestrel | Field Sparrow |
| Lesser Scaup | Ring-billed Gull | Merlin | Fox Sparrow |
| Common Eider | Herring Gull | Peregrine Falcon | American Tree Sparrow |
| Surf Scoter | Iceland Gull | Eastern Phoebe | Dark-eyed Junco |
| White-winged Scoter | Great Black-backed Gull | Blue-headed Vireo | White-throated Sparrow |
| Black Scoter | Red-throated Loon | Blue Jay | Savannah Sparrow |
| Long-tailed Duck | Common Loon | American Crow | Song Sparrow |
| Bufflehead | Northern Gannet | Fish Crow | Swamp Sparrow |
| Common Goldeneye | Great Cormorant | Common Raven | Eastern Towhee |
| Hooded Merganser | Double-crested Cormorant | Black-capped Chickadee | Red-winged Blackbird |
| Common Merganser | American Bittern | Tufted Titmouse | Brown-headed Cowbird |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Great Blue Heron | Horned Lark | Common Grackle |
| Ruddy Duck | Great Egret | Tree Swallow | Palm Warbler |
| Wild Turkey | Snowy Egret | Purple Martin | Pine Warbler |
| Pied-billed Grebe | Green Heron | Ruby-crowned Kinglet | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| Horned Grebe | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Golden-crowned Kinglet | Northern Cardinal |
| Red-necked Grebe | Glossy Ibis | Cedar Waxwing | |
| Rock Pigeon | Turkey Vulture | Red-breasted Nuthatch | |
| Mourning Dove | Osprey | White-breasted Nuthatch | |
| American Coot | Northern Harrier | Brown Creeper | |
| American Oystercatcher | Sharp-shinned Hawk | Blue-gray Gnatcatcher | |
| Black-bellied Plover | Cooper's Hawk | Winter Wren | |
| American Golden-Plover | Bald Eagle | Carolina Wren |