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 119 species on the list, with 118 on Plum Island.
| Snow Goose | Rock Pigeon | Cooper's Hawk | Carolina Wren |
| Brant | Mourning Dove | Bald Eagle | Gray Catbird |
| Canada Goose | Virginia Rail | Red-tailed Hawk | Northern Mockingbird |
| Mute Swan | Killdeer | Rough-legged Hawk | European Starling |
| Wood Duck | Piping Plover | Snowy Owl | Hermit Thrush |
| Blue-winged Teal | Sanderling | Short-eared Owl | American Robin |
| Northern Shoveler | Dunlin | Belted Kingfisher | House Sparrow |
| Gadwall | Purple Sandpiper | Red-bellied Woodpecker | American Pipit |
| American Wigeon | Least Sandpiper | Downy Woodpecker | House Finch |
| Mallard | American Woodcock | Hairy Woodpecker | Purple Finch |
| American Black Duck | Wilson's Snipe | Northern Flicker | American Goldfinch |
| Northern Pintail | Greater Yellowlegs | American Kestrel | Lapland Longspur |
| Green-winged Teal | Thick-billed Murre | Merlin | Snow Bunting |
| Ring-necked Duck | Razorbill | Peregrine Falcon | Field Sparrow |
| Greater Scaup | Ring-billed Gull | Eastern Phoebe | Fox Sparrow |
| Lesser Scaup | Herring Gull | Blue Jay | American Tree Sparrow |
| Common Eider | Great Black-backed Gull | American Crow | Dark-eyed Junco |
| Surf Scoter | Red-throated Loon | Fish Crow | White-throated Sparrow |
| White-winged Scoter | Common Loon | Common Raven | Savannah Sparrow |
| Black Scoter | Northern Gannet | Black-capped Chickadee | Song Sparrow |
| Long-tailed Duck | Great Cormorant | Tufted Titmouse | Swamp Sparrow |
| Bufflehead | Double-crested Cormorant | Horned Lark | Eastern Towhee |
| Common Goldeneye | Great Blue Heron | Tree Swallow | Eastern Meadowlark |
| Hooded Merganser | Great Egret | Golden-crowned Kinglet | Red-winged Blackbird |
| Common Merganser | Snowy Egret | Bohemian Waxwing | Brown-headed Cowbird |
| Red-breasted Merganser | Glossy Ibis | Cedar Waxwing | Common Grackle |
| Wild Turkey | Turkey Vulture | Red-breasted Nuthatch | Pine Warbler |
| Pied-billed Grebe | Osprey | White-breasted Nuthatch | Yellow-rumped Warbler |
| Horned Grebe | Northern Harrier | Brown Creeper | Northern Cardinal |
| Red-necked Grebe | Sharp-shinned Hawk | Winter Wren |