The birds of the winged trees flying my name Above the farms and the white horses I rose in rainy autumn And walked abroad in a shower of all my days. – Dylan Thomas
The cold and blustery weather on Jan. 2 didn’t deter Island birders from heading out for the 56th annual Christmas Bird Count on the Vineyard. Sixty-one birders, comprising 13 teams, fanned out across the Island to take stock of the bird population here as part of a larger survey done across the Americas.
The total as of now for the day is 120 species. Some of the highlights included a western kingbird and prairie warbler seen at Squibnocket, a snowy owl at Norton Point, a yellow-breasted chat spotted in Edgartown, Baltimore orioles at Aquinnah and Chilmark and multiple bald eagles.
A Norton Point sunrise starts the day. – Lanny McDowellThe Chappy beach team: David Stanwood, Elizabeth Greene, Sara Walsh, Richard Greene, Tom Walsh, Ned Robinson-Lynch, Richard Cohen and Pete Gilmore. – Lanny McDowellThree Northern gannets mingle with gulls off East Beach on Chappaquiddick. – Lanny McDowellSanderlings and dunlin. – Lanny McDowellSnowy owl spotted at Norton Point. – Lanny McDowellAnother shot of the snowy owl. – Lanny McDowellYellow-rumped warbler poses on Cape Pogue. – Lanny McDowellWhite-winged scoter in Cape Pogue Bay. – Pete GilmoreBuffet accompanied final tally at the Wakeman Center. – Lanny McDowellAllan Keith and Bob Woodruff at the final count. – Lanny McDowellKen Magnuson, Soo Whiting and Warren Woessner share a laugh at final bird count tally. – Lanny McDowellMatt Pelikan and Soo Whiting. – Lanny McDowellCompiling the results. The grand total was 120 different species. – Lanny McDowell
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