Winter avian residents arrive and the occasional rare birds move through the Island in December, as winter begins.

Keep up with bird sightings through the Bird News column, and send reports of bird sightings to birds@mvgazette.com.

Western tanager. – Lanny McDowell
Great egret. – Lanny McDowell
Yellow-rumped warbler. – Lanny McDowell
Field sparrow. – Lanny McDowell
Yellow-breasted chat. – Lanny McDowell
Great blue heron. – Lanny McDowell
Fox sparrow. – Lanny McDowell
Redhead drakes. – Lanny McDowell
Orange-crowned warbler. – Lanny McDowell
Purple sandpiper. – Lanny McDowell
Barrow’s goldeneye. – Lanny McDowell
Northern flicker. – Lanny McDowell
Eurasian widgeon. – Lanny McDowell
Iceland gull. – Lanny McDowell
Ring-necked pheasant. – Lanny McDowell
Northern shovelers. – Lanny McDowell
Winter wren. – Lanny McDowell
Northern harrier. – Lanny McDowell
Red-tailed hawk. – Lanny McDowell
Ring-billed gull. – Lanny McDowell
Snow geese. – Lanny McDowell
Tree sparrow. – Lanny McDowell
Black-legged kittiwake. – Lanny McDowell
Cedar waxwing. – Lanny McDowell
Common merganser. – Lanny McDowell
Eastern bluebird. – Lanny McDowell
Northern shoveler. – Lanny McDowell

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