Resident winter birds are plentiful in February during the stretch between winter and spring, and northbound migrants begin to arrive. Send your bird sightings to birds@vineyardgazette.com, and keep up with all the avian action through the Bird News column.

Barred owl. – Lanny McDowell
Carolina wren. – Lanny McDowell
Northern cardinal. – Lanny McDowell
Horned larks. – Lanny McDowell
Palm warbler. – Lanny McDowell
Northern flicker. – Lanny McDowell
Barrows goldeneye. – Lanny McDowell
Lesser black-backed gull. – Lanny McDowell
Turkey vulture. – Lanny McDowell
Bonaparte’s gulls. – Lanny McDowell
Common loon. – Lanny McDowell
Red-tailed hawk. – Lanny McDowell
Great horned owl. – Lanny McDowell
Wilson’s snipe. – Lanny McDowell
Common merganser. – Lanny McDowell
Three redheads with a hen ring-necked duck. – Lanny McDowell
Buffleheads. – Lanny McDowell

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