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.

Short-eared owl. – Lanny McDowell
American robin. – Lanny McDowell
Pine warbler. – Lanny McDowell
White-breasted nuthatch. – Lanny McDowell
Black-capped chickadee. – Lanny McDowell
Brown creeper. – Lanny McDowell
Common merganser. – Lanny McDowell
Wild turkeys. – Lanny McDowell
Wild turkey feathers. – Lanny McDowell
Eastern towhee. – Lanny McDowell
Blue jay. – Lanny McDowell
Horned larks. – Lanny McDowell
Killdeer. – Lanny McDowell
Cedar waxwing. – Lanny McDowell
Yellow-breasted chat. – Lanny McDowell
Lesser black-backed gull. – Lanny McDowell
Red-breasted mergansers. – Lanny McDowell
Rock pigeons. – Lanny McDowell
Red-tailed hawk. – Lanny McDowell
American tree sparrow. – Lanny McDowell
Wood ducks. – Lanny McDowell
Dark-eyed junco. – Lanny McDowell
Ovenbird. – Lanny McDowell
Greater yellowlegs. – Lanny McDowell
Rusty blackbird. – Lanny McDowell

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