October is the peak migration season, as birds fly south on clear, cool, and calm nights.

Report bird sightings to birds@mvgazette.com, and follow all the avian activity through our Bird News column.

Baltimore oriole. – Lanny McDowell
Fish crow. – Lanny McDowell
Pectoral sandpiper. – Lanny McDowell
Dark-eyed junco. – Lanny McDowell
Wilson’s snipe. – Lanny McDowell
Ruby-throated hummingbird. – Lanny McDowell
The eyes have it withthis great-horned owl. – Lanny McDowell
Ring-necked pheasant creates its own perch. – Lanny McDowell
White-throated sparrow. – Lanny McDowell
Palm warbler. – Lanny McDowell
Juvenile white-crowned sparrow. – Lanny McDowell
Pied-billed grebe. – Lanny McDowell
Yellow-rumped warbler. – Lanny McDowell
Nelson’s sparrow. – Lanny McDowell
American oystercatcher. – Lanny McDowell
Breeding willet. – Lanny McDowell
First year great black-backed gull. – Lanny McDowell
Least tern fledgling. – Lanny McDowell
Forty-three pairs of American oystercatchers nested on the Vineyard this summer. – Lanny McDowell
Nesting terns. Terns are feisty birds that will dive-bomb people that come too close. – Lanny McDowell
Piping plover chick. – Lanny McDowell
Thirty-seven piping plover chicks were fledged this year. – Lanny McDowell
A piping plover border dispute. – Lanny McDowell

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