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@vineyardgazette.com.
Photography
With flowers in their hair and the grounds of Polly Hill Arboretum as a backdrop, high school students gathered before the junior prom.
May 20, 2017
Storefronts are tidied up and new signs are affixed to old shingles as Menemsha gets ready for the summer season.
May 16, 2017
The high school's Minnesingers had the Performing Arts Center audience on its feet.
May 16, 2017
The skies may be gray and wet, but cheerful flowers brighten many homes as the Island celebrates all moms today.
May 14, 2017
Welcome May, month of unfolding green leaves and longer days; the prelude to summer. Pollen swirls in puddles of spring rain as bees begin their trips from flower to hive, an ancient dance.
May 7, 2017
Lots of rain but still lots of smiles at the annual Kids Trout Tournament. Grace Cotton, age 9, caught the biggest fish - a 16 inch rainbow trout.
May 6, 2017
May 4, 2017
T-ball is made up of predominantly four and five year olds, and some six-year-old beginners. To put that in perspective, it is essentially a field of preschoolers and kindergartners, given bats, balls, mitts and uniforms that look more like cozy pajamas dropping down past their knees.
May 1, 2017
Martha’s Vineyard Little League celebrated the beginning of the season with an opening ceremony Saturday at Penn Field.
May 1, 2017
Acting in solidarity with demonstrators in Washington, D.C., Islanders gathered at Five Corners Saturday to call attention to climate change.
May 1, 2017
New green leaves seemed even greener on the gray, rainy days that closed out the month of April.
April 28, 2017
The spring migration is in full force in April as ummer visitors come north while winter residents depart. Osprey, greater yellowlegs, piping plovers and double-crested cormorants arrive with southerly winds.
April 26, 2017
Vineyarders of all ages turned out to help clean the beaches during annual Earth Day cleanup day.
April 24, 2017
April 20, 2017
Osprey, lambs, otters and warblers celebrate a new season in their own ways.
April 20, 2017
