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
This spring so far has been a soft and enticing prelude to summer, a gentle and sometimes teasing reminder of the soothing season of sun and outdoors.
April 11, 2021
The osprey are back, pinkletinks are singing, and April showers fall on white pines and choppy harbors. It's spring on the Vineyard.
April 10, 2021
Vineyard Gazette photography winners at the New England Newspaper & Press Association award ceremony for the 2020 contest year.
April 9, 2021
Whether the central focus of our celebration is Easter, Passover or the reckless beauty of a sunstruck spring day, the text for this weekend is one and the same. We have made our appointment with this new season of life; let us rejoice and be glad in it.
April 2, 2021
Of the 16 great ponds on the Island, Edgartown Great Pond holds a combination of salt and freshwater due to a yearly dredged channel between the pond and the south shore.
March 29, 2021
In these early days of spring an Islander is as likely to see morning frost as a blooming crocus, and one day's heat is the next day's chill.
March 28, 2021
The Vineyard football team took to the field Saturday against Sandwich on a beautiful March day for their first home game of the Fall II season.
March 27, 2021
Trout stocking resumed on the Vineyard after a year off as John Garofoli and Connor Fleming from the Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife transported the trout from the state hatchery in Sandwich.
March 23, 2021
It is March and, as expected, the pace of the northward migration has increased. Southwesterly winds brought a variety of birds northward. Can spring and summer be far behind?
March 23, 2021
It happened yesterday. The vernal equinox, meaning equal night, confirms our seasonal appointment with spring and hopefully the end of an Island winter.
March 20, 2021
This is the third year for unified athletics at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, which brings Vineyard students with and without disabilities together for a true team experience.
March 20, 2021
March. It’s a quixotic month. Some days it smiles in the way of spring and makes the pussy willows and the snowdrops bloom and the forsythia edge toward budding.
March 13, 2021
On the Edgartown Harbor there is always some activity among the white caps and circling birds. The search for bay scallops and oysters is for the rugged, as the winter winds blow and the boat plows forward for one last tow.
March 9, 2021
Those of us who remain enjoy our reduced numbers, note the closed cafes and coffeehouses, and take a walk on the winter beach by ourselves.
March 8, 2021
As much as ancient sayings are to be revered, there's a lot to be said for March settling in like a lamb.
March 7, 2021