Bird News

Wayward Winds

Migration can be interrupted by strong northeasters like we experienced last weekend. The website Birdcas (birdcast.info) uses radar to monitor the skies for migrating birds and posts the results.

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Razorbills in Menemsha

Susan B. Whiting

Are they back? Captain Jen Clarke and her mother, Carol Miller, were coming through the Menemsha breakwaters on June 7 when they spotted a razorbill...

4:12 pm, June 9, 2011
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Common Birds

Susan B. Whiting

Coming home to the Vineyard’s common birds is always a pleasure. “Our” black-capped chickadee with an unusual white blaze is back on the shelf...

1:16 pm, June 2, 2011
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New Zealand Trip

Susan B. Whiting

It was twilight as the deck crew dropped the lines onto the wharf at Tauranga, New Zealand. We had stowed our bags in our cabins, cleared customs...

4:26 pm, May 26, 2011
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Felix Neck Birdathon

Robert A. Culbert

Saturday, May 14 dawned a little differently. It was the morning of Felix Neck’s Birdathon and there was not a strong wind roaring out of the...

1:39 pm, May 19, 2011
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Get Ready for Birdathon

Allan Keith

One of the best ways to support conservation education on Martha’s Vineyard is about to happen just as you are reading this. The statewide Birdathon...

3:05 pm, May 12, 2011
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Overnight, Orioles Arrive

Matt Pelikan

This past week was one of those wonderful periods when every day brings new bird species. March, which devoured April this year, finally ended, and...