Bird News
“It’s all about the food.” This time of year and these icy conditions make this literally true for virtually all of the avian population.
In this snowy and cold weather, birds depend on your feeders for their survival; the food they get may be that little bit extra that helps them...
Leonardo da Vinci does not make it into the bird news too often! He is well known as an artist. He is not so well known as a scientist.
This past week has produced five species not seen on the Christmas Bird Count: American kestrel, redpoll, bald eagle, redhead and piping plover.
Probably the best bird of the week is Dick Jennings’s observation of a common yellowthroat. It was hunkered down along a border of liriope.
The Christmas Bird Count was a lackluster event this year. All the teams had to work hard to find birds. The total is 121 species.
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Birds Common to Martha's Vineyard
Keep your eyes glued to the sky for a glimpse of these species common to our shores.