Bird News
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.
Onshore winds raised havoc with one of my favorite pelagic species, the dovekie. This little squirt, only eight inches long, is cousin to puffins and...
Christmas has special meaning depending on who you are and what you believe.
Baltimore orioles are my vote for the bird of the week.
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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.