State wildlife officials and the Mass Audubon bird conservation group are advising residents to bring in their bird feeders and birdbaths until more is known about a mysterious avian ailment.
Birds
2014
August 13, 2014
I had an inkling that migratory movement was afoot when I received a call from Laurie Reese. She reported two yellow warblers and two ovenbirds in her yard.
August 6, 2014
We usually don’t start seeing black-legged kittiwakes from the Island beaches until October, unless we have a storm prior to that month.
July 10, 2014
It’s been a record-breaking year for Vineyard osprey, the majestic raptor that now nests on the Island in greater numbers than ever before.
Home to only two breeding pairs in 1970, the Island can now count 83 such pairs of osprey among its avian residents.
July 9, 2014
Gus Ben David and crew’s osprey poles are now the proud surfaces on which 83 osprey pairs are nesting.
July 1, 2014
Shearwaters are a part of a group of birds known as pelagic species. They spend all their lives, except during breeding, on the open ocean.
June 26, 2014
Scouting and tracking willets is considered important seasonal work among Vineyard biologists. The study of the migratory shorebirds may also provide important information about climate change.
