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.
Young predators face daunting odds against making it through their first winter. A smart young peregrine falcon is hanging out at the Big Bridge.
Crows are supposedly year-round residents in most of their range, but we have crows that migrate to Martha’s Vineyard for the winter.
Most of the spotted sandpipers are now well south of the Vineyard, as their migration peaks in August and September.
We saw these species last winter or last spring, so they are not new sightings for the year.
If you think sandpipers and sparrows are difficult to identify, you have not tried hummingbirds.
Nelson’s sparrows are one of the smallest and most secretive sparrows.
