Robert A. Culbert

Gannets Galore

On Oct. 31, the seabirds showed up.

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October Push

Perhaps the most unusual bird spotted this week was a dickcissel, a species rather easy to ignore because it is very similar to a house sparrow.

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Bird Club

The Martha’s Vineyard Bird Club is a new group for people interested in birds.

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Messy Migrations

The southbound migration is complex.

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Loud and Aggressive

What is up with blue jays? They are loud, exuberant and aggressive!

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Hummingbird Happiness

By the end of September, most of our ruby-throated hummingbirds will have left.

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Still Hummingbirds

By the end of September, most of our ruby-throated hummingbirds will have left. But are they ever still here.

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Songbird Migrations

The morning of Sept. 11 was ideal for finding migrating songbirds. The night before was pleasant and the winds were out of the northwest, so the nocturnal migrating songbirds had favorable tailwinds.

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Shorebirds Flocking

As recently as 20 years ago, we would find a roosting flock with a thousand or more terns, primarily common and roseate terns with occasional Forster's and black terns, on the bay side of Norton Point Beach.

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At Long Last

Most bird feeders have been taken down to maintain social distancing between birds because a disease of unknown cause has killed birds in the mid-Atlantic states this year.

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