Bird Sightings on Martha's Vineyard: December 2018
Snowy owls return.
Snowy owls return.
Dovekie.
Dovekie.
Bald eagle.
Bald eagle.
Horned grebe.
Horned grebe.
Razorbill.
Razorbill.
Common grackles.
Common grackles.
Belted kingfisher.
Belted kingfisher.
Female evening grosbeak.
Female evening grosbeak.
Red-headed woodpecker.
Red-headed woodpecker.
Red-throated loon.
Red-throated loon.
Common grackle.
Common grackle.
Bonaparte's gull.
Bonaparte's gull.
Male common merganser.
Male common merganser.
Female common mergansers.
Female common mergansers.
Fish crow.
Fish crow.
Razorbills
Razorbills
Peregrine falcon.
Peregrine falcon.
Brown creeper is indistinguishable against tree bark.
Brown creeper is indistinguishable against tree bark.
Cedar waxwing enjoys a winter crab apple.
Cedar waxwing enjoys a winter crab apple.
Northern shrike.
Northern shrike.
Tree sparrow.
Tree sparrow.
Winter avian residents arrive and the occasional rare birds move through the Island in December, as winter begins.
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