Bird Sightings on Martha's Vineyard: December 2021
Yellow-breasted chat.
Yellow-breasted chat.
Ross's goose among a gaggle of Canada geese.
Ross's goose among a gaggle of Canada geese.
Red-winged blackbird.
Red-winged blackbird.
Pintail drake paddles with a mallard.
Pintail drake paddles with a mallard.
Hermit thrush.
Hermit thrush.
Snow goose.
Snow goose.
Barrow's goldeneye.
Barrow's goldeneye.
Blue-headed vireo.
Blue-headed vireo.
Tree sparrow.
Tree sparrow.
Western tanager.
Western tanager.
Dovekie.
Dovekie.
Iceland gull.
Iceland gull.
Field sparrow.
Field sparrow.
Purple sandpiper.
Purple sandpiper.
Horned lark.
Horned lark.
Snowy owl.
Snowy owl.
Brown thrasher.
Brown thrasher.
Pied-billed grebe.
Pied-billed grebe.
Fox sparrow.
Fox sparrow.
Red-necked grebe.
Red-necked grebe.
Hooded mergansers.
Hooded mergansers.
Black vulture.
Black vulture.
Winter wren.
Winter wren.
Lark sparrow.
Lark sparrow.
Long-tailed duck.
Long-tailed duck.
Winter avian residents arrive and the occasional rare birds move through the Island in December, as winter begins.
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