Bird Sightings on Martha’s Vineyard: December 2023
Western tanager.
Western tanager.
Great egret.
Great egret.
Yellow-rumped warbler.
Yellow-rumped warbler.
Field sparrow.
Field sparrow.
Yellow-breasted chat.
Yellow-breasted chat.
Great blue heron.
Great blue heron.
Fox sparrow.
Fox sparrow.
Redhead drakes.
Redhead drakes.
Orange-crowned warbler.
Orange-crowned warbler.
Purple sandpiper.
Purple sandpiper.
Barrow's goldeneye.
Barrow's goldeneye.
Northern flicker.
Northern flicker.
Eurasian widgeon.
Eurasian widgeon.
Iceland gull.
Iceland gull.
Ring-necked pheasant.
Ring-necked pheasant.
Northern shovelers.
Northern shovelers.
Winter wren.
Winter wren.
Northern harrier.
Northern harrier.
Red-tailed hawk.
Red-tailed hawk.
Ring-billed gull.
Ring-billed gull.
Snow geese.
Snow geese.
Tree sparrow.
Tree sparrow.
Black-legged kittiwake.
Black-legged kittiwake.
Cedar waxwing.
Cedar waxwing.
Common merganser.
Common merganser.
Eastern bluebird.
Eastern bluebird.
Northern shoveler.
Northern shoveler.
Winter avian residents arrive and the occasional rare birds move through the Island in December, as winter begins.
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