Bird Sightings on Martha's Vineyard: July 2016
A young Cooper's hawk.
A young Cooper's hawk.
Whimbrel.
Whimbrel.
Young ruddy turnstone.
Young ruddy turnstone.
Seven short-billed dowitchers with semi-palmated sandpipers and sanderlings.
Seven short-billed dowitchers with semi-palmated sandpipers and sanderlings.
Ruddy turnstones.
Ruddy turnstones.
Single royal tern with group of Sandwich terns.
Single royal tern with group of Sandwich terns.
A young Forster's tern gets its feet wet in Katama Bay.
A young Forster's tern gets its feet wet in Katama Bay.
Juvenile horned lark, likely fledged on the Island.
Juvenile horned lark, likely fledged on the Island.
Royal tern makes a getaway with some lunch.
Royal tern makes a getaway with some lunch.
Black-crowned night-heron.
Black-crowned night-heron.
Long-tailed duck.
Long-tailed duck.
Female black scoter.
Female black scoter.
Male and female black scoters.
Male and female black scoters.
Spotted sandpiper.
Spotted sandpiper.
Least terns are the smallest terns, as well as the most common.
Least terns are the smallest terns, as well as the most common.
White-rumped sandpiper.
White-rumped sandpiper.
Least tern chicks are fed small fish, like sand lance and silversides.
Least tern chicks are fed small fish, like sand lance and silversides.
Cormorants.
Cormorants.
Hummingbird in her nest cup made of lichen morsels and spider webs.
Hummingbird in her nest cup made of lichen morsels and spider webs.
Greater yellowlegs.
Greater yellowlegs.
Harlequin duck grooms.
Harlequin duck grooms.
Surf scoter.
Surf scoter.
Wood thrush.
Wood thrush.
