Bird Sightings on Martha’s Vineyard: July 2024
Common grackles.
Common grackles.
Black-bellied plover (juvenile).
Black-bellied plover (juvenile).
American black duck.
American black duck.
Stilt sandpiper.
Stilt sandpiper.
Bonaparte's gull.
Bonaparte's gull.
Spotted sandpiper.
Spotted sandpiper.
Semipalmated plover.
Semipalmated plover.
Whimbrel.
Whimbrel.
Bobolink.
Bobolink.
Red knots.
Red knots.
Turkey poults.
Turkey poults.
Forster's tern.
Forster's tern.
Two osprey.
Two osprey.
Common raven.
Common raven.
Red-bellied woodpecker.
Red-bellied woodpecker.
Saltmarsh sparrow.
Saltmarsh sparrow.
Short-billed dowitcher.
Short-billed dowitcher.
Downy woodpeckers feed their chick.
Downy woodpeckers feed their chick.
Ruby-throated hummingbird.
Ruby-throated hummingbird.
Lesser yellowlegs.
Lesser yellowlegs.
Peregrine falcon.
Peregrine falcon.
Lesser black-backed gull with a herring gull.
Lesser black-backed gull with a herring gull.
Ruddy turnstone.
Ruddy turnstone.
July is prime season for shorebirds and summer residents. It is also the season for baby birds, and adult birds are busy bringing food to their young. Southbound migrants are also starting to appear.
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