Bird Sightings on Martha's Vineyard: June 2017
Snowy egret.
Snowy egret.
Great shearwater.
Great shearwater.
A skewer of snowy egrets.
A skewer of snowy egrets.
Black-crowned night-heron.
Black-crowned night-heron.
Black-crowned night-heron in a tree.
Black-crowned night-heron in a tree.
Green heron.
Green heron.
Hairy woodpecker.
Hairy woodpecker.
Red-eyed vireos.
Red-eyed vireos.
Male scarlet tanager.
Male scarlet tanager.
American redstarts are not common warblers on the Island.
American redstarts are not common warblers on the Island.
Female scarlet tanager.
Female scarlet tanager.
Eastern phoebe.
Eastern phoebe.
A season of killdeer chicks.
A season of killdeer chicks.
Mother and chick killdeer.
Mother and chick killdeer.
Killdeer chick shows off his long legs.
Killdeer chick shows off his long legs.
Merlin beginning a stretch.
Merlin beginning a stretch.
Blue-winged warbler with food for young.
Blue-winged warbler with food for young.
American crow flies overhead with materials for nest.
American crow flies overhead with materials for nest.
Fish crows.
Fish crows.
Short-billed dowitcher and greater yellowlegs share some space.
Short-billed dowitcher and greater yellowlegs share some space.
Dunlin can be found on tidal flats.
Dunlin can be found on tidal flats.
Red knots seem to be more common than usual for this time of year.
Red knots seem to be more common than usual for this time of year.
Philadelphia vireo is unusual sighting in the spring.
Philadelphia vireo is unusual sighting in the spring.
White-rumped sandpiper in flight.
White-rumped sandpiper in flight.
Now migrating shorebirds return as the calender turns its page to June. Birders have crowded Island ponds and beaches as ruddy turnstones, short-billed dowitchers, red knots, sandpipers, and dunlin return to their summer homes.
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