Bird Sightings on Martha's Vineyard: June 2020
Green heron.
Green heron.
Gray catbirds serenade.
Gray catbirds serenade.
Male bobwhite.
Male bobwhite.
Osprey.
Osprey.
Common raven.
Common raven.
Baltimore oriole feeding its young.
Baltimore oriole feeding its young.
Downy woodpecker.
Downy woodpecker.
Royal tern.
Royal tern.
Savannah sparrow.
Savannah sparrow.
Eel pond tern colony.
Eel pond tern colony.
Laughing gull.
Laughing gull.
Piping plover chick.
Piping plover chick.
Black ducks.
Black ducks.
Horned lark.
Horned lark.
Field sparrow.
Field sparrow.
Long-tailed duck.
Long-tailed duck.
Black tern.
Black tern.
Grasshopper sparrow.
Grasshopper sparrow.
House wren.
House wren.
Orchard oriole.
Orchard oriole.
Worm-eating warbler.
Worm-eating warbler.
June has made it to our shores. Nesting season is well underway, with many of our common nesting birds now fledging their first brood. Young robins, song sparrows, black-capped chickadees, cardinals, Carolina wrens, house finches, starlings and house sparrows are fairly conspicuous now, as are mute swans, Canada geese, and mallard. On the beaches it is time for the plover and least tern chicks to grow and fledge.
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