Bird Sightings on Martha's Vineyard: March 2017
Wood duck.
Wood duck.
Double-crested cormorants.
Double-crested cormorants.
Greater yellow-legs.
Greater yellow-legs.
Osprey are back.
Osprey are back.
First piping plovers of the season arrive.
First piping plovers of the season arrive.
Osprey.
Osprey.
Dunlin.
Dunlin.
American oystercatcher.
American oystercatcher.
Black-bellied plovers.
Black-bellied plovers.
Black-bellied plover.
Black-bellied plover.
Brown creeper blends in.
Brown creeper blends in.
Eastern bluebird.
Eastern bluebird.
Ring-necked pheasant.
Ring-necked pheasant.
American robin during winter.
American robin during winter.
American robin in summer dress.
American robin in summer dress.
American oystercatcher.
American oystercatcher.
Red-winged blackbird.
Red-winged blackbird.
Northern shoveler and his super-sized bill is worth seeing.
Northern shoveler and his super-sized bill is worth seeing.
Red-winged blackbirds, harbinger of spring.
Red-winged blackbirds, harbinger of spring.
Ring-necked duck.
Ring-necked duck.
Killdeer have started to arrive on Island.
Killdeer have started to arrive on Island.
Golden-crowned kinglet.
Golden-crowned kinglet.
Merlin.
Merlin.
Peregrine falcon.
Peregrine falcon.
Golden-crowned kinglet.
Golden-crowned kinglet.
Merlin displays its feathers.
Merlin displays its feathers.
Swamp sparrow.
Swamp sparrow.
Winter residents are plentiful and northbound migrants start to arrive during March in the birding world. Migrant species including red-winged blackbirds, tree swallows, killdeer and American robins arrive along with spring. Winter visitors like snowy owls depart.
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