The 2014 inventory found there were 119 active osprey nests on the Island. If I did my math correctly, we had 63 successful nests.

I had an inkling that migratory movement was afoot when I received a call from Laurie Reese. She reported two yellow warblers and two ovenbirds in her yard.

We usually don’t start seeing black-legged kittiwakes from the Island beaches until October, unless we have a storm prior to that month.

August is a fabulous month for bird watching on Martha’s Vineyard. The shorebirds are moving south and stop to feed on the sand flats Islandwide.

I sincerely doubt if heath hens were re-introduced to the Vineyard that they would make it through one season.

There has been a good deal of research on plumage changes, and name changes. I find many of these changes more complicated than I would like.