Bird Sightings on Martha's Vineyard: April 2019
Blue grosbeak.
Blue grosbeak.
Brown thrasher.
Brown thrasher.
Field sparrow.
Field sparrow.
Indigo bunting.
Indigo bunting.
Pine warbler.
Pine warbler.
Female American kestrel.
Female American kestrel.
Dark-eyed junco.
Dark-eyed junco.
Sanderling in winter.
Sanderling in winter.
Gadwalls.
Gadwalls.
Swamp sparrow.
Swamp sparrow.
Northern gannet.
Northern gannet.
Horned lark.
Horned lark.
Greater yellowlegs.
Greater yellowlegs.
Red-throated loon.
Red-throated loon.
Wilson's snipe.
Wilson's snipe.
The spring migration is in full force in April as summer visitors come north while winter residents depart. Osprey, greater yellowlegs, piping plovers and double-crested cormorants arrive with southerly winds.
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