Bird Sightings on Martha's Vineyard: April 2023
Baltimore oriole.
Baltimore oriole.
Yellow-throated warbler.
Yellow-throated warbler.
Eastern whippoorwill egg.
Eastern whippoorwill egg.
Dark-eyed junco.
Dark-eyed junco.
Chipping sparrow.
Chipping sparrow.
Field sparrow.
Field sparrow.
Purple sandpipers.
Purple sandpipers.
Northern gannets diving off Wasque.
Northern gannets diving off Wasque.
White-throated sparrow.
White-throated sparrow.
White-crowned sparrow.
White-crowned sparrow.
White-eyed vireo.
White-eyed vireo.
Brown-headed cowbirds with an equine friend.
Brown-headed cowbirds with an equine friend.
American goldfinch.
American goldfinch.
Yellow-rumped warbler.
Yellow-rumped warbler.
Snowy egret.
Snowy egret.
Eastern phoebe.
Eastern phoebe.
Tree swallow.
Tree swallow.
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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