Bird Sightings on Martha's Vineyard: August 2020
Ruby-throated hummingbird.
Ruby-throated hummingbird.
Yellow-crowned night heron.
Yellow-crowned night heron.
Yellow-billed cuckoo.
Yellow-billed cuckoo.
Baltimore oriole.
Baltimore oriole.
White-rumped sandpiper.
White-rumped sandpiper.
Bobolink.
Bobolink.
Fish crow.
Fish crow.
Northern waterthrush.
Northern waterthrush.
Pectoral sandpiper.
Pectoral sandpiper.
Yellow-crowned night heron.
Yellow-crowned night heron.
Northern bobwhite.
Northern bobwhite.
Common raven.
Common raven.
Turkey vulture.
Turkey vulture.
White rumped sandpiper.
White rumped sandpiper.
Young red-breasted nuthatches waiting to be fed by parent.
Young red-breasted nuthatches waiting to be fed by parent.
Red-breasted nuthatch parent.
Red-breasted nuthatch parent.
Mallard with youngsters in tow.
Mallard with youngsters in tow.
Black tern.
Black tern.
Black-crowned night heron.
Black-crowned night heron.
Female yellow warbler.
Female yellow warbler.
Young willet.
Young willet.
August is a time for warm days and fledging birds. Feathered friends also start to disperse after breeding season, while southbound migrants pass through the Vineyard for a visit.
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