Bird Sightings on Martha’s Vineyard: August 2024
Blackburnian warbler.
Blackburnian warbler.
Warbling vireo.
Warbling vireo.
Bay-breasted warbler.
Bay-breasted warbler.
Black and white warbler.
Black and white warbler.
Juvenile horned lark.
Juvenile horned lark.
Hudsonian godwit.
Hudsonian godwit.
Baird's sandpiper.
Baird's sandpiper.
Marbled godwit.
Marbled godwit.
Common eider.
Common eider.
Cedar waxwing.
Cedar waxwing.
Purple martins.
Purple martins.
Yellow-crowned night heron.
Yellow-crowned night heron.
Semipalmated plover.
Semipalmated plover.
Forster's tern.
Forster's tern.
Merlin.
Merlin.
Ruddy turnstone.
Ruddy turnstone.
Empidonax flycatcher.
Empidonax flycatcher.
Juvenile peregrine falcon.
Juvenile peregrine falcon.
Common yellowthroat.
Common yellowthroat.
Eastern meadowlark.
Eastern meadowlark.
Acadian flycatcher.
Acadian flycatcher.
Pectoral sandpiper.
Pectoral sandpiper.
Virginia rail.
Virginia rail.
American redstart.
American redstart.
Loggerhead shrike.
Loggerhead shrike.
Field sparrow.
Field sparrow.
Green heron.
Green heron.
Hairy woodpecker.
Hairy woodpecker.
Carolina wren.
Carolina wren.
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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