Bird Sightings on Martha's Vineyard: July 2021
Murmuration of European starlings.
Murmuration of European starlings.
Royal tern.
Royal tern.
Stilt sandpiper.
Stilt sandpiper.
Immature yellow-crowned night heron.
Immature yellow-crowned night heron.
Northern mockingbird.
Northern mockingbird.
Eastern whip-poor-will.
Eastern whip-poor-will.
Pectoral sandpiper.
Pectoral sandpiper.
Scarlet tanager.
Scarlet tanager.
House wren.
House wren.
Snowy egret.
Snowy egret.
Wilson's storm petrel.
Wilson's storm petrel.
Brown pelican.
Brown pelican.
Semipalmated plover.
Semipalmated plover.
Eastern wood peewee.
Eastern wood peewee.
Immature little blue heron.
Immature little blue heron.
Semipalmated sandpiper.
Semipalmated sandpiper.
Lesser black-backed gull.
Lesser black-backed gull.
Sharp-shinned hawk.
Sharp-shinned hawk.
Spotted sandpiper.
Spotted sandpiper.
Black-bellied whistling duck.
Black-bellied whistling duck.
Ruddy turnstone.
Ruddy turnstone.
Short-billed dowitcher.
Short-billed dowitcher.
Great shearwater.
Great shearwater.
Brown-headed cowbirds.
Brown-headed cowbirds.
Whimbrel.
Whimbrel.
Greater yellowlegs.
Greater yellowlegs.
Field sparrow.
Field sparrow.
Southbound migrants are starting to appear, and the breeding season winds down as the Island welcomes birds of July.
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