Bird Sightings on Martha's Vineyard: June 2021
Killdeer uses the broken wing distraction to lure predators away.
Killdeer uses the broken wing distraction to lure predators away.
Fish crow.
Fish crow.
Northern harrier.
Northern harrier.
Cedar waxwing.
Cedar waxwing.
Hairy woodpecker.
Hairy woodpecker.
Red-throated loon.
Red-throated loon.
Bobolink.
Bobolink.
Immature common eider.
Immature common eider.
Purple martin.
Purple martin.
Golden-crowned kinglet.
Golden-crowned kinglet.
Arctic tern.
Arctic tern.
Common grackle.
Common grackle.
Orchard oriole.
Orchard oriole.
Piping plover.
Piping plover.
Ruddy turnstone.
Ruddy turnstone.
Willow flycatcher.
Willow flycatcher.
Saltmarsh sparrow.
Saltmarsh sparrow.
Yellow-crowned night heron.
Yellow-crowned night heron.
Warbling vireo.
Warbling vireo.
Chipping sparrow.
Chipping sparrow.
Bonaparte's gull.
Bonaparte's gull.
Immature Bonaparte's gull.
Immature Bonaparte's gull.
Saltmarsh sparrow.
Saltmarsh sparrow.
Sooty shearwater.
Sooty shearwater.
June has made it to our shores, even though the cool wet weather seems more suitable for May. Despite the weather, the nesting season is well underway, with many of our common nesting birds now fledging their first brood. Young robins, song sparrows, black-capped chickadees, cardinals, Carolina wrens, house finches, starlings and house sparrows are fairly conspicuous now, as are mute swans, Canada geese, and mallard. On the beaches it is time for the plover and least tern chicks to grow and fledge.
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