Bird Sightings on Martha's Vineyard: March 2019
Piping plover.
Piping plover.
Gray catbird.
Gray catbird.
Eastern phoebe.
Eastern phoebe.
Fish crow.
Fish crow.
Tree swallow.
Tree swallow.
Great egret.
Great egret.
American oystercatcher.
American oystercatcher.
Brown-headed cowbirds.
Brown-headed cowbirds.
Purple sandpipers.
Purple sandpipers.
Peregrine falcon.
Peregrine falcon.
Barn owl.
Barn owl.
Glaucous gull.
Glaucous gull.
Northern gannet.
Northern gannet.
Red-throated loon.
Red-throated loon.
Snow geese.
Snow geese.
Chipping sparrow.
Chipping sparrow.
Great blue heron.
Great blue heron.
Killdeer.
Killdeer.
Female red-winged blackbirds.
Female red-winged blackbirds.
Osprey are returning to the Vineyard.
Osprey are returning to the Vineyard.
Horned lark.
Horned lark.
Northern shrike.
Northern shrike.
Barred owl.
Barred owl.
Winter residents are plentiful and northbound migrants start to arrive during March in the birding world. Migrant species including red-winged blackbirds, tree swallows, killdeer and American robins arrive along with spring. Winter visitors like snowy owls depart.
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