Bird Sightings on Martha's Vineyard: March 2023
Eastern towhee.
Eastern towhee.
Song sparrow.
Song sparrow.
Brant.
Brant.
Sharp-shinned hawk.
Sharp-shinned hawk.
Common eider.
Common eider.
Osprey.
Osprey.
American goldfinch.
American goldfinch.
Bonaparte's gull with herring gull.
Bonaparte's gull with herring gull.
Ring-billed gull.
Ring-billed gull.
American robin.
American robin.
Snow goose with Canada geese.
Snow goose with Canada geese.
American oystercatchers.
American oystercatchers.
Ruddy turnstone.
Ruddy turnstone.
Pine warbler.
Pine warbler.
Horned grebe and red-necked grebe.
Horned grebe and red-necked grebe.
Townsend's solitaire.
Townsend's solitaire.
Brown creeper.
Brown creeper.
Dovekie
Dovekie
Eastern bluebird.
Eastern bluebird.
Red-breasted merganser.
Red-breasted merganser.
Re-throated loon.
Re-throated loon.
Young black-backed gull.
Young black-backed gull.
Young herring gull.
Young herring gull.
American crow with leucism.
American crow with leucism.
American robin with leucism.
American robin with leucism.
Down woodpecker with leucism.
Down woodpecker with leucism.
House sparrow.
House sparrow.
Nearly all white leucistic tree swallow with flock of tree swallows.
Nearly all white leucistic tree swallow with flock of tree swallows.
It is March and, as expected, the pace of the northward migration has increased. Southwesterly winds brought a variety of birds northward. Can spring and summer be far behind?