Bird Sightings on Martha’s Vineyard: March 2025
Northern mockingbird.
Northern mockingbird.
Northern pintails.
Northern pintails.
Red-throated loon.
Red-throated loon.
Greater scaup.
Greater scaup.
Mourning dove.
Mourning dove.
Piping plover chick.
Piping plover chick.
Osprey.
Osprey.
Brown-headed cowbird.
Brown-headed cowbird.
Purple sandpiper.
Purple sandpiper.
Common teal (Eurasian).
Common teal (Eurasian).
Double-crested cormorant.
Double-crested cormorant.
Razorbill.
Razorbill.
Great blue heron.
Great blue heron.
Semi palmated plovers with a sanderling.
Semi palmated plovers with a sanderling.
Ring-necked pheasant.
Ring-necked pheasant.
Herring gull.
Herring gull.
Mallards.
Mallards.
White-throated sparrow.
White-throated sparrow.
Common loon.
Common loon.
Yellow-rumped warbler.
Yellow-rumped warbler.
American oystercatchers.
American oystercatchers.
Red-winged blackbird.
Red-winged blackbird.
House finch.
House finch.
American goldfinch.
American goldfinch.
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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